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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-4-29
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| pubmed:abstractText |
The aim of this longitudinal study was to compare the effectiveness, in terms of cognitive and clinical changes, of two oral self-care promoting interventions based on a self-assessment of bleeding from gums or of presence of plaque. Adolescent students (age 14.0 + 0.7 years) from two health districts in Helsinki, Finland, participated in this one-year study. The self-assessment of bleeding group (n = 172) recorded bleeding during tooth brushing and inter-proximal cleaning with toothpicks on a single session. The self-assessment of plaque group (n = 156) recorded the presence of plaque with disclosing dye. Both programmes resulted in comparable clinical improvement in bleeding on probing over 9 months. Increased awareness of gingivitis was associated with clinical improvement. The subjects' socio-economic background, baseline gingival health status and age were statistically significantly associated with gingival health improvement during the follow-up. The results support earlier reports on self-assessment and suggest that both self-assessment approaches are beneficial for promoting gingival health in adolescents.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
D
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Aug
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| pubmed:issn |
0020-6539
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
47
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
205-12
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2010-11-18
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Adolescent Behavior,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Age Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Chi-Square Distribution,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Dental Plaque,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Finland,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Gingival Hemorrhage,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Gingivitis,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Linear Models,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Motivation,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Periodontal Index,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Program Evaluation,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Self-Assessment,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Socioeconomic Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Statistics, Nonparametric,
pubmed-meshheading:9532461-Toothbrushing
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| pubmed:year |
1997
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Self-assessed bleeding and plaque as methods for improving gingival health in adolescents.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Dental Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Clinical Trial,
Controlled Clinical Trial
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