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- Title
Dentist Software Application in Children Caries Prophylaxis.
- Authors
FRATILA, Anca; PITIC, Alina E.; MOISIL, Ioana I.; FLEANCU, Andrei
- Abstract
Caries disease is a public health problem with a high incidence in Romania and also in economically developed countries. Daily use of computer is a habit among children, so we decided optimization cario-prevention in school children aged 6-12 using a software. We designed an interactive application as a „diary“ in which the child answers questions like: have you brushed your teeth in the morning/evening/after eating sweets? have you had a tooth ache today? etc. Data is saved daily and the user profile is generating. The doctor is automatically notified by the application if the child tooth hurts. DMF-T index value for the study group was 2, the reason for dentist visit was pain (80.6% of case). The Pearson coefficient between the D component of DMF-T with the frequency of tooth brushing (-0,506), sweets eating (-0,595) and the doctor visits (-0,443) is statistically significantly (p=0.00). The software application „Dentist“ by the child-parent-doctor feed-back mechanism is modeling the child behavior for oral health. The data obtained can be used as statistical data.
- Subjects
DENTAL caries in children; DENTISTRY; APPLICATION software research; CHILDREN'S dental care; CAVITY prevention; PUBLIC health; COMPUTER software; PREVENTION
- Publication
Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala, 2013, Vol 41, p118
- ISSN
1583-3410
- Publication type
Article