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Plaque-index between blind and deaf children after dental health education

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Background: Blind and deaf children need a particular guidance in dental health education to promote oral hygiene as normal children do. Purpose: The objective of this study was to observe the difference of plaque index between blind and deaf children before and after dental health education. Methods: This research used purposive sampling technique. Twenty-three blind children were taken as samples from
SLB-A Negeri Bandung and 31 deaf children from SLB-B Cicendo Bandung. The data were then collected through plaque index examination using modified patient hygiene performance (PHP) test. Results: The result descriptively showed that plaque index average value of 23 blind children before dental health education was 3.0725 and after, was 1.7970. On the other hand, the plaque index average of deaf children
before dental health education was 2.7474 and after was 1.5. Conclusion: It is concluded that plaque index of deaf children is better than blind children before and after dental health education

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Dental Journal,44(1)2011:39-42

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Surabaya : Airlangga University Press., 2011

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3p,

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English

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1978-3728

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HEALTH EDUCATION, DENTAL
HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS
VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

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