Abstract

FARIAS, Aline Queiroz de; COSTA, Carolina Tavares; CAMINHA, Renata de Moraes Cavalcanti  and  MACEDO, Danielle Patrícia Cerqueira. Analysis of knowledge and mothers practice about the oral health of their children aged 0 to 6years, from Casinhas, State of Pernambuco. Odontol. Clín.-Cient. (Online) [online]. 2012, vol.11, n.3, pp. 243-245. ISSN 1677-3888.

This exploratory study proposes to evaluate the mothers' care and perception about the oral health of their children with age between 0 - 6 years at Casinhas, State of Pernambuco. The sample comprised 112 mothers of children aged 0 - 6 years of both genders. Data were collected between April to June 2011 by applying direct questions with their mothers. After analyzing the data it was noticed that a significant portion of mothers, approximately ¾ (75.9%) affirmed that received guidance from a dentist about children oral health. Most of the surveyed (81.3%) confirmed that mothers usually perform the oral hygiene of their children. A little more than half of respondents (52.7%) reported that children's teeth are cleaned twice a day. Most mothers (96.4%) evaluated that deciduous teeth are important. Based on these results, it was observed that mothers who received dentists' orientations about oral hygiene of their children had greater knowledge about oral health.

Keywords : Pediatric Dentistry; Oral Health; Mothers..