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Download full textMissouri State Board of Education, Jefferson City. – 1968
This dental health guide, prepared by the Missouri State Department of Education in cooperation with the State Dental Association and the Division of Health, attempts to develop understandings, habits, and attitudes regarding dental health through a correlated program of instruction for all grade levels. Specific objectives of the program are to…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Curriculum Guides, Dental Health, Guides
Direct linkKerr, Joanne – Science Scope, 2004
Many people probably remember the oral hygiene presentation in school when an oversized toothbrush and "Mr. Tooth"demonstrated proper brushing techniques. Red disclosing tablets were chewed after brushing, and then friends were amazed with our poor dental habits! The point is that presentation was remembered. Middle school students today need a…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Dental Health, Hygiene, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewedKlein, Stephen P.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1985
The cost and effectiveness of various types and combinations of school-based preventive dental care procedures were assessed in the National Preventive Dentistry Demonstration Program, a four-year study involving more than 20,000 students, from ten schools nationwide. Communal water fluoridation was reaffirmed as the most cost-effective means of…
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Dental Health, Elementary Education
Alabama Univ., Birmingham. Dental Advisory Committee. – 1968
Included in a handbook are discussions on general information for dental health for the institutionalized retarded, their need for dental care, the attendant's role in providing care, dental information for the attendant, how and when to use a toothbrush, care of toothbrushes and equipment, and indications of abnormal mouth conditions. Information…
Descriptors: Attendants, Dental Health, Exceptional Child Services, Habit Formation
Browning, Robert H.; Northcutt, Travis J., Jr. – 1961
A 5-year project to develop public health services for migrant workers was initiated in Florida in 1956. The project staff consisted of 8 public health personnel: 2 public health nurses, a public health educator, a public health nutritionist, a medical social worker, a part-time sanitarian, a liaison worker, and a secretary. Two practicing…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Dental Health, Family Characteristics
Johnson, Alice; And Others – 1973
This publication has been designed to help nurses, teachers, volunteers, health administrators, social workers, and other individuals in the community in improving dental care instruction for the children in a community dental care program. The publication is based on the premise that availability of dental care services does not necessarily…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Community Programs, Community Services
