The influence of oral health education and the family nursing intervention on the complication of adolescent patients with fixed diorthosis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the influence of oral health education and the family nursing intervention on the incidence rate of gingivitis and the enamel decalcifyication for adolescent patients with fixed diorthosis.Methods Divided 146 adolescent patients who had accepted fixed diothosis into the experiment group and the control group randomly, there were 73 cases in the each group. In the experimental group, oral health education and the family nursing intervention were both used for patients and their parents, while in the control group, only traditional nursing methods were used. Compared the incidence rate of complication between the two groups at the 6th and the 12th month after the fixed diorthosis.Results The incidence rate of gingivitis and the enamel decalcifyication in the control group was significant higher than those of in the experiment group.Conclusion Oral health education and the family nursing intervention can effective decline the incidence rate of gingivitis and the enamel decalcifyication for adolescent patients who have accepted the fixed diorthosis.