Valoración de los procedimientos de instrucción y de la motivación hacia el tratamiento en la higiene oral de adultos.

Zusammenfassung

The effect of having information available on periodontal disease and the methods of preventing in on buccal health is evaluated. The possible differences between patients of a private clinic when 20 patients received verbal information and other 20 patients obtained the information through self-instruction manual was investigated. Also, the relationship between the ability and the motivation of the patients to achieve positive oral hygiene habits and their acttitudes towards dental treatments evaluated through questionnaires is analyzed. The results show that brushing technique training is produced in the same way in both gropups and that there is an improvement in all patients through the treatment. There are not statistics differences in both groups neither in Plaque Index nor in Pocket Depth. The decreases in the Gingival Index are gradual with differences in the measurements of the two groups in the second month and disappear after the third month. There are not statitics differences due to the method of training in oral hygiene between the two groups (verbal vs. self-instruction manuals) and that suggest that motivation favorable to treatment be the same in both groups.