Background: Oral health is one of the important but most neglected aspect of general wellbeing of a children. Poor oral hygiene negatively impact the growth and self confidence of a children. There is paucity of data regarding effectiveness of planned health teaching programme using posters, audiovisual aids etc.
Materials and methods: This study was conceptualized to assess the knowledge and practices of oral health in govt. middle school children and to assess the impact of planned health teaching programme on oral hygiene. A pre-experimental research approach, one group pre test-post test design was adopted for the study. 44 school children of 3rd to 5th class in a govt school of Rohtak, Haryana were included in this study. Data was collected through structured interview questionnaire of 3rd to 5th class children.
Results: Mean post knowledge score (11.4) was significantly higher than mean pre test knowledge scores (8.6) with mean difference of 2.8 and ‘t’ value of 5.7, (p<0.05).
Conclusion: There is a significant impact of planned health education using power point presentations, placards, posters and live demonstrations on oral hygiene.
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