Atividade Educativa com Uso de Metodologias Ativas na Prevenção de Cárie em Escolares: Um Estudo Quase Experimental

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational activity with the use of Active Methodologies in reducing dental plaque index in students. Fifty students, of 12 years old, enrolled in public school in Goiânia - GO, was attended. Dental plaque was disclosured in students before and after the educational intervention. The educational intervention occurred for five weeks. During this time the students carried out activities aimed at building knowledge and grounded in Maguerez`s Arc. There was an interval of two months between the end of the intervention educational and the disclosure post-intervention. Interview was conducted containing questions about sociodemographic conditions to those responsible for students to characterize the study population and relating the index dental plaque found after the intervention with these characteristics. Fifty students participated in the study. There was an average of the indexes of dental plaque in the pre-intervention disclosure of 88.8% and after the intervention was 72.7%. 82% of fifty study participant had lower dental plaque index in disclosure after intervention. There was no significant relationship between socioeconomic factors of the students and the reduction of plaque index. After two months of the end of educational activity, the students kept the built knowledge during the educational intervention, reflected by the decrease in index of dental plaque. The educational intervention with active methodologies was enough to reduce dental plaque accumulation after brushing in most students, regardless of social and economic factors, highlighting the emancipatory character of this methodology.