AWARENESS OF VABKENT DISTRICT SCHOOLS ABOUT METHODS OF PREVENTION OF ENAMEL CARIES

Abstract

The high prevalence and increasing intensity of caries and periodontal diseases affecting the population, as well as the low level of oral hygiene, put forward the problem of preventing dental diseases among the most urgent. Numerous works are devoted to the organization of the prevention of dental diseases among the child population [2,7,9,12,14,19,23]. An obligatory component of any preventive program, its basis, is hygienic education and upbringing of the population. It should be noted that the majority of domestic researchers have developed questions and programs on health education and hygienic education among schoolchildren [1,4,6,8,10,14,20,23]. However, the whole practice of preventive work confirms the thesis - to educate at that age when education gives the greatest effect “that is, as early as possible. It has been substantiated that the system of education and training should involve not only children, but also parents, teachers and medical workers of school institutions. Specific tasks, forms and volumes for each group have been developed. However, the analysis of a number of studies has shown that parents do not pay due attention to the hygienic care of their child's oral cavity