Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

S Gelbier

Publications and source records attributed to S Gelbier.

At least 109 records · Page 6Linked to original sources
PubMed1983

Effect of oral hygiene instruction on brushing skills in preschool children.

This study provides new information on the assessment of toothbrushing skills in preschool children. 420 children aged 2-4 years were given a single lesson on toothbrushing. Their levels of toothbrushing skills, in terms of the locations of the tooth surfaces brushed, were recorded before and after the lesson. The number of skills per child possessed before the lesson (innate skills) and the number acquired from the lesson, both increased with age. A high correlation was found between the proportion of children innately possessing a particular skill and the proportion who subsequently learned it from the lesson. An effectiveness index was devised to help compare the relative difficulty and utility of teaching different skills at different ages.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1983

Dental health status of recipients of community dental health services.

A new information system was used routinely to monitor clinical dental services. Data on 20,729 courses of treatment support the validity and usefulness of continuously collected information about dental health status. Patients who had not attended a community clinic within the year before examination did not need courses of treatment that differed appreciably from those for patients who had attended within the previous year. Patients who attended without scheduled appointments had a lower prevalence of caries free primary dentitions than those with such appointments. Dentists with patients having more caries free permanent dentitions provided a higher number of courses of treatment a year.

Adolescent↗