Program of promotion in oral health with children attended in the dental complex of unicatolica

Active methodologies in pediatric dentistry are a very important tool, since cooperation during dental treatment will differ between patients. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a motivational program of oral health promotion in children attending the São João Calábria Childres's Clinic of UNICATÓLICA, evaluating life quality, anxiety, depression and oral conditions. It was performed in two moments, where the Child Perceptions Questionnaire 8-10 (CPQ 8-10), Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (OQPS) questionnaires were applied before/after the motivational program and dental care. The decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index was then evaluated. The second time consisted of patient’s reevaluation after 30 days. The results were submitted to the Shapiro-wilk test and the t-test of paired measures considering α=5%. Twenty children aged between 8 and 10 years participated in the study, the mean of the obtained DMFT index was 3.02. Results found previously the execution of the motivational program in relation to quality of life demonstrated an average of 18.8 after a reduction to 5.35 (p <0.05). In relation to depressive symptoms, in initial evaluation an average of 7.4 was found and after the motivational intervention a mean of 3.5 (p <0.05) was obtained. Children characterized with anxiety were gradually lessening these symptoms (p <0.05). It can be observed that the playful approach significantly reduced the aspects of anxiety, depression and consequently brought an improvement on participants life quality.