Samar Ali Zein Elabdeen Haikal

Effect of oral health educational program on awareness and oral health status of children with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus : A randomized clinical trial / تأثير برنامج تثقيفى عن صحة الفم على وعى و حاله صحة الفم فى الأطفال الذين يعانون من مرض السكرى المعتمد على الإنسولين : تجربة سريرية عشوائية Samar Ali Zein Elabdeen Haikal ; Supervised Fatma Ahmed Hamdy Elshehaby , Sara Ahmed Mahmoud , Noha Musa Azab - Cairo : Samar Ali Zein Elabdeen Haikal , 2019 - 120 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Pedodontics

This study was designed to assess the effect of oral health educational program on the oral health awareness and status of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus children in Cairo, Egypt. 7.1. Subjects This study was carried out on 44 type 1 diabetes mellitus children 6-14 years old enrolled from outpatients clinic of Department of Endocrine in Abu El Resh Hospitals- Monira Hospital, Cairo, divided into two equal groups: Intervention group and Control group. Intervention Group This group included 22 children; they had manual scaling and received oral health educational program, by power point presentation, live demonstration on a jaw model and poster. Control Group This group included 22 children; they did not receive manual scaling or oral health educational program. 7.2. Method 7.2.1. Baseline examination of intervention and control groups 1- Modified Patients diagnostic chart of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health including patients personal data (Name, age, gender, address, telephone), Past medical, dental history and last record of Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c), as illustrated in Appendix 2. 2- Questionnaire about the children oral health habit and parents oral health awareness, shown in Appendix 3 and Appendix 4. 3- Oral Hygiene Index simplified score which consisted of Debris index (DI) and calculus index (CI), as presented in Table 1, Table 2, Figure 1 and Figure 2. (Green & Vermilion, 1964)



Awareness and oral health Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Oral health educational program