Is oral health education effective?
In recent years, attention has been drawn towards
assessing the effectiveness of oral health promotion
campaigns.
This is in line with demand for evidencebased
research and will help to inform policy makers
on how to allocate resources. A number of systematic
reviews have been conducted on the available evidence
. These have shown that oral health education
can be effective in increasing knowledge in the short term
, and to some extent, behaviour such as toothbrushing
and healthy eating