The Content of a Dental Mobile Application for Children from the Perspectives of Parents and Pre-School Teacher Trainees

Authors : Fatma Büşra SARI, Şükrü Can AKMANSOY, Sertaç SIRMA, Pınar KILIÇ AKSU, Nur Şişman KİTAPÇI, Okan Cem KİTAPÇI, Leyla KÖKSAL, Ümit KARAÇAYLI, Ozana URAL, Gonca MUMCU

Pages : 53-58

Doi:10.29228/erd.45

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Publication Date : 2023-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the most desirable content of a dental application insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(dental app); for children from the perspectives of parents and preschool teacher trainees. Materials and Method: In this cross-sectional study, 51 parents whose children insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(36-72 months); were students in a preschool educational institution and 99 preschool teacher trainees in the same institution were included. Data were collected by the structured questionnaire in the face-to-face interviews regarding the desirable content of the dental app. The ratios of 1st ranked of the most prominent content and videos were noted. Results: In the study, “List of institutions for oral and dental health services” and “Importance of regular dental examinations” were observed to be important items for parents insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(21,6%); and teacher trainees insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(24,2% and 19,2%); according to the scores of 1st ranked contents in a dental app. Moreover, the item “Funny and educational games containing oral health” for the video theme were 1st ranked item in the one-third of the parents insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(33,3 %);. Conclusion: In a dental app, list of dental services was the prominent item for both parents and preschool teacher trainees. Moreover, the use of educational and entertaining videos may help the improvement of children’s oral health for them.
Keywords : Oral sağlık, çocuklar, ebeveynler, okul öncesi öğretmen adayları, dental aplikasyon