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hls-1784	Parashar, Pawan; Ahmad, Sartaj; Khan, Amir Maroof; Tiwari, Rupesh	Impact of a single educational session on oral hygiene practices among children of a primary school of Meerut, India	2013	3	.pdf	application/pdf	2839	145	62	[Healthcare in Low-resource Settings 2013; 1:e24] Impact of a single educational session on oral hygiene prac- tices among children of a primary school of Meerut, India Pawan Parashar,1 Sartaj Ahmad,2 Amir Maroof Khan,3 Rupesh Tiwari1 1Department of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College Meerut, Meerut; 2School of Community Medicine, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut; 3Department of Community Medicine, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Abstract Oral health promotion through schools is recommended by the World Health Organi - zation (WHO) for improving knowledge, atti- tude, and behavior related to oral health and for prevention and control of dental diseases among school children. Oral health promotion through schools is recom- mended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for improving knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to oral health and for preven- tion and control of dental diseases among school children.1 Children tend to be more vul- nerable to dental diseases due to social, eco- nomic and demographic factors like lack of awareness and transportation, limited access to professional dental care, lack of perceived need for dental care.2Schools are a suitable place for imparting knowledge to the school children and school children also are receptive to the infor- mation given to them.	cache/hls-1784.pdf	txt/hls-1784.txt