International Dental Journal 57(5_supp): 377-381 Schools are a commonly used setting for dental health education, health promotion and interventions with preventive agents. However, traditional dental health education programmes are rarely designed to be effective change agents. Twice daily tooth brushing with fluoride toothpaste has consistently been shown to be an important behaviour for controlling dental caries in children. Ideally, parents incorporate twice daily brushing into their child's hygiene routine. Families where brushing is irregular are over-represented in areas of socio-economic deprivation and the effects of irregular oral hygiene are often compounded by cariogenic diets. Therefore, in communities with high caries levels, a targeted community approach to prevention can pr...

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