Efficiency evaluation of preventive dental program uncluded regular xylitol chewing gum consumption in schoolchildren
Poor views and knowledge about oral hygiene in children of primary school age dictate the necessity of preventive dental programs. A number of positive properties of chewing gum, as well as the wide availability contribute very promising use of them within the group programs of prevention. Special attention is paid to application of chewing gum containing xylitol. A more pronounced improvement of oral hygiene was noted in the group of pupils of Junior classes, among which was realized in the prevention program with the inclusion chewing gum containing xylitol as an additional mean of oral hygiene (by 55,01% in the study group and 42,02% in the comparison group on average), and as a consequence children of the study group had a lower risk of developing caries in comparison with children of the comparison group, in which only the basic preventive program was realized.