Intervención educativa sobre conocimiento de caries dental en escolares de sexto grado

Introduction: dental caries is among the oral diseases of greatest health importance due to its magnitude, therefore knowledge about it is a determining factor in its prevention. Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention concerning knowledge of dental caries in sixth grade schoolchildren. Method: a non-observational, quasi-experimental, before-after study was carried out without a control group, at Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz Elementary School in Morón municipality in sixth grade schoolchildren, during the period from December to January 2020-2021. A sample of 30 patients was chosen by simple random sampling. Results: there was a predominance of female sex (56,7 %); 50 % of the students were 10 years old. Asignificant increase was observed (p