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(Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2018-06-28) Ames Quincho, Gabriela Luz; Aguirre Morales, Anita Kori
The current study aims to determine the effectiveness of plaque control in individuals with orthodontic treatment attending the Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Orthopedics specialty at Norbert Wiener Private University, Lima, 2017. The instrument used was the Greene and Vermillion plaque index. The sample consisted of patients with fixed orthodontic appliances treated at the UPNW Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Orthopedics specialty between August and December 2017. A clinical examination was performed, along with an oral hygiene index using disclosing tablets to record plaque presence before and after a didactic workshop that included an oral hygiene technique. The data obtained were processed using the SPSS program, employing the Chi-square and Wilcoxon tests. The findings showed that before the workshop, 70.1% of the patients had a regular oral hygiene index (IHO) and 29.9% had a poor IHO. After the workshop, the IHO improved to 51.3% good, 46.7% regular, and 2% poor. Additionally, when evaluating the presence of plaque, it was found that before the workshop, the study population had a mean of 1.398 ± 0.403, which was reduced to 0.602 ± 0.412 after the workshop. The study concluded that the didactic workshop was effective in reducing plaque presence in patients undergoing orthodontic treatment at the Orthodontics and Maxillofacial Orthopedics specialty at UPNW, 2017.