Inexperienced!!
I don't know if I will like blogging. I never really use the internet, only for research and email. I never go on it just for fun. I know that there are a lot of websites that are very good and educational but there are also a lot that are really trashy!!
I guess I will have to like it because it is required for our community health class.
I guess I will have to like it because it is required for our community health class.
posted by natalie jones at 1:34 PM
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Natalie,
My remark is to the comment you gave Kami when you sent your URL. I was really surprised with the percentages given to each state concerning their fluoridation, mostly with Utah's coming in dead last. I question why people in Utah cannot see the importance of fluoride in related to their poor oral hygiene. I know that I wish it had existed when I was a child, it would have made things better for my mouth.
I was just curious, if anyone knows, besides flouride, what contribution or limitations does the health department give to the oral health care industry and does that have any significance with the poor oral health of Utah?
hello natalie-
I'm not sure if I'm supposed to comment on your first posting or on your second comment, so since I'm not sure, I will decide myself. This is in response to your first posting. I agree with you about the whole trashy internet thing. Hippopotamus, come on. . . . But I think if we just stay in our own little happy hygiene world I think we will be okay. Alright I'm out yo
POD POWER!!!!
I was watching the news a few weeks ago and they had an interesting spotlight on teenagers and there eating habits at school. One school was going to implement a variety of nutritional foods into the vending machines to try to influence teens to cut back on the sugar. I have decided to focus my attention on teens as my community and on the diet that they acquire at school and how that affects their overall oral health. If anyone watched that same news spotlight I would appreciate any info you have or any comments on how teens can better appreciate the affect their diet has on their teeth. One thing to start out my implementation of a plan for that community would be to go to some junior high schools and high schools and just take a survey or something to get a better feel for how many students eat junk food for lunch and snacks through out the day and get their feelings on healthy food and see if nutritional vending would even be a possibility. If anyone has another way I could start I would love the suggestion!! Thanks
So for my community like posted earlier I would start out with a survey to see how many teens eat vending machine food for lunch and how many would like to eat healthy things but give into peer pressure. I would then take those surveys and from the information decide what to do. If a lot of teens wanted to eat healthy food and were very concerned about their oral health but didn't quite know how to get started I would want to implement an educational type lecture with maybe the whole school and then like each week or month have individual classes participate in a hands on educational activity with free toothbrushes and floss and cute handouts about oral health and diet and how dental caries can be decreased by eating healthy foods and educate the teens on types of foods that were more cariogenic. I would also offer them opportunities to talk with me as a hygieist privately if they wanted more information, and maybe even offer free cleanings on a specific Saturday or have a school sponsored Dental Hygiene day with fun activities and free handouts. If not a lot of teens really cared anything about their oral health and didn't really care about what they ate, I would want to kind of gross them out with a power point or slide show about people their age and how diet can affect their teeth and maybe scare them into caring!! I know it sounds harsh but sometimes that is what it takes for teens to care about anything well at least that is how I was when I was one and that is how my sisters are. But anyway, I would want to show and tell the effects of none stop eating of cariogenic foods and maybe do a DMFT Indices to see how many in the school really had bad oral habits and to use that as a basis for teaching the teens. When I talk about teens I am mostly talking about Junior High school age, about 6-9th grades. That is when most teens pick up their bad eating habits because they want to fit in. I know that most teens won't change but at least it will hopefully get them thinking about their oral health eveytime they bite into some type of candy or ice cream!! I also think that maybe having disposable toothbrushes at the nurses office or in the bathrooms might help but I can't really decide if that would or not, I could also implement some sort of educational seminar for junior high school teachers, especially health and pe teachers and get them involved with educating their classes and helping teens to be more aware of their oral habits.
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