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MUNOZ OSBEN, Álvaro Rodrigo  y  URIBE SEGUEL, Luis Felipe. Evaluation of an oral health intervention project in an educational center in the central jungle of Peru. Rev. Estomatol. Herediana [online]. 2024, vol.34, n.3, pp.245-253.  Epub 30-Sep-2024. ISSN 1019-4355.  http://dx.doi.org/10.20453/reh.v34i3.5835.

To assess the effectiveness of an oral health intervention project in Oxapampa, Peru, from April to July 2023. This longitudinal study involved 135 primary education students from the I.E. Bardo Bayerle educational institution. The research focused on two main variables: dental caries experience, measured using the DMFT index and dmft, and oral hygiene, assessed through the Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI). Both descriptive and bivariate statistical analyses were conducted. At the initial assessment, the OHI was 1.42 (SD = 0.68). By the conclusion of the study, this value had decreased to 0.45 (SD = 0.29), with the reduction being statistically significant (p < 0.001). Positive results were achieved in the oral health intervention project "Let's Smile Together" in Oxapampa, Peru, from April to July 2023.

Palabras clave : dental health services; program assessment; program development; health program; intervention project; oral health.

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