Perinatal Oral Health Education and Compliance with the First Dental Visit.

The purpose of this study was to determine which mode of education given to mothers of newborns resulted in the greatest compliance for establishing an age one dental visit and identify reasons why mothers do not bring their child for their first dental visit.
Several modes of education presented information to mothers: (1) written literature provided by a nurse; (2) a nurse verbally presenting and providing literature; (3) a resident verbally presenting and providing literature; and (4) control-no education. The chi-square test of homogeneity was utilized to determine if there was a difference in compliance to make an age one dental appointment.