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The objective was to assess whether an educational intervention improves teachers' knowledge of oral health.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The sample was obtained through a census of elementary school teachers from public schools in Brazil. A structured questionnaire, consisting of questions about demographic data, knowledge of dental caries and periodontal disease, oral hygiene practices, preventive dentistry, and attitudes toward oral health, was administered three times: before, immediately after, and three months after the educational intervention. An educational intervention was conducted through a face\u2010to\u2010face session (1\u2010h lecture) in all schools, addressing oral health topics (aforementioned). Descriptive analysis and comparison tests (McNemar and Wilcoxon) were employed to assess the impact of the intervention on teachers' knowledge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Eighty\u2010three teachers agreed to participate (89% adherence rate), and 53 teachers completed all three questionnaires (64% final retention rate). The results showed that the intervention improved teachers' knowledge immediately after and three months after the intervention (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05) in responses related to knowledge of dental caries, periodontal disease, oral hygiene practices, and preventive dentistry.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study demonstrated that teachers' knowledge of oral health improved after the intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/josh.70062","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,9]],"date-time":"2025-08-09T04:53:21Z","timestamp":1754715201000},"page":"955-961","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Enhancing Oral Health Knowledge Among Elementary School Teachers: Outcomes of A Quasi\u2010Experimental Educational Intervention"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"95","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-9297-5170","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ta\u00eds","family":"Zacaria","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ATITUS\u2010Educa\u00e7\u00e3o  Passo Fundo Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0759-9661","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernanda Ruffo","family":"Ortiz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ATITUS\u2010Educa\u00e7\u00e3o  Passo Fundo Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_10_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.adaj.2016.10.001"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1601-5037.2008.00293.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0022034511399918"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.23901\/1679-4605.2020v16p359-370"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_6_1","volume-title":"What Is the Evidence on School Health Promotion in Improving Health or Preventing Disease and, Specifically, What Is the Effectiveness of the Health Promoting Schools Approach?","author":"Stewart\u2010Brown S.","year":"2006"},{"key":"e_1_2_10_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/cdoe.12325"},{"issue":"30","key":"e_1_2_10_8_1","first-page":"2806","article-title":"Use of Teachers as Agents of Oral Health Education: Intervention Study Among Public Secondary School Pupils in Lagos","volume":"9","author":"Edomwonyi A. 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