فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

INTRODUCTION: Dental and oral health is a core component of general health and well‑being. Fewaspects of health are as accessible to personal control as oral hygiene which can be improved bysimple behavioral changes. In recent years, dentists in the field of oral and dental health improvementhave been research doing for measurement of validity and efficiency of available educationalinterventions. In this regard, meta‑analysis integrates the results of different studies then determinesthe effect size of educational interventions. This study seeks to investigate the effective educationalinterventions on improving oral and dental health improvement in Iran by following the meta‑analysismodel.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present research was a meta‑analysis study. This research byusing the technique of meta‑analysis to integrate the results of different studies, to determine theeffect size of an educational intervention on improving oral and dental health improvement in Iran.Seventeen studies accepted in methodology were collected in Iran during 2001–2018, and analyzedthrough meta‑analysis. The research tool was meta‑analysis checklist. Effect size for each studywas manually calculated.RESULTS: The study findings showed that the rate of the effect size of educational intervention onImproving Oral and Dental Health Improvement in Iran was 0.62 (P ≤ 0.008) which according toCohen’s table was intermediate.CONCLUSION: Findings of this meta‑analysis support of the effectiveness of educational interventionson improving oral and dental health improvement in Iran. It seems that the educational interventions onimproving dental and oral health can be used as a method for improving oral and dental health in Iran.