Contemporary Nursing

Objective To analyze the application effect of PDCA cycle method in health education for orthodontic patients. Methods 80 cases of orthodontic patients admitted to our hospital from December 2022 to December 2023 were included in the study. They were randomly divided into a control group and an observation group, with 40 cases in each group, using a random number table method. The control group received routine health education, while the observation group received health education based on the PDCA cycle method. The intervention effects of the two groups were compared. Results After adopting the PDCA cycle based health education, the observation group showed better compliance behavior, oral hygiene maintenance, and follow-up than the control group, with significant differences between the groups (P<0.05). Conclusion Health education based on the PDCA cycle method can effectively improve the compliance behavior of orthodontic patients, promote their good maintenance of oral hygiene, and reduce the occurrence of adverse situations such as bracket drop and attachment drop.

PDCA cycle method; Orthodontics; Health Education