Evaluation of the Quality of the Pictorial Book ‘Dana and Dentistry’ from Preschool Children’s viewpoint

 BackgroundPictures can be useful in children’s learning processes and strengthen their thinking and imagination. It is possible to teach new concepts to children using pictorial books. The pictorial book ‘Dana and Dentistry’ has been designed by a pedodontist by getting assistance from a painter. The present study aimed to qualitatively evaluate the pictures in this book by a target group, i.e., the preschool children.Materials and methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in ۳ kindergartens in Kerman-Iran in ۲۰۱۹ in order to examine children's views on the images of ۱۸ chapters of the book designed by pediatric dentists "Dana and Dentistry". The children replied to the question on each chapter after viewing the pictures in each chapter of the book on a pictorial checklist by color painting. Multivariate analysis of variance and binomial analysis were used to analyze the data and a significance level of less than ۰.۰۵ was considered.ResultsIn the present study, ۷۹ children aged ۴ to ۶ years participated, ۴۸.۱% and ۵۱.۹% of the children were female and male, respectively. The mean overall score of the ۱۸ questions on the checklist was ۱۶.۱۹ ± ۰.۱۸, and the mean correct response to each question on the checklist was >۶۰%, which was significant (P=۰.۰۰۰۱).ConclusionThe pictorial book ‘Dana and Dentistry’ has been designed well from more than ۶۰% of children’s viewpoints to teach various dental subjects to children.