Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Medical Practitioners Towards Pediatric Dental Care in Raichur District, Karnataka, India–A Survey
| Autor: | Dhanu G Rao, Shamama Sheereen, Shrutha S Prakasha, Manva M Zulfikar, Raghavendra Havale |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Orthodontics 030206 dentistry Oral health Medical practitioner Oral cavity Dental care Tooth brushing stomatognathic diseases 03 medical and health sciences Knowledge 0302 clinical medicine Attitude Milk Tooth Family medicine Tooth Sensitivity Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Periodontics 030212 general & internal medicine Oral Surgery business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry |
| ISSN: | 0975-1904 0974-7052 |
| DOI: | 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1543 |
| Popis: | Aim To determine the knowledge and attitude of medical practitioners towards dental care of children in Raichur district. Materials and methods The present study is a cross-sectional survey conducted among the medical practitioners of Raichur district. The study was conducted on 300 practitioners, randomly selected. The data pertaining to their knowledge and attitude about oral health was gathered using a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive studies. Results Among the study subjects, 32.7% of the respondents could recognize the precancerous and cancerous lesions in the oral cavity. A total of 65.3% considered that dental caries is not infectious. About 52.7% of the physicians thought that scaling causes tooth sensitivity and only 22.7% knew that tooth brushing should be initiated after the eruption of the first milk tooth. Conclusion Medical practitioners had a moderate knowledge and attitude towards pediatric dental care.How to cite this article: Rao DG, Sheereen S, Havale R, Prakasha SS, Zulfikar MM. Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude of Medical Practitioners Towards Pediatric Dental Care in Raichur District, Karnataka, India-A Survey. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent, 2018;11(5):375-381. |
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