Age and reasons for first dental visit among children in Lagos, Nigeria

Olatosi, Olubukola Olamide; Onyejaka, Nneka Kate; Oyapero, Afolabi; Ashaolu, Joseph Femi; Abe, Adesuwa

doi:10.4103/npmj.npmj_60_19

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“…Prior reports from Nigeria had indicated that the first dental visits for children is as late as when they are 7-9 years old, and most of the visits are for therapeutic reasons. 39 Visits to the dental clinic for therapeutic rather than curative purposes is consistent with the Nigeria health policy that has favored more of curative than preventive therapy. 40 There is also no national oral health program that promotes preschool children's access to oral care; dental hospital visits for children is therefore, left to the discretion of parents.…”

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Association between maternal socioeconomic factors, decision‐making status, and dental utilization by children with early childhood caries in sub‐urban Nigeria

Foláyan

Alade

Adeniyi

et al. 2020

J Public Health Dent

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Aim: To determine the association between maternal education, income, and decision-making status and the presence of early childhood caries (ECC) and dental-service utilization among young children. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on data from a household survey of 1,549 mother-preschool-aged-child dyads conducted in Ife Central Local Government Area, Nigeria. The explanatory variables were maternal education, income, and decision-making status (related to healthcare, large household purchases, and visits to family/relatives). Outcome variables were the presence of ECC and the child's history of dental-service utilization. Poisson regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with outcomes; the models were adjusted for maternal age, child's socioeconomic status, oral hygiene status, and frequency of sugar consumption. Results: The study recruited 1,549 mother-child dyads, of which 66 (4.3 percent) children had ECC, and 90 (5.9 percent) children had a history of dental-service utilization. Fewer than half (42.3 percent) of the mothers earned between N18,001($49.00) and 60,000 ($168.00) per month. Also, 896 (57.8 percent) reported not making any independent decisions, 152 (9.8 percent) made one of three decisions independently, and 313 (20.2 percent) made two or three decisions independently. In the adjusted model, children of mothers with monthly income higher than N60,000 were more likely to have used dental services than were those whose mother's monthly income was less than or equal to N18,000 (adjusted prevalence ratio = 2.29; 95%CI: 1.30-4.02; P = 0.004). No other maternal factor was associated with ECC. Conclusions: Although maternal socioeconomic factors and decision-making abilities were not associated with ECC prevalence, more preschool children whose mothers had high income used dental services.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 66%

Association between maternal socioeconomic factors, decision‐making status, and dental utilization by children with early childhood caries in sub‐urban Nigeria

Foláyan

Alade

Adeniyi

et al. 2020

J Public Health Dent

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“…Thus, a refocusing of service provision towards preventive care, as suggested in the National oral health policy, is advocated. One method of achieving this involves using the existing primary healthcare system, which has been relatively successful in making healthcare facilities accessible to most Nigerians, as a platform from which to provide preventive oral healthcare 37,38 . Watt 39 advocated for an 'upstream' approach to reducing oral health inequalities by moving from approaches that focus on treatment which do not address differences in access to healthy food, costs of toothbrushes, fluoridated toothpaste and preventive care.…”

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Predisposing, enabling and need factors influencing dental service utilization among a sample of adult Nigerians

Adeniyi¹,

Oyapero²

2020

Popul. Med.

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“…Cabe indicar que la visita temprana al dentista no solo es importante porque se evalúa su desarrollo dental, sino también, porque da orientación a los padres sobre la correcta higiene oral, asesoramiento dietético, sobre el riesgo, manejo de lesiones traumáticas y las medidas preventivas que debe de adoptar ante la caries dental. Sin lugar a dudas la primera visita al dentista ayuda a formar una actitud positiva y confianza con el odontólogo por parte del niño lo cual reducirá su ansiedad ante los tratamientos futuros 31,33,34 .…”

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Conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en la salud oral de infantes

Cortez

Tafur²

2020

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El actual incremento de enfermedades bucales en niños, es preocupante, a pesar que, existen estrategias de prevención y promoción de salud bucal, esto resulta insuficiente para cubrir las necesidades de los grupos vulnerables, ya que, no es el odontólogo con el que tienen mayor relación en su atención de salud, sino con la enfermera. Por tanto, su conocimiento y actitud puede permitir prevenir, detectar y derivar oportunamente los problemas de salud oral de los niños. El objetivo del estudio fue describir el estado del arte sobre el conocimiento y la actitud de las enfermeras en el cuidado de salud oral en infantes. Se realizó una búsqueda de artículos científicos en las bases de datos de Pub Med, Ebsco y Google Académico, se incluyeron artículos científicos indexados con una antigüedad máxima de cinco años, en idioma inglés, obteniéndose al final un total de 39 artículos que cumplieron los criterios de selección. Respecto al conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en salud oral infantil, se concluyó, que el conocimiento y la actitud eran deficientes, en diferentes lugares del mundo, a pesar que, durante su formación profesional reciben conocimientos acerca de estos temas. Asimismo, actualmente existe gran cantidad de evidencia científica relevante, de mucha utilidad para la labor de las enfermeras. Por consiguiente, requieren capacitación constante en temas de salud oral que le permita mejorar la calidad de atención del infante en el consultorio de crecimiento y desarrollo.

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Age and reasons for first dental visit among children in Lagos, Nigeria

Cited by 31 publications

References 18 publications

Association between maternal socioeconomic factors, decision‐making status, and dental utilization by children with early childhood caries in sub‐urban Nigeria

Association between maternal socioeconomic factors, decision‐making status, and dental utilization by children with early childhood caries in sub‐urban Nigeria

Predisposing, enabling and need factors influencing dental service utilization among a sample of adult Nigerians

Conocimiento y actitud de las enfermeras en la salud oral de infantes

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