Awareness and Knowledge of Common Oral Diseases Among Primary Care Physicians

Sarumathi, T.; Saravanakumar, B; Datta, Manjula; Nagarathnam, Thilagavathi

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2013/5419.2908

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“…But in our study, only 19% of the doctors (p=0.0001) routinely did so. A moderate level of oral health awareness among the medical practitioners has been reported, 27 however an insignificant difference was noted between the practitioners with different qualifications and extents of experience. Potential effects of many systemic ailments on periodontal tissues are well recognized, through current evidence suggests that periodontal infections can significantly raise risk for many systemic disorders and/or modify the natural way of systemic illnesses.…”

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Medical and Dental Practitioners' Awareness about Oral-Systemic Disease Connections

Mian¹,

Hamza²,

Wahid³

et al. 2018

J Pak Dent Assoc

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Health professionals are expected to support oral health and encourage the patients to follow appropriate dental care. Awareness and practices related to oral-systemic disease connection was assessed among medical and dental practitioners. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study on medical and dental practitioners of city Faisalabad, Pakistan was conducted. Two hundred and forty (n=240) medical and dental practitioners were approached for study, all practitioners rendering a consent were recruited in study and their response was collected on a close-ended questionnaire. RESULTS: Eighty three (n=83%) of respondents knew that a relationship exists between oral and systemic health, but application of this knowledge is limited. 59% medical practitioners were in practice to look for dental conditions in medical patients in comparison to 79% dental practitioners who look into medical conditions while examining dental patients. Medical and dental professionals with postgraduate qualification had better awareness and were applying their knowledge in daily practice. Females were better in status of awareness and practice in this study sample. CONCLUSION: Level of awareness and practice about relationship of oral-systemic disease connections was moderate among the study sample, dentists showed better awareness and practice. A need is felt to improve collaboration between dental and medical profession in order to enhance patient care.

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Medical and Dental Practitioners' Awareness about Oral-Systemic Disease Connections

Mian¹,

Hamza²,

Wahid³

et al. 2018

J Pak Dent Assoc

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“…us, identifying the risk predictors in preschool children can be useful to set a primary prevention in this population and maintain a low caries risk status [23].…”

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Socioeconomic Factors and Oral Health-Related Behaviours Associated with Dental Caries in Preschool Children from Central Italy (Province of Ascoli Piceno)

Nota

Caruso

Cantile

et al. 2019

BioMed Research International

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Background. Dental caries is a serious oral health concern with high prevalence in preschool children. Aim. To assess the association among oral health-related behaviors, socioeconomic factors, and dental caries in Italian preschool children. Design. 513 preschool children from 3 to 6 years of age, enrolled in nursery schools in central Italy, represent the population of the present study. The children underwent dental clinical examination and were divided on the basis of their caries experience in the primary dentition (“Yes” or “No”). Nonparametric analysis and univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were applied to evaluate the contribution of oral health-related behaviors and socioeconomic factors to the caries experience in the primary dentition. Results. 419 children were caries free, and 94 children had caries experience in the primary dentition, corresponding to the 18.4% of participants. Different oral health-related behaviors and socioeconomic factors resulted to be associated with caries development. In particular, the mother’s foreign nationality results in a strong predictive factor. Conclusions. The multivariate logistic model revealed factors significantly affecting caries experience in the primary dentition, which were the mother’s nationality, the number of dental visits in a year, and the personal impression by the mother.

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“…It has been documented by the surveys worldwide that the prevalence of dental caries is almost as high as 100% in the majority of the countries, while gum diseases and periodontitis affects about 5-20% of the world population. [5,7,8] The purpose of this study was to know about the awareness of oral diseases amongst the people. If these types of surveys are carried out in different sections of the society and different socioeconomic groups we can actually know about the difference in awareness of oral diseases amongst various sections of society.…”

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Sample Survey Done to Know the Awareness of Oral Diseases in Bhopal

Shukla¹

2016

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Background: Oral diseases are one of the most prevalent diseases in the world. About 100% population suffers from dental caries and 5-6% suffers from gingivitis. Increased consumption of tobacco and betel nut has led to a substantial increase in the number of patients suffering from oral cancer. Proper knowledge about the oral diseases can cure them and hence reduce the global burden. Aim: To know the awareness of oral diseases in Bhopal. Methods: All the faculty and clerical staff in Navin College were asked to fill in the questionnaire, information obtained was analyzed and tabulated. Results: Average awareness of the sample was found to be 84%. amongst the dental diseases 78% people were aware of dental caries and tooth mobility, 56% were aware of gingivitis while 80% people were aware of oral carcinoma. Conclusion: the results obtained concluded that most of the people knew quite well about oral and dental diseases.

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Awareness and Knowledge of Common Oral Diseases Among Primary Care Physicians

Cited by 19 publications

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Medical and Dental Practitioners' Awareness about Oral-Systemic Disease Connections

Medical and Dental Practitioners' Awareness about Oral-Systemic Disease Connections

Socioeconomic Factors and Oral Health-Related Behaviours Associated with Dental Caries in Preschool Children from Central Italy (Province of Ascoli Piceno)

Sample Survey Done to Know the Awareness of Oral Diseases in Bhopal

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