First Dental Visit: Age Reasons Oral Health Status and Dental Treatment Needs among Children Aged 1 Month to 14 Years

Singh, Sukhdeep; Awasthi, Neha; Padung, Neha

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2406

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“…This reflects the reported impact of COVID‐19 on dental attendance rates among children 23 . Moreover, the social and educational gradient found in OHSU during childhood has also been reported in other studies from Peru, 18,24,25 India, 26 Brazil, 27 China 28 and Belgium 29 . Better socio‐economic conditions provide parents or caregivers with greater access, facilities and resources that allow them to assume the importance of primary dentition and perceive dental care as a preventive rather than therapeutic service, so as not to delay seeking care until dental problems arise and accumulate 24–29 …”

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Towards the integration of prevention and control of oral diseases within child primary healthcare: The case of Peru

Melgar,

Azañedo,

Hugo

2024

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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ObjectivesThe Peruvian public health norm of primary healthcare (PHC) for growth and development medical check‐ups (CRED, Spanish acronym) of children under 5 years of age was updated in 2017 with the inclusion of interdisciplinary prevention and control actions for oral diseases, such as dentist referral. The aim of this study was to explore the association between CRED and oral health services utilization (OHSU), throughout the heterogeneous Peruvian territory.MethodsA population‐based cross sectional study was conducted using the 2021 Demographic and Family Health Survey of Peru and included data from 15 836 children aged 12–59 months. Poisson generalized linear models were used to evaluate the association between any CRED and OHSU, in the 6 months prior to the survey, including sociodemographic characteristics of the children and their mothers as confounding variables. A possible effect modification by natural region of residence (Metropolitan Lima/rest of the Coast/Highlands/Jungle) was evaluated. To examine the robustness of the regression model, a sensitivity analysis was performed using the cumulative number of CRED.ResultsChildren who had at least one CRED were almost twice as likely to report OHSU (aPR: 1.95; 95% CI: 1.73–2.21), which was greater in the regions of rest of the Coast (aPR: 2.56; 95% CI: 2.00–3.17) and Jungle (aPR: 2.03; 95% CI: 1.64–2.56). The sensitivity analysis showed consistent results for the association CRED‐OHSU. Nevertheless, within the last 6 months, attendance at CRED and OHSU were only achieved by 43.7% and 13.7% of the children respectively.ConclusionsIntegrating oral health into Peruvian Child PHC seems to be a promising public health intervention to increase children's OHSU. For a greater scope, it is crucial to drive greater attendance at CRED and continuous monitoring and strengthening of CRED‐based oral health promotion in all Peruvian natural regions with an equity‐focused approach.

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Towards the integration of prevention and control of oral diseases within child primary healthcare: The case of Peru

Melgar,

Azañedo,

Hugo

2024

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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“…According to the different guidelines, the first dental visit should occur six months after the first eruption of a deciduous tooth, usually in the first year of a child's life [11]. A small percentage of primary care physicians who agreed to participate (∼10%) reported advising parents of pediatric patients to have the first dental examination within the child's first year of life.…”

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“…Oral hygiene, plaque control, oral health and nutrition education, fluoride or similar remineralizing agents, and regular dental check-ups are critical in caries prevention [9][10][11][12]. Parents should start oral hygiene before the eruption of the first deciduous tooth by using gauze soaked in saline solution.…”

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Assessment of Pediatricians’ and General Practitioners’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Oral Health, Dental Caries and Its Prevention in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

Tadin,

Dzaja

2023

Dentistry Journal

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Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the knowledge and practices of family physicians (general practitioners) and pediatricians concerning children’s oral health. Materials and Methods: This research involved a cross-sectional survey with 446 respondents, consisting of 77.8% women and 22.1% men, with 81.6% being general (family) practitioners and 18.4% pediatricians. The survey comprised five sections, gathering information on participants’ sociodemographic characteristics, routine oral cavity examination in clinical practice, knowledge about dental caries and its prevention, teething symptoms, and alternatives to fluorides for preventing dental caries. Results: The findings revealed an overall poor understanding of dental caries and its prevention, with an average score of 5.1 ± 1.6 out of a possible 10 points. Notably, practitioners with fewer pediatric patients during the workday, no training on oral health, and uncertainty about physicians’ active role in oral health prevention exhibited lower knowledge levels (p ˂ 0.05). Over 90% of participants conducted dental and oral mucosal examinations on their patients. About 25% had received continuing education on children’s oral health, and 70.6% expressed interest in further education on the subject. Conclusions: This study highlights insufficient knowledge among physicians regarding dental caries and its prevention. With most participants eager to learn and actively promote children’s oral health, providing training is essential to boost their knowledge and support children’s oral health.

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“…It is especially important that parents are obliged to control sugar consumption between the meals of their children, as it is followed by a repeated pH drop in saliva, causing the demineralisation of the hard tissues of the tooth [ 11 , 12 , 13 ]. In addition to the factors already mentioned, a late first visit or irregular visits to the dentist may contribute to dental caries onset [ 14 ]. Therefore, parents may be willing to control those risk factors through knowledge and a positive attitude toward the prevention of dental caries in children.…”

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Parental Attitudes towards Child Oral Health and Their Structural Analysis

Zaborskis,

Razmienė,

Razmaitė

et al. 2024

Children

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The relationship between parental attitudes towards health and child development has been a topic of interest for many years; however, research results in this field are still inconsistent. This study aimed to develop a structural equation model of the Parental Attitudes toward Child Oral Health (PACOH) scale, using this model to analyse the relationship between parental attitudes with demographic variables and the oral health-related behaviour of parents and children. A total of 302 parents (87% mothers) answered questions regarding their own and their children’s, aged 4–7 years, oral health-related actions and completed the 38-item PACOH scale. The structural equation model indicated that parental attitudes captured by the PACOH scale can be fitted to a second-order factorial model, even with the scale shortened to 21 items. The model demonstrated good fit characteristics (CFI = 0.925; IFI = 0.927; GFI = 0.915; RMSEA = 0.049), making it a reliable tool for examining the structure of parental attitudes. This model was employed in the multi-group analysis, revealing the close relationship between positive parents’ attitudes towards their child’s oral health and oral health-promoting behaviour both in parents and children, such as regular tooth brushing (p < 0.001), visiting the dentist (p = 0.027), and parents helping their child brush his/her teeth (p < 0.001). In light of these findings, it was concluded that Parental Attitudes towards Child Oral Health should be considered an essential factor influencing the development of oral health-promoting behaviour in children.

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First Dental Visit: Age Reasons Oral Health Status and Dental Treatment Needs among Children Aged 1 Month to 14 Years

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

Towards the integration of prevention and control of oral diseases within child primary healthcare: The case of Peru

Towards the integration of prevention and control of oral diseases within child primary healthcare: The case of Peru

Assessment of Pediatricians’ and General Practitioners’ Knowledge and Practice Regarding Oral Health, Dental Caries and Its Prevention in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

Parental Attitudes towards Child Oral Health and Their Structural Analysis

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