Knowledge of preventive child oral healthcare among expectant mothers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Eigbobo, Joycelyn Odegua; Aikins, Elfleda Angelina; Onyeaso, Chukwudi Ochi

doi:10.1016/j.pdj.2013.03.002

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“…Rather, just 23.34% of participants considered that the child's dental visit should be for routine check-up twice a year. This perception is comparable to that reported by Eigbobo et al 7 Good oral hygiene practices are created once the child is born; the oral cavity is regularly cleaned even before tooth eruption. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) recommends that parents should commence cleaning the child's teeth as their first tooth erupts.…”

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“…49,50 Results of this study revealed that although the contributing mothers had high and middle levels of education, they did not have sufficient knowledge of oral health care as represented by their poor oral care practices where just 17.98% of them started cleaning their child's teeth when the first milk tooth erupts, this is much lesser than what was found previously. 7,51 Merely 17.03% reported that they use small soft round nylon wet toothbrush without toothpaste to clean their baby's teeth, which is contrary to previous studies. 7,52 Furthermore, only 11.10% of them indicated the ideal age, 8 years, as the age that children should start brushing by themselves; this is to somewhat near to what was reported by Szalewska et al 51 and Eigbobo et al 7 Findings from this work revealed a negative correlation between the oral health status of the participants evaluated through the OHI-S and PMA indices and "Scoring of Perceived causes of oral & dental diseases, methods of tooth cleaning, types and benefits of using toothpaste."…”

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confidence: 67%

“…3,6 Thus, the level of knowledge of pediatric oral health care of mothers will pinpoint their competence to impose and improve such behaviors in their children. 7 The perinatal stage is explained as the period around the time of birth, starting with the accomplishment of the 20th throughout 28th week of pregnancy and ending 1 to 4 weeks following birth. 8 Perinatal oral health plays a vital role in the general health and prosperity of pregnant women.…”

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Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Attitude, and Practices of Expectant and Lactating Mothers regarding their own as well as their Infants’ Oral Health in Qassim Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sedky¹

2016

Journal of Contemporary Dentistry

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Objectives: Assessing knowledge, perception, attitude, and practices of pregnant/lactating mothers concerning their own and their infants' oral health in relation to their oral health status and educational level. Materials and methods: Anonymous self-administered questionnaire, 317 completed it, response rate = 90.57%. It constituted sections for demography, evaluating oral health knowledge during pregnancy/postpartum, saliva-sharing behavior of mother with baby, infant-feeding practices, and perception of oral health knowledge and attitudes. Oral health condition was measured using decayed, missing, and filling, papillary, marginal, and attached gingiva, and simplified oral hygiene indices. Four scores were constructed from participants' responses to interpret results. Results: Fair oral hygiene, moderate gingivitis, and caries index was the oral health status, with negative correlation with educational level. About 66.88% had poor perception and practices toward their oral health during pregnancy, with significant difference and negative correlation with oral health status. Significant difference (P<0.001) & positive correlation was detected regarding knowledge about causes of oral/ dental problems and oral health attitude in relation to level of education with 58.68% poor knowledge and negative attitude. Above three quarters had poor knowledge and practices and negative attitude for their infants' oral health, with significant result and positive correlation with educational level. Poor perception (54.26%) was recorded regarding causes of oral/ dental diseases, methods of tooth cleaning, and types and benefits of using toothpaste in relation to oral health status with a significant difference and negative correlation. Conclusion: Data revealed that expectant and lactating mothers had poor knowledge, perception and practices, and negative attitude toward their oral health during pregnancy and postpartum as well as their children's oral health.

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Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Attitude, and Practices of Expectant and Lactating Mothers regarding their own as well as their Infants’ Oral Health in Qassim Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Sedky¹

2016

Journal of Contemporary Dentistry

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“…According to a study by Murshid [10], pain was the dominant factor (71.5%) which brought children to their first dental visit, while a check-up was the main reason for 27.3% of children. A study from Nigeria reported that toothache was the reason for a child's first visit to the dentist in 47.4% of the cases, while a routine dental checkup accounted for 42.7% [19]. Even in this case, the results from the two observed periods in our research can support positive influence of advanced communication between all subjects involved in a child's oral care.…”

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confidence: 51%

The first dental visit - comparative analysis of two successive five-years periods

Blagojević

Pavlović-Trifunović²,

Šipovac

et al. 2019

Srp Arh Celok Lek

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Introduction/Objective. An important moment in oral health care and preventive dentistry is the first dental visit, recommended to be undertaken between the child?s sixth and 12th month of life. Worldwide evidence shows a considerable delay. This study evaluates characteristics of the first dental visit in a public health care center in Novi Sad, Serbia, during 2006?2015 period, and changes in occurrence driven by the healthcare reform. Methods. The study design was retrospective, evaluating available data on age and the main reason for the first dental visit of 270 children, who come to the same dentist and pediatrician in a public health care center during the 2006?2015 period. Results. Collected data determined the third and the fourth year of life as the dominant age (45.8% of children) for the first dental visit in 2006?2010, initiated mostly by a dental check-up (53.8%). During the second period (2011?2015), most of the first visits (31.1%) were done by the age of one, while the main reason for 80.1% of the visits was dental check-up. Conclusion. Considerable progress regarding the first dental visit was made in the observed period, which is, at least partially, due to the health care reform and emphasized preventive versus curative measures, by means of advanced communication between parents and chosen medical staff in prenatal and pediatric clinics.

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“…The questions were prepared in accordance with the literature. 11,12 Demographic data about age and residential area were evaluated. Then, questionnaire which was given was divided into three sections, i.e., assessment of KAP which contained 7, 6, and 5 questions respectively.…”

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Evaluation of the Knowledge and Belief of Expectant Mothers in Their Last Trimester about Importance of Primary Teeth and Their Care

Padiyar¹,

Sharma²,

Mishra³

et al. 2017

Journal of Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology

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Objective: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" can be applied in pediatric dentistry to reduce the risk of early childhood caries (ECC). Prevention can bring revolutionary change in field of ECC, especially by creating awareness among expectant mothers who play a role of primary caregivers in infant's oral health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and belief of expectant mothers in third trimester about importance of primary teeth and their care. Materials and methods:A total of 500 expectant mothers were randomly selected and questionnaire was prepared regarding their approach toward infant oral health care and role of primary teeth in their child's life. Results:The results of the study indicated that expectant mothers had minimal knowledge about primary teeth and also the role of teeth. In spite of this poor knowledge, the results also revealed that most expectant mothers were also eager to know information regarding children's teeth. Conclusion:Implementing educational awareness about primary teeth and their importance can bring change in mindset of expectant mothers, thus decreasing risk for ECC.

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Knowledge of preventive child oral healthcare among expectant mothers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Attitude, and Practices of Expectant and Lactating Mothers regarding their own as well as their Infants’ Oral Health in Qassim Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Assessment of Knowledge, Perception, Attitude, and Practices of Expectant and Lactating Mothers regarding their own as well as their Infants’ Oral Health in Qassim Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The first dental visit - comparative analysis of two successive five-years periods

Evaluation of the Knowledge and Belief of Expectant Mothers in Their Last Trimester about Importance of Primary Teeth and Their Care

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