2021
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2021274.4052
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Mothers' Knowledge Towards Oral Health of Children Aged Up to 3 Years Before and After Educational Program

Abstract: Purpose: To comparatively analyze the oral health-related knowledge of mothers of children aged up to 3 years before and after the "Dental Home for Children" educational program (www.dentalendom.bg) Material/methods: The study involved a group of 90 mothers of children aged up to 3 years who visited the special educational and motivational website www.dentalendom.bg and completed our survey. We compared and processed the results of the survey using 90 control questionnaires, which were completed by parents who… Show more

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“…Surprisingly, more than half of the parents only bring their children to dental clinics when they are experiencing pain or discomfort, and less than one-third are considered to do so on a regular basis. This is alarming; however, these findings concur with existing nationwide studies [ 1 , 5 , 21 , 22 ]. Regular dental checkups are crucial to enhance the likelihood of recognizing and treating oral diseases in their initial phases and to prevent possible serious or irreversible damage to the teeth [ 23 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Surprisingly, more than half of the parents only bring their children to dental clinics when they are experiencing pain or discomfort, and less than one-third are considered to do so on a regular basis. This is alarming; however, these findings concur with existing nationwide studies [ 1 , 5 , 21 , 22 ]. Regular dental checkups are crucial to enhance the likelihood of recognizing and treating oral diseases in their initial phases and to prevent possible serious or irreversible damage to the teeth [ 23 ].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 85%
“…Los resultados se podrían explicar pues la literatura refiere que los niveles educativos más altos pueden estar relacionados con un mayor acceso a los medios de comunicación y las investigaciones científicas, y la educación superior conduce a una mayor comprensión de las instrucciones de higiene bucal. Coincidiendo con Bogovska et al 23 quienes concluyen que los padres de familia con menor nivel de instrucción demostraron un menor conocimiento de la salud bucal.…”
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“…El nivel de conocimiento de los padres de familia sobre salud oral se relacionó al grado de instrucción donde hubo un mayor porcentaje de padres de familia con el grado superior/ técnico. Niveles educativos más altos como la educación superior conduce a una mayor comprensión de las instrucciones de higiene bucal, coincidiendo con Bogovska y Kabaktchieva 23 . Por otro lado, Elamin, et al 24 encontraron que los padres de familia con menor nivel de instrucción informaron comportamientos de higiene oral menos favorables al igual que Dahlan, et al 25 .…”
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