Parental Knowledge and Practices on Preschool Children Oral Healthcare in Nibong Tebal Penang, Malaysia

Mamat, Zakira

doi:10.19080/jojnhc.2018.07.555716

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“…The overall level of knowledge on childhood dental caries was found to be good in 79% of the participants which is similar with the findings of the study done in Malaysia, in which 72.2% parent possessed good knowledge (Bakar & Mamat, 2018). Though this study revealed none of the socio-demographic variables to be associated with the level of knowledge of parents on dental caries, many other literatures revealed association of level of knowledge with parent's education (Bakar & Mamat, 2018) and sex of parents (mothers) (Sogi et al, 2016).…”

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“…Parents included either father or mother of under five children at their home setting. The minimum sample size was 95 which was calculated using Cochrane's formula at 95% confidence level, with proportion of parents having knowledge being 72.2% ( Bakar & Mamat, 2018) and margin of error being 9%. Sample was selected purposively from household having children between 6 to 59 months of age, available during data collection period and willing to participate in the study.…”

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Knowledge on Childhood Dental Caries Among Parents of Under Five Children in A Community at Biratnagar, Nepal

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Dental caries is a major public health problem globally and is one of the most chronic diseases in children. Children are susceptible to caries as soon as the first teeth appear. Parents are the primary decision-makers in matters of children's healthcare. If the parents are knowledgeable about the child's oral health care then childhood dental caries can be prevented. The objective of this study was to identify the knowledge on childhood dental caries among parents of under five children. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out among parents of under five children in a community of Biratnagar 12. Sample was selected using non probability purposive sampling method and data was collected by face-to-face interview using a self-developed, semi-structured interview guideline. Descriptive statistics i.e. frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation was used to assess the level of knowledge and inferential statistics i.e chi square was used to find the association between dependent and independent variables. About three fourths (71%) of the parents were of age group 20-30 years and 88% of them were mothers. Most of the parents (90%) were aware that dental caries can occur in under five children and excessive sugar intake was the most common cause as reported by all of them. Only 40% knew that dental caries is transmissible and among them 97.6% responded by sharing of toothbrush. Regarding good brushing habit, most of the parents were aware. Almost all (95%) knew that proper tooth brushing helps to prevent dental caries whereas only 19% were aware about use of fluoridated tooth paste as preventive measures. Meanwhile, only 12% of the parents were aware that first dental visit should be done when first tooth erupts or within 1 year of age More than half (79%) had good knowledge on childhood dental caries but there was no association of knowledge with socio-demographic variables. The study concluded that more than half of the respondents had good knowledge on childhood dental caries and none of the socio-demographic variables were associated with the level of knowledge of parents on dental caries. Despite good knowledge, prevalence of childhood dental caries is high in our society thus reflecting the need to assess the practice of dental care.

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Knowledge on Childhood Dental Caries Among Parents of Under Five Children in A Community at Biratnagar, Nepal

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“…Dental preventive therapy should start early in a child's life. The need for early intervention is to reduce or eliminate oral diseases and the lack of awareness among children about oral health, mandate the involvement of parents in the prevention process (Alkhtib and Morawala, 2018;Mamat, 2018). Studies have reported that low parental knowledge and a poor attitude towards oral health are associated with an experience of high caries in young children (Blinkhorn, 1989;Watson, 1999;Gussy et al, 2008).…”

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Prevalence of parents willingness to take up fluoride treatment for their children, the gender differences and common age of acceptance - A retrospective study

Ramya

Ravindran

Jeevitha

2020

ijrps

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Fluoride used as a chemotherapeutic agent for caries prevention has been widely researched and documented. The change in the prevalence of caries and advent of different fluoride formulations along with the desire to maximize the benefits and minimise the side effects has led to evoking guidelines for its use. Fluoride varnish, which is one of the most important materials to prevent early childhood caries, is easy to apply and well-tolerated by children. The study aims in assessing the perception of parents towards professional fluoride treatment, opinions, differences and evaluating the prevalent condition. The study was performed in the outpatient department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry. Data required for the study was procured by reviewing patient records and analysed data of 86000 patients between June 2019 to March 2020. The data was sorted in excel and statistically analysed using the IBM SPSS software analysis and the results interpreted in graphs and tabulations. The prevalence of fluoride treatment was found to be 37.7%. The study shows a female predilection (Chi-square test; p-value- 0.252) and age is found to be negatively correlating with fluoride type (p<0.01). It is imperative that regular professional fluoride treatment for pediatric patients is followed by parents to prevent and manage tooth decay effectively.

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“…In addition, a general low score was found in the knowledge, attitude, and good practices in infant oral health care such as timing for a first dental visit, the ideal time to start the use of fluoridated toothpaste, need to restore deciduous teeth, ill-effects of the night time, frequent and prolonged breast/bottle feeding, harm caused by swallowing of toothpaste. (Alkhubaizi et al, 2018;Mamat, 2018) The role of bacteria in the causation of dental caries was not acknowledged by the majority of the parents which was reflected by the prevalent practice of sharing utensils and biting food into small pieces before feeding in this study. This is in accordance with studies by Mani et al and(naidu, nunn andIrwin, 2015).…”

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“…Parents/carers should be advised not to let their child sleep or nap with a baby bottle or being breast-fed. (Ramesh nagarajappa et al, 2013;R. nagarajappa et al, 2013)other studies also revealed that parents are aware of the fact that milk teeth are as important as permanent teeth and also affect the general health of the child.…”

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Awareness of Childhood Caries Among Parents in Andhra Pradesh

Vaishnavi¹

2020

Biosci. Biotech. Res. Comm

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Dental caries is the most common chronic disease of childhood, globally. Although dental caries' levels have been declining the world over, the problem of early childhood caries (ECCs) has remained unchanged in many areas of the world, especially the socially deprived.The survey is conducted among Parents in Andhra Pradesh. Self-structured questionnaires were prepared and circulated through an online portal, then the data collected, and results were tabulated. The results were collected and then analyzed through SPSS software. Descriptive statistical analysis was carried out and the chisquare test was used and the p-value was calculated.It was found that the parents knew that oral hygiene was important to general health but was unable to follow optimal oral hygiene practices. The reason for such poor maintenance and practice could be due to low educational low levels of awareness on oral hygiene practices, low economic status of the participants.There was a general lack of knowledge on methods of oral health maintenance even though the participants acknowledged that oral health was vital to general wellbeing. Routine dental camps should be conducted with clinicians demonstrating oral hygiene practices and performing checkups

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Parental Knowledge and Practices on Preschool Children Oral Healthcare in Nibong Tebal Penang, Malaysia

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Knowledge on Childhood Dental Caries Among Parents of Under Five Children in A Community at Biratnagar, Nepal

Knowledge on Childhood Dental Caries Among Parents of Under Five Children in A Community at Biratnagar, Nepal

Prevalence of parents willingness to take up fluoride treatment for their children, the gender differences and common age of acceptance - A retrospective study

Awareness of Childhood Caries Among Parents in Andhra Pradesh

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