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Dental Practitioners Perceptions of Preventive Measures for Pediatric Patients

  • Autores: K. Swetha, Jayashri Prabakar
  • Localización: JETT, ISSN-e 1989-9572, Vol. 13, Vol. 6, 2022, págs. 333-342
  • Idioma: inglés
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    • Background: Dental caries may be a progressive, cumulative oral disease which becomes more intricate to treat with advancement . It's a serious oral illness across various countries. In India, the prevalence of cavities is 31.5-89% which indicates it is a serious public health problem posing an excellent challenge to community and dental professionals . But intervention at primary level can reduce this problem. Hence, the aim is to determine dental practitioners' perceptions of preventive measures for pediatric patients.

      Materials and methods: The sample size used for the study is 105. A self structured questionnaire is being prepared and uploaded in Google forms. A questionnaire in Google forms is being circulated among the sample study population and at the end of the survey, all the data were collected and the data has been analysed by using the software IBM SPSS. Descriptive statistics were expressed by means of number, frequency, and percentage. The Chi-square test was used to find the association between variables.

      Result: The present study reported that 55.34% of MDS graduates and 13% of BDS graduates suggest the use of pit and fissure sealants in your routine dental practices.The present 56% of MDS graduates and 13% of BDS graduates know about the usage of space maintainers.Chi square test was done and association was found to be statistically not significant(Chi square value is 1.41; p> 0.05).

      Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that MDS graduates had a better perception towards the use of preventive measures for pediatric patients for the prevention of dental caries.


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