{"title":"TO EVALUATE KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF THE\n\nPARENTS FOR THEIR CHILD'S ORAL HEALTH AND DENTAL CARE IN THE POPULATION","authors":"Shazia Nabi, F. Shah, T. Ahmed","doi":"10.33882/clinicaldent.13.25191","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: \n\nOral cavity has an essential role in the initiation of a child’s physical, mental, social functioning. Immediately after eruption of teeth they are susceptible to dental caries. During this phase of life parents play main role in prevention of occurrence of any dental issues.Aim: aim of the study was to evaluate parents’ knowledge, attitude and practice for their child’s dental health. \n\nMaterials and methods: A total of 150 parents were selected who visited the sub district hospital in Seer, Kashmir for their child’s dental treatment. Children in 2 to 12 year age group were included. \n\nResult:According to resultsobtained, it was concluded that 68.9% of the participants were having poor knowledge, 39% exhibited poor attitude and 71% showed poor practices.Conclusion:most of the parents were lacking dental knowledge, though most of them showed positive attitude but few were following the dental practices. \n\nKey Words : Children, parents, health","PeriodicalId":35793,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Clinical Dentistry","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Clinical Dentistry","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.33882/clinicaldent.13.25191","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Dentistry","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Introduction:
Oral cavity has an essential role in the initiation of a child’s physical, mental, social functioning. Immediately after eruption of teeth they are susceptible to dental caries. During this phase of life parents play main role in prevention of occurrence of any dental issues.Aim: aim of the study was to evaluate parents’ knowledge, attitude and practice for their child’s dental health.
Materials and methods: A total of 150 parents were selected who visited the sub district hospital in Seer, Kashmir for their child’s dental treatment. Children in 2 to 12 year age group were included.
Result:According to resultsobtained, it was concluded that 68.9% of the participants were having poor knowledge, 39% exhibited poor attitude and 71% showed poor practices.Conclusion:most of the parents were lacking dental knowledge, though most of them showed positive attitude but few were following the dental practices.
Key Words : Children, parents, health
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