{"title":"儿科医生负责儿童的口腔保健","authors":"M. Virdi, M. Kaur, S. Mittal","doi":"10.5580/2969","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Objective - To find the knowledge of pediatrician regarding preventive dental care in National Capital Territory of Delhi. MethodThis study was designed as a telephone survey. Phone numbers were retrieved from the local classified lists. Fifteen pediatricians from each district were randomly selected. Identified practicing pediatricians were called up and interviews sought. Results- Among the pediatricians interviewed 30 (33.70%)asked the patient to be taken to a dentist for a routine checkup ,whereas 59(66.26%) asked for a dental check up only in case the patient reported any dental problem. 42(47.19%) pediatricians knew about the availability of specialized branch of dentistry dealing with oral health care of children. ConclusionThe ultimate success of preventive dentistry is very much dependent upon the knowledge and function of the medical group concerned with children. Therefore it is of prime importance that the knowledge of pediatrician regarding preventive dental care be known and if need be enhanced regularly.","PeriodicalId":75037,"journal":{"name":"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Pediatricians Take On Oral Health Care Of Children\",\"authors\":\"M. Virdi, M. Kaur, S. Mittal\",\"doi\":\"10.5580/2969\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Objective - To find the knowledge of pediatrician regarding preventive dental care in National Capital Territory of Delhi. MethodThis study was designed as a telephone survey. Phone numbers were retrieved from the local classified lists. Fifteen pediatricians from each district were randomly selected. Identified practicing pediatricians were called up and interviews sought. Results- Among the pediatricians interviewed 30 (33.70%)asked the patient to be taken to a dentist for a routine checkup ,whereas 59(66.26%) asked for a dental check up only in case the patient reported any dental problem. 42(47.19%) pediatricians knew about the availability of specialized branch of dentistry dealing with oral health care of children. ConclusionThe ultimate success of preventive dentistry is very much dependent upon the knowledge and function of the medical group concerned with children. Therefore it is of prime importance that the knowledge of pediatrician regarding preventive dental care be known and if need be enhanced regularly.\",\"PeriodicalId\":75037,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology\",\"volume\":null,\"pages\":null},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.0000,\"publicationDate\":\"2010-12-31\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"7\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.5580/2969\",\"RegionNum\":0,\"RegionCategory\":null,\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"\",\"JCRName\":\"\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet journal of pediatrics and neonatology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/2969","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatricians Take On Oral Health Care Of Children
Objective - To find the knowledge of pediatrician regarding preventive dental care in National Capital Territory of Delhi. MethodThis study was designed as a telephone survey. Phone numbers were retrieved from the local classified lists. Fifteen pediatricians from each district were randomly selected. Identified practicing pediatricians were called up and interviews sought. Results- Among the pediatricians interviewed 30 (33.70%)asked the patient to be taken to a dentist for a routine checkup ,whereas 59(66.26%) asked for a dental check up only in case the patient reported any dental problem. 42(47.19%) pediatricians knew about the availability of specialized branch of dentistry dealing with oral health care of children. ConclusionThe ultimate success of preventive dentistry is very much dependent upon the knowledge and function of the medical group concerned with children. Therefore it is of prime importance that the knowledge of pediatrician regarding preventive dental care be known and if need be enhanced regularly.