Evaluation Of Knowledge And Practice Of Pediatricians About Early Childhood Caries In Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Despite efforts for improvement of oral health in the world during recent years, dental caries remained one of the most common chronic diseases in the childhood. One of the most important factors that can play a significant role in the success of oral health promotion programs is the adherence and collaboration of non dental staff of pediatric health providers such as pediatricians. The present study aimed to evaluate pediatricians’ knowledge and practice regarding oral health and its related factors.Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study conducted in 2020, 90 pediatricians that were working in Tehran city participated. A newly designed valid and reliable questionnaire comprised of three sections of demographics (8 questions), knowledge (30 questions) and practice (8 questions) was provided to the participants. The knowledge questions consisted of five domains about primary teeth (8 questions), dental visits (3 questions), dental caries determinants (8 questions), eating habits (7 questions), and fluoride (4 questions). Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 22. The significance level was considered to be less than 0.05 (p<0.05).Results: The participants (n=90) had an average age of 45.96±9.75 years (ranged 30-76 years) and 60 percent of them were women. The mean of their knowledge score was 20.10±4.45 (out of a maximum 30) and for the practice, it was 15.51±3.49 (out of a maximum 24). Receiving oral health training courses during education period was significantly associated with the higher knowledge of the physicians (r=0.20, p=0.04). Furthermore, interest in learning (r=0.20, p=0.04) and presence of dentists among their relatives and friends (r=0.21, p=0.03) were significantly related to better oral health practice of the studied pediatricians. There was no difference in pediatricians’ knowledge and practice according to age and gender.Conclusion: In general, the knowledge and practice of pediatricians about oral health and prevention of dental caries for their patients was not satisfactory. The associations between higher knowledge and practice with recieving the oral health training courses during education period, interest in learning and other motivations such as presence of a dentist among relatives, casts light on the importance of training such professional health staff to promote oral health in the childhood.Keywords: Oral health; Primary teeth; Knowledge; Pediatricians; Practice; Children.
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3. Nematollahi H, Mehrabkhani M, Esmaily HO. Dental caries experience and its relationship to socio-economic factors in 2-6 year old kindergarten children in Birjand–Iran in 2007. Journal of Mashhad Dental School. 2008 Dec 21;32(4):325-32.
4. Pahlevani Z, Eghbalian F, Monsef Esfehani F, Chitgar Z. Evaluation of the incidence and pattern of early childhood dental caries and effective factors on 2-6 year old children in Hamedan in 2006. KAUMS Journal (FEYZ). 2008 Apr 10;12(1):81-7.
5. Sheiham A, Maizels JE, Cushing AM. The concept of need in dental care. International Dental Journal. 1982 Sep 1;32(3):265-70. 16
6. Kalra G, Bansal K, Sultan A. Prevalence of early childhood caries and assessment of its associated risk factors in preschool children of urban Gurgaon, Haryana. Indian Journal of Dental Sciences. 2011 Jun 1;3(2). Kalra G, Bansal K, Sultan A. Prevalence of early childhood caries and assessment of its associated risk factors in preschool children of urban Gurgaon, Haryana. Indian Journal of Dental Sciences. 2011 Jun 1;3(2).
7. Jafarzadeh M, Fard RG, Tahririyan D, Fard AG. Evaluation of the knowledge and awareness of pediatricians about the early childhood caries. Iranian Journal of Pediatric Dentistry.;2018(13):1.
8. González E, Pérez-Hinojosa S, Alarcón JA, Peñalver MA. Knowledge of Andalusian paediatricians and parents about early-onset tooth decay. Anales de Pediatría (English Edition). 2015 Jan 1;82(1):19-26.
9. Nammalwar RB, Rangeeth P. Knowledge and attitude of pediatricians and Family Physicians in Chennai on Pediatric Dentistry: A survey. Dental research journal. 2012 Sep;9(5):561.
10. Murthy GA, Mohandas U. The knowledge, attitude and practice in prevention of dental caries amongst pediatricians in Bangalore: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry. 2010 Apr 1;28(2):100.
11. Ramroop V, Kowlessar A, Ramcharitar-Maharaj V, Morris L, Naidu R. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards preventive oral care in early childhood among paediatricians in Trinidad and Tobago: findings of a national survey. International dental journal. 2019 Feb 1;69(1):67-76.
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17. Islamipour Faezeh, Qasemi Massoud. Survey of knowledge, attitude and practice of general dentists in Isfahan towards the use of computers and the Internet in the field of work in 2013.
18. Oge OA, Cetiner S. Paediatricians’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Children’s Oral Health in North Cyprus. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. 2017 Nov 21;13(12):7905-12.
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Aminzadeh Jahromi D, Mohebbi SZ, Yosef Zadeh S, Bahramian H. Evaluation Of Knowledge And Practice Of Pediatricians About Early Childhood Caries In Tehran, Iran. J Craniomaxillofac Res. 2024;10(4):185-194.
