Chung Mina H, Kaste Linda M, Koerber Anne, Fadavi Shahrbanoo, Punwani Indru
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Dentistry, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, 801 South Paulina Street, MC 850, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2006 May;70(5):511-7.
Primary care providers' involvement with and perceptions of the epidemic of early childhood caries could be related to attitudes and knowledge of the disease as well as to differences in discipline-based recommendations. A cross-sectional survey of demographics, opinions on infant oral health care visits and importance of infant oral health care, knowledge of tooth eruption, and knowledge of health care guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) was administered by several methods to first- and fourth-year dental and medical students at two University of Illinois campuses. Some expected variations were found among dental and medical students pertaining to perceptions and knowledge of infant oral health. Higher proportions of dental students responded correctly or considered the issues very important. However, Rockford medicine students were more likely to know when children should be weaned, yet less likely to agree with recommendations for time of first dental visit. Furthermore, fourth-year dental students were less likely than first-year dental students to give the recommended answer for age of first dental visit. Variances of opinions and basic knowledge of infant oral health of dental and medical students showed inconsistencies with desired outcomes of educational and clinical experiences. Further research is needed to understand the role of experience and other factors to effectively educate primary care providers in this area.
初级保健提供者对幼儿龋齿流行的参与程度和看法可能与对该疾病的态度和知识以及基于学科的建议差异有关。通过多种方法，对伊利诺伊大学两个校区的一年级和四年级牙科及医学学生进行了一项横断面调查，内容包括人口统计学、对婴儿口腔保健就诊的看法和婴儿口腔保健的重要性、牙齿萌出知识以及美国儿科学会（AAP）和美国儿科学会牙科分会（AAPD）的医疗保健指南知识。在牙科和医学学生对婴儿口腔健康的认知和知识方面发现了一些预期的差异。较高比例的牙科学生回答正确或认为这些问题非常重要。然而，罗克福德的医学学生更有可能知道儿童何时应该断奶，但不太可能同意首次看牙时间的建议。此外，四年级牙科学生比一年级牙科学生给出首次看牙年龄推荐答案的可能性更小。牙科和医学学生对婴儿口腔健康的意见和基本知识差异与教育和临床经验的预期结果不一致。需要进一步研究以了解经验和其他因素在有效教育该领域初级保健提供者方面的作用。
