Bubna Shikha, Perez-Spiess Silvia, Cernigliaro Julie, Julliard Kell
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Lutheran Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Pediatr Dent. 2012 May-Jun;34(3):203-9.
The purpose of this study was to survey American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) members about their beliefs and practices regarding the age 1 dental visit.
A 31-item survey was mailed to 1,500 randomly selected AAPD members to assess their beliefs and practices regarding the age 1 dental visit and prenatal dental counseling. Descriptive analyses and chi-square tests were done to analyze the data.
Five hundred fifty-four (37%) surveys were returned; 496 (91%) respondents agreed with the AAPD Policy on the Dental Home, while 490 (90%) respondents performed age 1 dental evaluations. The most commonly cited reason respondents gave for not performing infant evaluations was "parents do not see the value." Eighty-five (15 %) respondents provided prenatal dental counseling to members in their community, and 250 (51%) who performed infant oral evaluations inquired about parents' dental history. Younger, more recently trained pediatric dentists were more likely to agree with the policy compared to older, more experienced pediatric dentists.
Most respondents agreed with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry's Policy on the Dental Home and performed infant oral evaluations. Few respondents (15%) provided prenatal dental counseling to individuals/groups in their community.
本研究旨在就美国儿科学会牙科学会（AAPD）成员对1岁儿童牙科就诊的看法和做法进行调查。
向1500名随机抽取的AAPD成员邮寄了一份包含31个条目的调查问卷，以评估他们对1岁儿童牙科就诊和产前牙科咨询的看法和做法。采用描述性分析和卡方检验对数据进行分析。
共收回554份（约37%）调查问卷；496名（91%）受访者同意AAPD关于牙科之家的政策，而490名（约90%）受访者进行了1岁儿童牙科评估。受访者给出的未进行婴儿评估的最常见原因是“家长看不到其价值”。85名（约15%）受访者为所在社区的成员提供产前牙科咨询，250名（约51%）进行婴儿口腔评估的受访者询问了家长的牙科病史。与年长、经验更丰富的儿科牙医相比，年轻、近期接受培训的儿科牙医更有可能同意该政策。
大多数受访者同意美国儿科学会牙科学会关于牙科之家的政策并进行了婴儿口腔评估。很少有受访者（15%）为所在社区的个人/群体提供产前牙科咨询。
