Agbaje M O, Adeniyi A A, Salisu M A, Animashaun A B, Ogunbanjo B O
Department of Child Dental Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Afr J Med Med Sci. 2013 Jun;42(2):157-63.
A high proportion of Nigerian children with caries are left untreated resulting in complications. Paediatricians often provide primary care and maybe useful in improving oral health care.
To assess the oral health knowledge on dental caries and professional experience of a sample of Nigerian paediatricians.
A self-administered questionnaire-based cross sectional survey of paediatricians attending the annual national conference of the Paediatric Association of Nigeria in January 2011 at Abuja, Nigeria was conducted. The questionnaire assessed knowledge on early childhood caries, oral health services provided and attitude to preventive dental services. Data analysis was done using EPI-info (version 3.5) statistical software.
Of the 200 questionnaires administered, 145 were properly completed and returned (response rate of 72.5%). The respondents' gender was almost evenly distributed. Their age range was 26-77 years (mean 41.8 +/- 7.4 years). A total of 83 (57.2%) respondents reported receiving oral health education prior to this study. Over 90% of the respondents had received various dental complaints from their patients. Very few (26.2%) performed oral screening routinely although 94.2% believed that oral screening should be routinely carried out. Only 28.9% of the respondents felt adequately informed about oral health though 86.6% were willing to receive training on oral health care. Most of the respondents agreed that dental assessments and counselling should be included in routine paediatric clinical examination.
Paediatricians could be useful in increasing access to oral health care for Nigerian children. Hence, oral health education should be included in the training programme of Nigerian paediatricians.
很大一部分患有龋齿的尼日利亚儿童得不到治疗，从而引发并发症。儿科医生通常提供初级保健，可能有助于改善口腔保健。
评估尼日利亚儿科医生样本对龋齿的口腔健康知识和专业经验。
于2011年1月在尼日利亚阿布贾对参加尼日利亚儿科学会年度全国会议的儿科医生进行了一项基于问卷调查的横断面调查。问卷评估了关于幼儿龋齿的知识、提供的口腔健康服务以及对预防性牙科服务的态度。使用EPI - info（3.5版）统计软件进行数据分析。
在发放的200份问卷中，145份被正确填写并返回（回复率为72.5%）。受访者的性别分布几乎均匀。他们的年龄范围是26 - 77岁（平均41.8±7.4岁）。共有83名（57.2%）受访者报告在本研究之前接受过口腔健康教育。超过90%的受访者收到过患者的各种牙科投诉。尽管94.2%的受访者认为应常规进行口腔筛查，但只有极少数（26.2%）的人常规进行口腔筛查。只有28.9%的受访者觉得自己对口腔健康了解充分，尽管86.6%的人愿意接受口腔保健培训。大多数受访者同意牙科评估和咨询应纳入常规儿科临床检查。
儿科医生有助于增加尼日利亚儿童获得口腔保健的机会。因此，口腔健康教育应纳入尼日利亚儿科医生的培训计划。
