Gopakumar Manju, Hegde Amitha M
Reader, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Children Dentistry, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2010 Jan-Apr;3(1):35-7. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1051. Epub 2010 Apr 15.
To evaluate the attitudes of parents of 3 to 8 years old children with cleft lip and palate towards the provision of pediatric dental health care and assess the experience of dentistry in general dental practice.
A questionnaire was distributed to parents of 100 children in the age group of 3 to 8 years old with cleft lip and palate who visited the cleft lip and palate center in KS Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore.
Out of the hundred patients, 66% of the patients registered directly at the cleft center for their deformity. Only 20% of these children visited a local dental practitioner for their dental health care. 42% had neither undergone any dental treatment nor received any dietary or oral hygiene advices. Regarding the provision of the dental treatment, 74% wanted a pediatric dentist to provide dental check-up and treatment at the cleft center, whereas, 24% preferred a dental practitioner close to their home and 2% does not want treatment anywhere.
The survey indicates that there is parental support for the pediatric dental assessment at the cleft center with subsequent arrangement of dental treatment with their local dental practitioners. The majority wanted a pediatric dentist to provide the dental check-up and treatment at the cleft center.
评估唇腭裂3至8岁患儿家长对小儿牙科保健服务的态度，并评估普通牙科诊所的看牙经历。
向100名3至8岁唇腭裂患儿的家长发放问卷，这些患儿均前往芒格洛尔KS赫格德医学院的唇腭裂中心就诊。
在这100名患者中，66%的患者因畸形直接在腭裂中心登记。这些儿童中只有20%因牙齿保健去看过当地的牙医。42%的儿童既未接受过任何牙科治疗，也未得到过任何饮食或口腔卫生方面的建议。关于牙科治疗的提供，74%的家长希望有小儿牙医在腭裂中心进行牙齿检查和治疗，而24%的家长更倾向于离家近的牙医，2%的家长不想在任何地方接受治疗。
调查表明，家长支持在腭裂中心进行小儿牙科评估，并随后安排在当地牙医处进行牙科治疗。大多数家长希望有小儿牙医在腭裂中心进行牙齿检查和治疗。
