Ram Diana, Hermida Maria Laura, Jerozolimsky Andrea Braun, Slav Or-Yan, Wang Hao-Yu, Abbate Florencia Puig, Rodriguez Ana Lorente, Cuadros-Fernández Cristina, Leon Roberto Vofovics, Davidovich Esti
J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2018;42(3):195-202. doi: 10.17796/1053-4628-42.3.5. Epub 2018 Apr 26.
Data are conflicting regarding the effect of professional staff attire on children at pediatric dental clinics.
To compare the preferences of children and their parents in three countries, regarding the gender and attire of pediatric dentists.
A multi-centered study was conducted in pediatric dental clinics in Israel (N=100), Uruguay (N=270) and Spain (N=200). Children, aged 4-12 years, and their parents were asked to choose the pediatric dentist they preferred from 5 pictures of the same male and 5 pictures of the same female, in different attire.
In Israeli clinics, where half of the pediatric dentists were male, and they wore white coats or casual attire, these were preferred by children, with no preference regarding the dentist's gender. In Spain, where the majority of dentists were females, wearing surgical scrubs, children preferred female dentists with this attire. In Uruguay, where female dentists wore surgical or pediatric scrubs, these were preferred by children. Parents more often selected female than male dentists; they preferred pediatric scrubs for their children's dentists more often than their children preferred such attire.
Children's preferences for the attire of pediatric dentists reflected the common wearing apparel for dentists at the clinics they attended.
关于专业医护人员着装对儿科牙科诊所儿童的影响，数据存在冲突。
比较三个国家儿童及其父母对儿科牙医性别和着装的偏好。
在以色列（N = 100）、乌拉圭（N = 270）和西班牙（N = 200）的儿科牙科诊所进行了一项多中心研究。4至12岁的儿童及其父母被要求从5张相同男性和5张相同女性的不同着装照片中选择他们更喜欢的儿科牙医。
在以色列的诊所，一半的儿科牙医是男性，他们穿着白大褂或便服，儿童更喜欢这些，对牙医的性别没有偏好。在西班牙，大多数牙医是女性，穿着手术服，儿童更喜欢穿着这种服装的女牙医。在乌拉圭，女牙医穿着手术服或儿科手术服，儿童更喜欢这些。父母更多地选择女牙医而非男牙医；他们比孩子更喜欢让孩子的牙医穿着儿科手术服。
儿童对儿科牙医着装的偏好反映了他们所就诊诊所中牙医的常见着装。
