Goyal Ashima, Morankar Rahul, Gauba Krishan, Jaiswal Manojkumar
Unit of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Oral Health Sciences Centre, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Dental Institute, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4151-4155. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_539_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Pediatricians are the custodians of the overall health of children and are the ideal healthcare personnel to impart information and instruction about oral health care. The aim of this survey was to evaluate awareness of pediatricians regarding oral health care and prevention of oral diseases in children.
The study participants consist of 102 young pediatricians working as Junior and Senior Residents. A questionnaire was formulated to evaluate their knowledge about oral diseases and their prevention. The questionnaire also tested the attitude and practices of pediatricians towards oral health of children with special health care needs.
Majority of the pediatricians had correct knowledge about dental caries (60%), bottle feeding (88.2%), tongue cleaning (83.3%) and medication causing gum enlargement (92.2%). Few had correct knowledge about recommended age to start tooth brushing (35.3%) and maximum recommended sugar exposures per day (35.3%). Although, majority (62.7%) had correct knowledge about fluoride and its role caries prevention, very few (2.9%) knew about recommended fluoride concentration in toothpaste for children.
There was a lack of knowledge amongst pediatrician about oral health care, prevention, and appropriate referral. The study result necessitates the emphasis of improving oral health related knowledge among pediatrician.
儿科医生负责儿童的整体健康，是传授口腔保健信息和指导的理想医护人员。本次调查的目的是评估儿科医生对儿童口腔保健和口腔疾病预防的认知情况。
研究参与者包括102名担任初级和高级住院医师的年轻儿科医生。编制了一份问卷来评估他们对口腔疾病及其预防的知识。该问卷还测试了儿科医生对有特殊医疗需求儿童口腔健康的态度和做法。
大多数儿科医生对龋齿（60%）、奶瓶喂养（88.2%）、清洁舌头（83.3%）和导致牙龈增生的药物（92.2%）有正确的认识。很少有人对开始刷牙的推荐年龄（35.3%）和每天推荐的最大糖摄入量（35.3%）有正确的认识。虽然大多数人（62.7%）对氟化物及其预防龋齿的作用有正确的认识，但很少有人（2.9%）知道儿童牙膏中推荐的氟化物浓度。
儿科医生在口腔保健、预防和适当转诊方面缺乏知识。研究结果有必要强调提高儿科医生与口腔健康相关的知识。
