Perception of Dental Students towards Infant Oral Health Care and Early Childhood Caries

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dc.contributor.authorLone, Naziaen_US
dc.contributor.authorIfzahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-02T06:08:26Z
dc.date.available2020-01-02T06:08:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.description.abstractEarly childhood caries can lead to a higher risk of new carious lesions in both primary and permanent dentition, hospitalizations, increased treatment expenditure, risk for delayed physical growth and development, loss of school days with restricted activity, diminished oral health related quality of life and psychological distress to parents. Infant oral health is one of the foundations on which dental care and preventive education must be built to allow a lifetime opportunity free from preventable oral diseases. The purpose of this study was to determine the baseline knowledge and attitude of undergraduate dental students regarding early childhood caries and infant oral health and to propose ways to improve the undergraduate dental curriculum particularly in the prevention of Infant Oral Health diseases. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among third and final year students of Government Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar, India in December 2019. Data was collected using a self-structured questionnaire. The questionnaires were entered into excel worksheet for cleaning and imported into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) for analysis. Results: About eighty five (85 %) of students had a good knowledge about early childhood caries and infant oral health care. Conclusion: There is still a need to improve the knowledge of graduating dental students through effective strategies. They require adequate training in infant oral health care to be included in their curriculum.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor and Head, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Govt Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar, India.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsRegistrar, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Govt Dental College and Hospital, Srinagar, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLone Nazia, Ifzah. Perception of Dental Students towards Infant Oral Health Care and Early Childhood Caries. Annals of International medical and Dental Research. 2019 Jul; 5(4): 23-26en_US
dc.identifier.issn2395-2822
dc.identifier.issn2395-2814
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/188929
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherSociety for Health Care & Research Developmenten_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.21276/aimdr.2019.5.4.DE7en_US
dc.subjectAAPD- American Academy of Pediatric Dentistryen_US
dc.subjectECC-: Early childhood cariesen_US
dc.subjectIOH- Infant oral healthen_US
dc.titlePerception of Dental Students towards Infant Oral Health Care and Early Childhood Cariesen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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