Parental Attitude and Knowledge Towards the Usage of Barrier Techniques by Pediatric Dentist
Journal Title: People's Journal of Scientific Research. - Year 2011, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
To assess the parental attitude and knowledge towards the use of barrier techniques by the pediatric dentist, parents of 200 preschool pediatric patients were randomly selected and asked to fill the questionnaire related to the usage of barrier technique by the pediatric dentists. Seventy five percent of the parents felt, that pediatric dentist should wear gloves and 35% wanted their pediatric dentist to wear mouth mask, 70% of parents thought that both pediatric dentist and the patients will be protected from the spread of the infection. Thirtyfive percent of them also wanted pediatric dentist to wear protective glasses during the treatment procedure. Eightyfive percent of them refused the treatment by pediatric dentists who were not wearing the gloves; 72% wanted the gloves to be changed for each patient. Fifty five percent of them thought that dental assistant also should wear gloves during treatment; only 55% of the parents were satisfied with the barrier techniques protocol of their pediatric dentist; Ninty percent of them thought that using gloves and mouth mask will scare the child. Quite high level of positive attitude and knowledge was seen in the present group of parents and they were not willing to take their child to the pediatric dentist who didn’t follow the proper barrier technique.
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Deepak Bhayya, Tarulatha Shyagali
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