Parental Awareness about Malocclusion in their Children: A common yet unknown disorder
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Aim- To assess the parental knowledge and awareness about malocclusion in their children. Method- Parents of 500 children (289 male and 211 females) aged between 6-16 years, coming to the Department OPD were included in this study. Questionnaires were presented to the parents and their knowledge and awareness regarding malocclusion in children were assessed. Result- Out of 500, 88.4% didn’t aware about irregular teeth in a child. 58.8% parents agreed that problems of primary teeth can affect permanent teeth. 84.2% of parents were not aware of maintaining primary teeth to prevent irregular arrangement of teeth in a child. However, for 61.4% maintaining space was the main purpose of primary teeth and preserving carious primary teeth was more favoured rather than extraction. Most of the parents didn’t know any kind of oral habit causing irregular teeth in children. Aesthetics was chosen as the most important reason for treating irregular teeth. Only 11.8 % of parents visit dentist for regular annual dental check up of their children, although majority of them considered dentist is the common source of dental information.Conclusion- Overall lack of awareness was observed among the parents about malocclusion. The level of parental awareness and knowledge needs to be improved further.
Authors and Affiliations
Patidar Deepika1, Sogi Suma, Patidar Dinesh Chand, Shahi Prinka4
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