Mother's Knowledge & Attitude Regarding Oral Health of Pre-Adolescent Children's and Associated Risk Factors on Dental Caries Experience and Oral Hygiene Status Naveen N1, Patel Abhinav2,*, Yunus G. Y.3, Tiwari Ram4, Patnaik Swati5, Balasubramanyam V.6 1Professor & Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Kohka-kurud, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 2Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Kohka-kurud, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 3Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Kohka-kurud, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 4Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Kohka-kurud, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 6Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Kohka-kurud, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh 5Department of Public Health Dentistry, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India *Corresponding Author: Dr. Abhinav Patel, Post Graduate Student, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rungta College of Dental Sciences & Research, Kohka-kurud, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh. Email: patel.abhinav38@gmail.com
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract Aim & Objectives To determine mother's knowledge & attitude towards their child's oral health, dental caries experience & oral hygiene status of pre-adolescent children's. Material and Method In this descriptive cross-sectional study 400 pre-adolescents children & their mothers were randomly selected from 8 private & government school. A 21 item, self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the mother's knowledge and attitude towards child's oral health. DMFT/def index was used to record dental caries experience & oral health status was recorded by using OHI-S index. Descriptive statistics, t-test & chi-square test were applied to analyse the data. Results The Mean percentage of Mother's knowledge & attitude towards child's oral health of private & government school was 44.2% & 44.6%, 27% & 34.49% respectively. The mean±SD of oral hygiene status was 1.824±0.85 & 1.712±0.81, DMFT & def was 2.42±1.59 & 2.39±1.38, 0.61±1.40 & 0.50±¬1.46 among private & government school children respectively (p>0.05). Illiterate to literate mothers had 0.860 odds of having poor oral hygiene and 1.506 odds of having caries experience among their pre-adolescent children. Conclusion This study reflects that mother's knowledge & attitude towards their child's oral health is significantly associated with dental caries experience & oral hygiene status. The study signifies that as the mother's knowledge and attitude increases the caries experience decreases. Therefore, mother's education towards child's oral health is necessary. Top Keywords Attitude, Child, Knowledge, Mothers, Oral health. Top |