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Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam

This study was conducted to describe the knowledge and practices on dental caries prevention among parents of preschool children in Vietnam and identify associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three preschools in Northern Vietnam in 2020. A total of 316 parents of preschool chil...

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Autores principales: Vu, Dung Anh, Vu, Hai Minh, Vu, Hoang Minh, Tran, Phuc Thai, Duong, Hoang Huy, Tran, Kham Quoc, Nguyen, Bach Xuan, Luong, Hien Xuan
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10598594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37886050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1254479
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author Vu, Dung Anh
Vu, Hai Minh
Vu, Hoang Minh
Tran, Phuc Thai
Duong, Hoang Huy
Tran, Kham Quoc
Nguyen, Bach Xuan
Luong, Hien Xuan
author_facet Vu, Dung Anh
Vu, Hai Minh
Vu, Hoang Minh
Tran, Phuc Thai
Duong, Hoang Huy
Tran, Kham Quoc
Nguyen, Bach Xuan
Luong, Hien Xuan
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description This study was conducted to describe the knowledge and practices on dental caries prevention among parents of preschool children in Vietnam and identify associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three preschools in Northern Vietnam in 2020. A total of 316 parents of preschool children were randomly recruited. Knowledge and practices regarding early dental caries prevention were asked by using a structured questionnaire. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to examine factors associated with knowledge and practice scores. Results showed four aspects of knowledge that had the lowest proportion of parents having correct responses included timing of complete primary tooth replacement (12.3%), benefits of undergoing regular dental examination (31.7%), technique for brushing a child’s teeth (33.9%), and duration for brushing (36.7%). The knowledge of parents was moderately low at 6.3/12 (SD = 2.3). The practices of parents were moderately good with the mean practice score at 6.1/9 (SD = 2.0). The proportion of parents taking children for regular checkups (56.2%) and replacing toothbrush every 3 months (53.7%) were the lowest. Information source, occupation, education and perceived necessity of oral care were found to be associated with parents’ knowledge and practices. To conclude, parents had moderate levels of knowledge and practices regarding early dental caries prevention in preschool children. Further studies and interventions should be performed to improve parental knowledge and practices that could enhance the oral health of children.
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spelling pubmed-105985942023-10-26 Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam Vu, Dung Anh Vu, Hai Minh Vu, Hoang Minh Tran, Phuc Thai Duong, Hoang Huy Tran, Kham Quoc Nguyen, Bach Xuan Luong, Hien Xuan Front Public Health Public Health This study was conducted to describe the knowledge and practices on dental caries prevention among parents of preschool children in Vietnam and identify associated factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three preschools in Northern Vietnam in 2020. A total of 316 parents of preschool children were randomly recruited. Knowledge and practices regarding early dental caries prevention were asked by using a structured questionnaire. Multivariate Tobit regression was used to examine factors associated with knowledge and practice scores. Results showed four aspects of knowledge that had the lowest proportion of parents having correct responses included timing of complete primary tooth replacement (12.3%), benefits of undergoing regular dental examination (31.7%), technique for brushing a child’s teeth (33.9%), and duration for brushing (36.7%). The knowledge of parents was moderately low at 6.3/12 (SD = 2.3). The practices of parents were moderately good with the mean practice score at 6.1/9 (SD = 2.0). The proportion of parents taking children for regular checkups (56.2%) and replacing toothbrush every 3 months (53.7%) were the lowest. Information source, occupation, education and perceived necessity of oral care were found to be associated with parents’ knowledge and practices. To conclude, parents had moderate levels of knowledge and practices regarding early dental caries prevention in preschool children. Further studies and interventions should be performed to improve parental knowledge and practices that could enhance the oral health of children. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10598594/ /pubmed/37886050 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1254479 Text en Copyright © 2023 Vu, Vu, Vu, Tran, Duong, Tran, Nguyen and Luong. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Vu, Dung Anh
Vu, Hai Minh
Vu, Hoang Minh
Tran, Phuc Thai
Duong, Hoang Huy
Tran, Kham Quoc
Nguyen, Bach Xuan
Luong, Hien Xuan
Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam
title Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam
title_full Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam
title_fullStr Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam
title_short Parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern Vietnam
title_sort parental knowledge and practice on childhood caries prevention in northern vietnam
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10598594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37886050
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1254479
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