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Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study

Aim. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of parents residing in Pakistan toward pits and fissure sealants in children. Materials and Methods. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out between November 2022 to March 2023. An online questionnaire was distr...

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Autores principales: Iftikhar, Ayman, Lal, Abhishek, Imran, Aimen, Wasif, Mariam, Ahmed, Naseer, Heboyan, Artak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10666684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214090
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author Iftikhar, Ayman
Lal, Abhishek
Imran, Aimen
Wasif, Mariam
Ahmed, Naseer
Heboyan, Artak
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Lal, Abhishek
Imran, Aimen
Wasif, Mariam
Ahmed, Naseer
Heboyan, Artak
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description Aim. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of parents residing in Pakistan toward pits and fissure sealants in children. Materials and Methods. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out between November 2022 to March 2023. An online questionnaire was distributed through various social media platforms. Independent t-test and Multiple Linear Regression analysis were performed. Results. A total of 570 participants were recruited. For protection against tooth decay, most of the participants 456(80%) believed that fissure sealants should be placed to protect teeth from decay. Placement of fissure sealants was considered to be a cost-effective measure by majority of the 480 (84.2%) respondents. Conclusion. Fissure sealants are one of the most effective preventive measures against tooth decay. The knowledge, attitude and practice of parents were some being aware of fissure sealants and some were not. It appeared to support the placement of fissure sealants for their children.
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spelling pubmed-106666842023-11-22 Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study Iftikhar, Ayman Lal, Abhishek Imran, Aimen Wasif, Mariam Ahmed, Naseer Heboyan, Artak Glob Pediatr Health Children’s Oral Health - Original Article Aim. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of parents residing in Pakistan toward pits and fissure sealants in children. Materials and Methods. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out between November 2022 to March 2023. An online questionnaire was distributed through various social media platforms. Independent t-test and Multiple Linear Regression analysis were performed. Results. A total of 570 participants were recruited. For protection against tooth decay, most of the participants 456(80%) believed that fissure sealants should be placed to protect teeth from decay. Placement of fissure sealants was considered to be a cost-effective measure by majority of the 480 (84.2%) respondents. Conclusion. Fissure sealants are one of the most effective preventive measures against tooth decay. The knowledge, attitude and practice of parents were some being aware of fissure sealants and some were not. It appeared to support the placement of fissure sealants for their children. SAGE Publications 2023-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10666684/ /pubmed/38024465 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214090 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Children’s Oral Health - Original Article
Iftikhar, Ayman
Lal, Abhishek
Imran, Aimen
Wasif, Mariam
Ahmed, Naseer
Heboyan, Artak
Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study
title Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study
title_full Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study
title_fullStr Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study
title_short Parental Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Dental Sealants as Preventive Strategy for Dental Caries in Children: A Cross Sectional Study
title_sort parental knowledge, attitude and practices toward dental sealants as preventive strategy for dental caries in children: a cross sectional study
topic Children’s Oral Health - Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10666684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38024465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X231214090
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