{"title":"Turkish Pediatricians' Awareness of Children's Oral Health.","authors":"Gülsüm Duruk, Burçin Acar","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Purpose:</b> To assess the level of knowledge about the common approaches to children's oral and dental health in a sample of Turkish pediatricians.<br/><b>Methods:</b> A total of 130 pediatricians responded to an 18-question electronic survey about their personal information and knowledge about children's oral health. The data obtained were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and multiple linear regression analysis tests.<br/><b>Results:</b> The mean pediatricians' knowledge score was 7.99±1.67 (range: zero to 11) and the median score was eight. There were no statistically signification relationships between the pediatricians' mean knowledge, their sociodemographic factors and their educational background about children's oral health.<br/><b>Conclusion:</b> Turkish pediatricians need more pediatric oral health education.</p>","PeriodicalId":51605,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN","volume":"88 1","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY FOR CHILDREN","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Purpose: To assess the level of knowledge about the common approaches to children's oral and dental health in a sample of Turkish pediatricians. Methods: A total of 130 pediatricians responded to an 18-question electronic survey about their personal information and knowledge about children's oral health. The data obtained were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, and multiple linear regression analysis tests. Results: The mean pediatricians' knowledge score was 7.99±1.67 (range: zero to 11) and the median score was eight. There were no statistically signification relationships between the pediatricians' mean knowledge, their sociodemographic factors and their educational background about children's oral health. Conclusion: Turkish pediatricians need more pediatric oral health education.
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Acquired after the merger between the American Society of Dentistry for Children and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry in 2002, the Journal of Dentistry for Children (JDC) is an internationally renowned journal whose publishing dates back to 1934. Published three times a year, JDC promotes the practice, education and research specifically related to the specialty of pediatric dentistry. It covers a wide range of topics related to the clinical care of children, from clinical techniques of daily importance to the practitioner, to studies on child behavior and growth and development. JDC also provides information on the physical, psychological and emotional conditions of children as they relate to and affect their dental health.
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