Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management
IntroductionThe Canadian Dental Association (CDA) recommends children visit a dentist within 6 months of the eruption of their first tooth or by 12 months of age. The aim of this study was to investigate Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries (ECC) and its prevention and ma...
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| description | IntroductionThe Canadian Dental Association (CDA) recommends children visit a dentist within 6 months of the eruption of their first tooth or by 12 months of age. The aim of this study was to investigate Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries (ECC) and its prevention and management.MethodsThis study analyzed a subset of questions relating to dentists’ knowledge of ECC and prevention strategies, from a national survey of general and pediatric dentists, commissioned by the CDA in 2013. Analyses included descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses. A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered significant.ResultsThree thousand two hundred thirty-two out of 14,747 dentists responded (response rate of 21.9%), with 95.1% having heard of ECC. Overall, 60.9% of respondents reported that they were comfortable providing treatment to children with ECC. Significant differences were found between the number of years in practice and whether dentists were or were not comfortable providing prevention (19.5 ± 12.6 years vs. 25.4 ± 12.1 years; p < 0.001) or treatment for patients with ECC (19.1 ± 12.7 years vs. 22.5 ± 12.3 years; p < 0.001). Pediatric dentists (OR = 6.92; 95% CI: 2.57, 18.61), female dentists (OR = 1.13; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.24), dentists practicing in smaller urban areas (OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.28), and dentists who were aware of the CDA's position on ECC (OR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.41) were more likely to be comfortable providing treatment for children with ECC.ConclusionsWhile the majority of Canadian dentists have sufficient knowledge of ECC, not all are comfortable providing oral health care services to children at a young age. It is encouraging however, that most dentists are wanting additional oral health resources designed for education on ECC prevention for parents of young children. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-09c3a58e49bb4409b7ac6460fa997b2b2024-01-08T04:36:43ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Oral Health2673-48422024-01-01410.3389/froh.2023.12683501268350Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and managementJoshua Levesque0Joshua Levesque1Suhird Ghotra2Suhird Ghotra3Betty-Anne Mittermuller4Betty-Anne Mittermuller5Daniella DeMaré6Daniella DeMaré7Victor H. K. Lee8Victor H. K. Lee9Vivianne Cruz de Jesus10Vivianne Cruz de Jesus11Olubukola O. Olatosi12Olubukola O. Olatosi13Olubukola O. Olatosi14Hamideh Alai-Towfigh15Robert J. Schroth16Robert J. Schroth17Robert J. Schroth18Robert J. Schroth19Department of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Oral Biology, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaChildren’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaShared Health Inc., Winnipeg, MB, CanadaIntroductionThe Canadian Dental Association (CDA) recommends children visit a dentist within 6 months of the eruption of their first tooth or by 12 months of age. The aim of this study was to investigate Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries (ECC) and its prevention and management.MethodsThis study analyzed a subset of questions relating to dentists’ knowledge of ECC and prevention strategies, from a national survey of general and pediatric dentists, commissioned by the CDA in 2013. Analyses included descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses. A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered significant.ResultsThree thousand two hundred thirty-two out of 14,747 dentists responded (response rate of 21.9%), with 95.1% having heard of ECC. Overall, 60.9% of respondents reported that they were comfortable providing treatment to children with ECC. Significant differences were found between the number of years in practice and whether dentists were or were not comfortable providing prevention (19.5 ± 12.6 years vs. 25.4 ± 12.1 years; p < 0.001) or treatment for patients with ECC (19.1 ± 12.7 years vs. 22.5 ± 12.3 years; p < 0.001). Pediatric dentists (OR = 6.92; 95% CI: 2.57, 18.61), female dentists (OR = 1.13; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.24), dentists practicing in smaller urban areas (OR = 1.17; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.28), and dentists who were aware of the CDA's position on ECC (OR = 1.26; 95% CI: 1.13, 1.41) were more likely to be comfortable providing treatment for children with ECC.ConclusionsWhile the majority of Canadian dentists have sufficient knowledge of ECC, not all are comfortable providing oral health care services to children at a young age. It is encouraging however, that most dentists are wanting additional oral health resources designed for education on ECC prevention for parents of young children.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2023.1268350/fullaccess to careearly childhood cariesearly childhood oral health carechildpreschoolpediatric dentistry |
| spellingShingle | Joshua Levesque Joshua Levesque Suhird Ghotra Suhird Ghotra Betty-Anne Mittermuller Betty-Anne Mittermuller Daniella DeMaré Daniella DeMaré Victor H. K. Lee Victor H. K. Lee Vivianne Cruz de Jesus Vivianne Cruz de Jesus Olubukola O. Olatosi Olubukola O. Olatosi Olubukola O. Olatosi Hamideh Alai-Towfigh Robert J. Schroth Robert J. Schroth Robert J. Schroth Robert J. Schroth Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management Frontiers in Oral Health access to care early childhood caries early childhood oral health care child preschool pediatric dentistry |
| title | Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management |
| title_full | Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management |
| title_fullStr | Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management |
| title_full_unstemmed | Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management |
| title_short | Canadian dentists’ awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management |
| title_sort | canadian dentists awareness and views on early childhood caries and its prevention and management |
| topic | access to care early childhood caries early childhood oral health care child preschool pediatric dentistry |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/froh.2023.1268350/full |
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