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Volume 8 Issue 5 (May, 2020)

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Awareness of Dental treatment among Malaysian Parents - An Epidemiological Study
Vedam Vaishnavi, Ganapathy Sivadas, Lee Tim Yeen Marianne, Pathmanathan Merosheni, Goh You Xuan Michelle

Introduction: Health as defined by World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Maintaining oral health is very important for overall wellbeing of the individual in the community. Aims: To create an awareness of dental treatment among Malaysian parents towards children. Methods and Material: Across-sectional study was conducted in Faculty of Dentistry, Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) Dental Centre, Malaysia. A set of questions with multiple-choice answers formulated was personally given to a total of five hundred parents who brought their children for dental treatment and parents who came for their dental treatment in AIMST Dental Centre. Statistical analysis was appropriately used to analyze the effect of awareness of dental treatment among Malaysians. Results: Statistical analysis was performed for all questions individually. Overall, the results made us aware that adequate knowledge and education must be regularly given to parents in order to maintain children oral health. Conclusions: Parents should be a role model for their children to maintain a good oral health. Together, parents and children should practice and maintain good oral health. Good habits like tooth brushing should be inculcated to every child in the family. Key words: Oral health, epidemiology, oral hygiene.

 
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