Abstract: This study was aimed to evaluate the awareness and attitude of parental toward space maintainer used by their children, we also attempted to compare the awareness difference between females and male’s parents. A cross-sectional survey with a structured questionnaire was designed according to dental association. The study was conducted during the month of (July, 2017 to October 2017) after taking prior informed consent from the 518 parents. Inclusion criteria were parents getting their children treated for dental malocclusion and who were willing to participate. The space maintainer’s treatment for the primary teeth can be a controversial choice of treatment for some dental practitioners that do not advise use space maintainers as well as consider them a waste of time as well as unhealthy to the continuing to be dentition sometimes. The majority of dental practitioners believe that the usage of space maintainers could protect against the development or worsening of malocclusion. Females had significantly better general knowledge ratings than Males. On top of that, participants with less education and learning level had dramatically better overall expertise scores than higher informed mothers and fathers.
Keywords: Space maintainers (S.M), cross-sectional survey.
Title: Assessment of Parental Knowledge and Awareness about the Space Maintainer in KSA
Author: Ahad Fahad Alshammari, Maha Mohammed Al Naafa, Abdullah Faraj Alshammari, Naif Alhumaid, Turki Saad Alquwayz, Lujain Ahmad Alghrairy, Jose Nazareno J. Lopez
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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