children’s perception of their dentists maha al-sarheed
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CHILDREN’S PERCEPTION OF THEIR DENTISTS
Maha AL-SARHEED
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INTRODUCTION
Fear of dentistry occurs in 5-6% percent of population and 16% among school-age children
Friedson, 1956
Fear of dentists and dental treatment has been considered a major hindrance to the delivery of quality dental services Corah et al., 1979
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Good communication between physicians and patients has demonstrable consequences for patients’ emotional and physical well-being
Waitzkin, 1984
A strong rapport on child’s first visit helps create a comfortable atmosphere in which the child does not feel threatened
Mathewson, 1995
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Important factor to patient’s perception and liking of dentist
Sight of anesthetic needle Sight, sound and sensation of dental
handpiece and bur
Kleinknecht et al., 1973
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Aim of the Study
To identify children attitude to the dental visit and their perception toward their dentist
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METHOD and SUBJECTS
Saudi children aged 9-12 years
Elementary schools
Survey by questionnaire
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Items: 1-4, Multiple choice questions
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Items 5-11: set of pictures about clinic, dentist gender, outfit and infection control measures
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Approval of the CDRC
Pilot study on 20 children
Data coded and entered into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
Descriptive and analytic approaches used
Chi-square test and non-parametric test at 5% level of significance used
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RESULTS
Respond rate of 94.19 %
Demographic distribution
Age(%) Gender(%)
9-10 199 (52)
11-12 184 (48)
Male 189(49.3)
Female 194(50.7)
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Table 2 Summary of child’s response to the dental visit
P>0.005 as male (16%) didn’t like their visit compared to 6% of female
Question Response Number(%)
Have you been to dentist Yes
No
282(73.6)
101(26.4)
How did you feel Like it
Don’t like it
Afraid
Don’t know
246(64.2)
43(11.2)
40(10.4)
54(14.1)
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Children’s perception to Dentist gender and body smell
Items Number (%)
Do you prefer to be treated by a male or female dentist?
Female
Male
184(48)
199(52)
How does your dentist smell?
Good
Bad
337(88)
46(12)
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35
12.8 13.6
38.6
0
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40P
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nta
geDentist Protection
Which dentist do you prefer?
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29.2
9.2
0
10
20
30
Per
cen
tage
Dentist Protection
P> 0.05
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90.3
9.70
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40
50
60
70
80
90
100
Percentage
Female dentist outfit
86.9
13.1
0
10
20
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Per
cent
age
Male dentist outfit
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2.1
83 97.9
0
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Per
cent
age
FemaleMale
P>0.005 as female liked more colored outfit
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41.8
85.2
0
20
40
60
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erce
ntag
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Favorite clinic
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74.2
30.626.7
14 12.2
0
20
40
60
80
Per
cen
tage
Injection Extraction Teeth drilling Restorations Dentalinstruments
Children responses
What are the things that you hate most when you go to the dentist
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CONCLUSION
¾ of the study sample had visit a dental clinic
60% of them liked their dental visit
No preferable of dentist’s gender
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Majority reported dentist having a good smell
Traditional white coat is still preferred for dentist in the dental clinic
A male dentist with traditional head cover is preferred
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Half the children preferred dentists to wear mask & protective eye glasses
Children favored a decorated dental clinic with toys and posters
Children were concerned about dental instruments and procedure rather than dentist itself
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