AN EVALUATION OF PARENTAL WISH FOR PRESENCE/ ABSENCE DURING CHILD DENTAL TREATMENT: A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v9i01.327Keywords:
Parental Presence/Absence, child dental treatment, anxietyAbstract
Abstract:
Objective: To evaluate Parental wishes for Presence/Absence of child's dental treatment visiting Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar.
Materials and Methods:
A total number of 150 child patients who were accompanied by their parents were included in this cross sectional study visiting Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar. These children were equally distributed into 75 each male and female patients. Age range of these patients was between 3-17 years. All patients accompanied with parents who wished to be part of study were included, and handicapped children and children with systemic disease were excluded from this study.
Results:
Parents of younger children were more willing to accompany during dental treatment as compare to older children, and parents of female children were more willing to accompany their children as compare to boys.
Conclusion:
Parental presence plays important role during children dental treatment as they feel secure and their anxiety is reduced, but sometimes parents may communicate their anxiety to children and may interfere between child and dentist relationship.
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