KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, POSTGRADUATE RESIDENTS, AND SPECIALISTS FROM VARIOUS DENTAL SPECIALTIES TOWARDS PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY IN PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Abul Khair Zalan Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, PIMS, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Amna Shah Bibi Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, PIMS, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Mehreen Ismail Department of Orthodontics, Sardar Begum Dental College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • Anika Gul Department of Orthodontics, Sardar Begum Dental College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
  • Sabeen Masood Department of Operative Dentistry, Altamash institute of Dental Medicine, Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Palwasha Babar Department of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Mir Hadi Faisal Islamabad Medical and Dental College, Islamabad, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i1.85

Keywords:

Pediatric dentistry, continuing dental education, Evidence based dentistry.

Abstract

Objective: To find out the Knowledge of general dental practitioners and Specialists from various dental specialties towards pediatric dental care in Pakistan.
Materials and Methods:A cross-sectional, questionnaire study was conducted. The pre-validated questionnaire was distributed among different dentists in Pakistan and responses were evaluated using SPSS 25.
Results:Out of the 372 participants, there were 207 general dentists, 83 operative dentists, 17 prosthodontists, 21 orthodontists and 44 oral surgeons. A greater proportion of operative dentists knew about the recommended medicament for pulpotomy (n = 30, 36.1%; p = 0.022) and the material of choice for restoring multi-surface lesions (n = 29, 34.1%; p < 0.001), as compared to
other dentists. However, the number is still low. A greater proportion of orthodontists/prosthodontists and oral surgeons knew about the correct pain control method for mandibular endodontics (n = 46, 56.1%; p = 0.007). A total of 331 (89.0%) dentists did not know the material of choice for restoring one surface lesions.
Conclusion: A very low frequency of dentists had knowledge about the different basic practices of pediatric dentistry. The knowledge of dentists was highly lacking. Pediatric dentistry education at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels should be incorporated.

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Published

2022-03-31

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Abul Khair Zalan, Amna Shah Bibi, Mehreen Ismail, Anika Gul, Sabeen Masood, Palwasha Babar, & Mir Hadi Faisal. (2022). KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS, POSTGRADUATE RESIDENTS, AND SPECIALISTS FROM VARIOUS DENTAL SPECIALTIES TOWARDS PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY IN PAKISTAN. JOURNAL OF KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY, 12(1), 47–52. https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i1.85

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022): Journal of Khyber College of Dentistry

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