ArticleJournal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
The Influence of Oral Health Knowledge on Parental Practices among the Saudi Parents of Children Aged 2-6 Years in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.
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Learning Oral Hygiene Using Gamification: a Randomized Clinical Study
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association of oral health awareness and practice of proper oral hygiene measures among Saudi population: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
- Parental knowledge, awareness, and attitudes towards children's oral habits: a descriptive cross-sectional study.Acta odontologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Oral Health Needs and Barriers among Children in Saudi Arabia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Dental Visits and Predictors of Regular Attendance Among Female Schoolchildren in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2021Article
- Self-Reported Basic Oral Health Knowledge of Primary School Students and Teachers in Rural Areas of Saudi Arabia.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry · 2021Article
- Parental Knowledge and Attitude Regarding E-Cigarette Use in Saudi Arabia and the Effect of Parental Smoking: A Cross-Sectional Study.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2020Article
- Is Parental Rating of Child's Oral Health Associated with Caries Experience in Children? A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community DentistryArticle
- Association between Demographic Factors Parental Oral Health Knowledge and their Influences on the Dietary and Oral Hygiene Practices followed by Parents in Children of 2-6 Years in Buraidah City Saudi Arabia: A Pilot Study.International journal of clinical pediatric dentistryArticle
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Abstract
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objectivesThe parent's oral health knowledge has a great influence on their children, so the aim of the study was to estimate the parental knowledge about oral health care and its influence in maintaining the diet and hygiene practices on their children and also to access how the demographic variables will influence them in taking their child to dental visits. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe self-administered pretested questionnaire was distributed among Saudi parents whose children are in the age group of 2-6 years vising primary health care centers (PHCCs) in Riyadh city. The PHCCs were divided into five zones (Central, East, West, South, and North). 240-250 samples were randomly selected from each zone to reach the prescribed sample size of 1200. The survey will be composed of self-administered pretested questionnaires seeking for age, gender, educational level, and their financial status followed by 26 questions related to parent knowledge about oral health (14), dietary (5), and hygiene (7) practices what they implement on their child. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS software SPSS 25.0 (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
resultsDemographic information showed that the average age of the parents who participated in the study is 32.2 years. The mothers were 942 (75.7%) and fathers were 303 (24.3%) among the participants. The mean knowledge score among the mothers (34.85) is slightly greater than fathers (34.76). Similar results with dietary and hygiene practices were not statistically significant (>0.05). The parents having more than one child have better knowledge, of which the parents with more than three children have better scores, which is statistically significant. 69.3% of the parents prefer taking to a dentist only when they have a problem. Moreover, these findings found to be statistically significant (
conclusionParents should get access to oral health knowledge to put in practice on their children so as to influence them in gaining better oral health.
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