• Pediatric dentistry · Jul 2008

    Practices and opinions of pediatric and general dentists in Connecticut regarding the age 1 dental visit and dental care for children younger than 3 years old.

    • Cristina L Santos and Joanna M Douglass.
    • Department of Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry Section, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Conn, USA. csantosdmd@gmail.com
    • Pediatr Dent. 2008 Jul 1; 30 (4): 348-51.

    PurposeThis study aimed to determine the percentage of general and pediatric dentists in Connecticut that were aware of, and practice, the current AAPD guidelines for the age one dental visit and to determine the services they provide to 0-2-yr-old patients.MethodsA survey was mailed to Connecticut general and pediatric dentists seeking information on practice type, years in practice, training, ages of children seen, procedures performed and opinions regarding the age one dental visit.ResultsThe response rate was 42% for general dentists and 84% for pediatric dentists, giving a sample of 113 and 60 dentists, respectively. All responding pediatric dentists reported seeing 0-2-yr-olds as compared to 42% of general dentists. Although not statistically significant, general dentists who were female or in practice less than 10 years were more likely to see 0-2-yr-olds. The majority of pediatric dentists reported performing all procedures surveyed, however, only just over half of general dentists provided topical fluoride or restorative care. Among pediatric dentists, 98% were aware of the AAPD guidelines and 92% agreed with them compared to 41% and 45% of general dentists respectively.ConclusionsNearly all Connecticut pediatric dentists are caring for 0-2-yr-olds compared to 42% of Connecticut general dentists.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…