Awareness of Mothers about Children Oral Health

Zaki, Mohammed Mahbub; Mohammadullah,; Awal, Md. Abdul; Taleb, Asma; Khan, Md. Haider Ali; Rahman, Haris Muhammad Waliur; Bhuiyan, Mohammad Sayeem Rahman

doi:10.5281/zenodo.14202025

Published January 2023 | Version v1

Journal article Open

Awareness of Mothers about Children Oral Health

1. Consultant, Department of Prosthodontics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Dhaka Dental College.
3. Ex- Assistant Professor, Department of Dental Public Health, Marks Dental College, Dhaka Bangladesh.
4. Senior Consultant, Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka.
5. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics, Bangladesh Dental College, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
6. Medical officer, Dept. of Ora & Maxillofacial Surgery, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University.

Contributors

Contact person:

Zaki, Mohammed Mahbub¹

1. Dr. Mohammed Mahbub Zaki, Consultant, Department of Prosthodontics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University. Email: mahbubzaki@yahoo.com

Abstract

Oral health is the foundation upon, which preventive education and dental care must be built to enhance the opportunity for life-time freedom from preventable oral diseases. Mother is the decision makers in matters of health-care for children; thus, they play an important role in achieving the best oral health outcomes for their young children. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at three schools in Dhaka city in Bangladesh to assess the level of knowledge or awareness among 131 mothers about children oral health. Face to face interview was carried out with the semi-structured questionnaire. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria and written consent was taken prior to interview. Mean±SD age was 27.16±6.45 years whereas minimum and maximum age was 20 year and 39 year whereas 30.50%, 27.50%, 22.90% and 16.80% of respondents were HSC, graduate, SSC and illiterate respectively. About 42.7%, 35.9% and 21.4% respondents had poor, moderate and good knowledge on oral health respectively. Significant association was found between education of respondents and knowledge on oral health (p=0.001<0.05). Finally, a wide gap was found regarding knowledge on oral health among mothers having young child in urban area like Dhaka.