Original Article
Year : 2021 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 121 - 128
A Survey into Parent’s Outlook to Child’s Oral Health Checkup during COVID-19: A Safe Endeavor or a Dangerous Escapade in Crisis Time
Khooshbu Gayen, Supreet Shirolkar, Rajib Sikdar, Anisha Bag, Soumen Pal, Subir Sarkar
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. R Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Address for correspondence:
Dr. Supreet Shirolkar,
Room Number 2C, Old Building, Dr. R Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, 114, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata ‐ 700 014, West Bengal, India.
E‐mail: drsupreetshirolkar@gmail.com
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge of and evaluate the attitude regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) among the parents of child dental patients visiting the pedodontics department of dental hospital in West Bengal.
Materials and Methods:
A structured multiple‐choice questionnaire containing 16 questions was distributed among the parents of a child (5–14 years) who visited in the department of pedodontics in our hospital. Three hundred and fifteen parents participated in this study and consent was taken from all of them. Chi‐squared test for multiple comparisons was used to compare pooled questionnaire responses by age group, education level, and gender.
Results:
57.14% of the participants were found to be very well aware of this pandemic situation and 54.28% of them talk to their children regarding this very often. 37.14% believed the dental department had a higher risk of virus infection; and 40% said they will take their children to the dental department again if the children have any dental problem. 57.14% said that there is a chance of their children get infected from the armamentarium that is used for treatment; and 41.91% of them said that they had taken well care of the oral health of their child to avoid visiting a dentist.
Conclusion:
More knowledge about this pandemic should be delivered to the parents and more reassuring information regarding the preventive measures at dental set up should be delivered to the parents of this population.
Keywords: COVID‐19, dentistry, teledentistry
Financial support and sponsorship
Nil.
Conflicts of interest
There are no conflicts of interest.
How to cite this article:
Gayen K, Shirolkar S, Sikdar R, Bag A, Pal S, Sarkar S. A survey into parent’s outlook to child’s oral health checkup during COVID-19: A safe endeavor or a dangerous escapade in crisis time. Int J Community Dent 2021;9:121-8.
