Volume 25, Issue 118, December 2021

Evaluation of parent’s knowledge and awareness towards early orthodontic treatment for their children among Saudi Arabia

Osama A Basri¹, Ealyh S Alghamdi², Asmahan Al Amoudi³, Lina A Filimban², Hassan A Bin Darwish², Fatemah A Alsaman⁴, Khames Alzahrani^5♦

¹DDS, M.Ed, FRCDC, Craniofacial orthodontist, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
²BDS, Ministry of health, Saudi Arabia
³BDS, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁴SBO Resident, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⁵BDS, PGD in Endo, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Khames T. Alzahrani BDS, PGD in Endo, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: According to McNamara, early orthodontic treatment is a therapeutic method used on the deciduous or mixed dentition for the purpose of preventing, intercepting, or repairing any orthodontic disorders. The main purpose of this research was to assess the parents' awareness and knowledge among the early orthodontic treatment for children. Methodology: From January 2020 to October 2021, an observational cross-sectional questionnaire survey was performed in Saudi Arabia. Saudi parents from different parts of Saudi Arabia composed the study's sample. As a research tool, structured self-administered questionnaires in English and Arabic were used. Data was gathered and entered into the "Microsoft Office excel software" (2016) for Windows program, which was then analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Science Software program. Results: The study participants included 1344 respondents most of them female 75.8% and only 12.4% male, more than half were between the ages of 25 and 44, 69.3 percent earned a bachelor's degree. 36.9 percent had a monthly salary of more than 10,000 SR. The mean score for the awareness was (4.30±1.26/High level). The mean score for the knowledge was (6.25±1.91/High level). There was a significantly moderate and positive correlation between Pro awareness and knowledge (r=0.495, p<0.05), which means when people got a high knowledge also got a high awareness. Conclusion: Parents had a modest level of awareness and knowledge regarding their children's early orthodontic treatment. Increased socioeconomic and educational status has a substantial influence on parents' awareness and knowledge.

Keywords: Early Orthodontic Treatment, Craniofacial, Parents' Knowledge

Medical Science, 2021, 25(118), 3409-3416

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