Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: April-June | Volume: 7 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 190-196
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20220428
Awareness and Knowledge Regarding Treatment and Management of Children with Special Health Care Needs among Dental Professionals in India
Dr. Mangetri Fasale1, Dr. Dinesh Rao2, Dr. Sunil Panwar3, Dr. Surabhi Gupta4
1Postgraduate Student, 2Professor and Head, 3Professor, 4Senior Lecturer,
Department Pediatric Dentistry Pacific Dental College & Hospital, Udaipur-313 024, Rajasthan State, India.
Corresponding Author: Mangetri Fasale
ABSTRACT
Aim: To assess the awareness and knowledge regarding treatment and management of child with special health care needs among dental professionals in India
Methods: A multiple choice electronic survey was sent to dentists of India. The data obtained was subjected to descriptive analysis
Results: Majority of the dentists have witnessed a special child in their clinical practice but are not always able to determine the syndrome associated based on the symptoms, hence the child is further referred to a paediatric dentist
Conclusion: Although awareness regarding a special child is considerably high amongst the Indian dentists, there remains a need to improvise the facilities for better treatment of these children.
Keywords: Special health care needs, Awareness, Special child, Barriers.