ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS WHILE MANAGING CHILDREN IN THEIR DENTAL OPERATORY
Keywords:
Behaviour management techniques, general practitioners, Managing child patients, pharmacological, non-pharmacologicalAbstract
Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude of general practitioners while managing children in their dental operatory.
Materials and method: A survey was carried out where 150 dental surgeons were given a questionnaire consisting of information regarding behaviour management techniques and perspectives of dental surgeons while dealing with children at dental clinic.
Results: Most of the dental surgeons preferred calling pediatric dentist for treating children. They are aware about the behaviour management techniques and prefer non-pharmacological techniques over pharmacological ones. They prefer distraction, positive reinforcement, TSD over HOME, voice control and physical restraints. Most of them preferred sedating the child over GA.
Conclusion: The general practitioners do have knowledge about various behaviour management techniques but are not able to implement them effectively so to avoid hassle they do not treat children in their day-to-day practice and prefer calling a pediatric dentist.
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