Dentists Preference Of Brushing Technique Taught To Children With Primary Dentition

Introduction: Dentists play a vital role in the primary prevention of dental problems in young patients through preventive treatments, risk assessment and anticipatory guidelines for parents regarding oral development, caries prevention and overall oral health. The maintenance of primary dentition is important to guide the eruption of primary teeth. Proper brushing technique is vital to obtain efficient plaque control and decrease caries. Aim: To evaluate the commonly used brushing technique by the dentist in children with primary dentition. Materials & Methods: He study was performed as a retrospective study under a university setting in the outpatient department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry. Data was collected by reviewing patient records and analysed data of 56000 patients between June 2020 to Feb 2021. Verification of the data was done with the presence of additional reviewers. Data of brushing techniques used in pediatric dentistry was collected from the patient management records. Patients upto the age of 5 were shortlisted. It was tabulated in excel and analysed using SPSS software. Results: Gender distribution was 60.5% males and 39.5% females. Most commonly taught technique was Fones (95.8%) and Bass (2.4%). Fones technique was more commonly taught for both male and female children, which was not statistically significant. (p>0.05). Conclusion: Within the limitations of the present study, Fones brushing technique was the most preferred technique taught by dentists in the primary dentition with male predominance.