Barriers for Parental Failure in Bringing their Children to the Dental Clinic?A Questionnaire-based Study in Indian Population

Clinical dentistry has been taking strides towards improving the oral health and delivering quality dental treatment. But there are certain barriers which inhibits the utilization of these services. Among them is the parental attitude towards dental care. Since children depend on their parents. There is a group of children who do not show up for their dental treatments or check- ups due to parental failure. This study was done to enumerate the main problems and barriers explaining the reasons regarding parental failure for bringing their children to the dental clinic. A questionnaire was distributed among 200 parents and the possible reasons were evaluated. Certain barriers such as lack of knowledge of parents regarding the importance of oral health, treatment cost, treatment time, missing school, daily work load, fear from dental treatment and multiple visits were identifi ed as potential barriers.