Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 104, July - August, 2020
Awareness and attitude of patients toward extra-oral examination in dental practice in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Ghada Al-Zamel1,2, Mamdouh AlHarbi1, Abdullah AlSheraimi1, Khalid AlHazmi1, Nawaf AlKubedan1♦, Abdulrahman AlEnezi1
1College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2Assistant Consultant, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
♦Corresponding author
Nawaf Yasef Alkubedan,
College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Phone: +966506604998,
Email: n.alkubaidan@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
Aim: to assess and evaluate awareness and attitude of patients who are seeking dental treatment at both governmental and dental
private polyclinics in Riyadh city towards Extra-oral examination (EOE). Methodology: A total of 661 governmental and private dental
clinics visitors were participated in this cross-sectional analytical study. The study was conducted using electronic and paper-based
surveys. Participants were asked of total 20 questions, including demographics, Patients' Experience, and Patients' knowledge and
attitude toward the Extra-Oral Examination. Finally, the data was entered using Microsoft excel program then analyzed by SPSS
program version 24. Results: There is lack of knowledge about EOE as only 10.9% of participants heard about it. 53.9% do not know
about the importance of EOE. 7.9% received EOE in governmental clinics, similarly only 3.4% were examined in private clinics. Vital
signs were recorded more often in governmental clinics as 29.2% of participants had their vital signs measured while only 12.2% in
private polyclinics. Conclusion: The performance of Extra-Oral Examination was significantly low for both governmental and private
dental clinics. Moreover, the awareness of the sample also was low.
Keywords: Extra-oral examination, vital signs, dental practice, physical assessment
Medical Science, 2020, 24(104), 2573-2578
