Volume 24, Issue 106, November - December, 2020

Knowledge and awareness of adults towards space maintainers and willingness of space maintainer therapy in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Abdulrahman Alduhaymi^1♦, Abdulghani Saeed Al Zahrani², Abdullah Mohammed Abu Qarnayn³, Anas Mohammed Al Mutlaq³, Fawwaz Faisal Alabdallah³, Shahzeb Hasan Ansari⁴, Mohammad Abdul Baseer⁵

¹General Dentist, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
²Resident, Department of Restorative Dentistry, Saudi Board, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia
³General Dentist, Private Sector, Saudi Arabia
⁴Lecturer, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh-11681, Saudi Arabia
⁵Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
General Dentist, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital, Riyadh, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Space maintainers play an important role, which are available in different types. These include removable as well as fixed appliances, both having specific characteristics. Materials and methods: A cross sectional study, which utilized a closed ended questionnaire constructed in Arabic language. This online survey was designed using Google forms, which consisted of eleven questions related to the demographics and space maintainers. Results: A total of N=700 participants filled out the online survey. Out of this sample, 46% were females and 54% males. As far as the age groups were concerned, 32% belonged to 18-30 years, 46% to 31-45 years and 22% to 46+ years. Conclusion: Higher educational backgrounds revealed better knowledge towards the space maintainer as compared to lower educational levels.

Keywords: space maintainer, parents' knowledge, pediatric dentistry

Medical Science, 2020, 24(106), 4059-4063

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