Volume 26, Issue 122, April 2022

COVID-19 protocols in dental office and its awareness among parents; a survey-based study among the parents attending Riyadh Elm University clinics

Ali Yahya Al fari^1♦, Nawaf Mohammed Alabdullatif¹, Hussain Mesfer Alqahtani¹, Yazeed Abdullah Alghamdi¹, Anas Hussam Ramadan¹, Ateet Kakti²

¹Dental intern, Faculty of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
²Assistant Professor, Pediatric dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Dental intern, Faculty of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Introduction: COVID-19 has changed the overall perception of public towards infection control and people are mainly concerned about their family’s safety when planning a visit to the dental office. Materials and methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted among the parents of pediatric patients using an online survey. 519 parents were contacted in the two campuses of REU. Results: 45.3% participants felt that a visit to dental clinic is more dangerous than public places, 11% were not worried about contracting virus from dental clinic, fathers were more positive since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic (24.9%). Conclusion: The overall level of knowledge and awareness regarding dental clinics infection protocol among the study participants is satisfactory.

Keywords: Parental knowledge, dental treatment, COVID-19, infection control.

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms152e2107

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i122/ms152e2107

Published: 27 April 2022