Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia

Objective: To evaluate parents’ knowledge about halitosis, and to compare parents’ perception of halitosis in their children to the presence of halitosis clinically. Methods: Children between 3 and 8 years attended to Dental University Hospital, King Saud University, were screened. Children satisfyi...

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Autores principales:	Noura A. Almadhi, Ayman M. Sulimany, Hamad A. Alzoman, Omar A. Bawazir
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Knowledge Saudi Arabia Children Halitosis Volatile sulfur compounds Medicine R Dentistry RK1-715
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:00784600732f452684a8b9b25dc1f5762021-11-10T04:19:23ZKnowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia1013-905210.1016/j.sdentj.2020.08.005https://doaj.org/article/00784600732f452684a8b9b25dc1f5762021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1013905220307641https://doaj.org/toc/1013-9052Objective: To evaluate parents’ knowledge about halitosis, and to compare parents’ perception of halitosis in their children to the presence of halitosis clinically. Methods: Children between 3 and 8 years attended to Dental University Hospital, King Saud University, were screened. Children satisfying inclusion criteria and their parents agreed to participate were included. Questionnaires regarding parents’ knowledge and perception about halitosis in their children were filled by attending parents. Then, the assessment of halitosis in the participating children carried out by portable gas chromatograph device (OralChromaTM). Results: A total of 67 children (44 girls and 23 boys) were included in this study with a mean age of 5.3 years (SD = 1.7). The majority of the questionnaires (n = 44, 65.7%) were filled by accompanying fathers. One in two (52.2%) parents obtained high knowledge score about halitosis. Parents’ knowledge was significantly associated with the mean age of the children (P = 0.02). Thirty-nine (58.2%) parents perceived halitosis in their children. Gender, child’s age, parents’ education level, or family income were not associated with parents’ perception of halitosis. Halitosis was detected clinically in 58 children (86.6%). Thirty-eight (57%) of parents’ perception of halitosis was in consistency with OralChromaTM readings; however, there was no significant association between parents’ perception and the OralChromaTM score. Conclusion: Half of the parents had good knowledge about halitosis and 6 in 10 parents perceived halitosis in their children which is quite less than the presence of halitosis detected clinically. Moreover, parents’ perception was not associated with the OralChromaTM score.Noura A. AlmadhiAyman M. SulimanyHamad A. AlzomanOmar A. BawazirElsevierarticleKnowledgeSaudi ArabiaChildrenHalitosisVolatile sulfur compoundsMedicineRDentistryRK1-715ENSaudi Dental Journal, Vol 33, Iss 7, Pp 574-580 (2021)
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topic	Knowledge Saudi Arabia Children Halitosis Volatile sulfur compounds Medicine R Dentistry RK1-715
spellingShingle	Knowledge Saudi Arabia Children Halitosis Volatile sulfur compounds Medicine R Dentistry RK1-715 Noura A. Almadhi Ayman M. Sulimany Hamad A. Alzoman Omar A. Bawazir Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia
description	Objective: To evaluate parents’ knowledge about halitosis, and to compare parents’ perception of halitosis in their children to the presence of halitosis clinically. Methods: Children between 3 and 8 years attended to Dental University Hospital, King Saud University, were screened. Children satisfying inclusion criteria and their parents agreed to participate were included. Questionnaires regarding parents’ knowledge and perception about halitosis in their children were filled by attending parents. Then, the assessment of halitosis in the participating children carried out by portable gas chromatograph device (OralChromaTM). Results: A total of 67 children (44 girls and 23 boys) were included in this study with a mean age of 5.3 years (SD = 1.7). The majority of the questionnaires (n = 44, 65.7%) were filled by accompanying fathers. One in two (52.2%) parents obtained high knowledge score about halitosis. Parents’ knowledge was significantly associated with the mean age of the children (P = 0.02). Thirty-nine (58.2%) parents perceived halitosis in their children. Gender, child’s age, parents’ education level, or family income were not associated with parents’ perception of halitosis. Halitosis was detected clinically in 58 children (86.6%). Thirty-eight (57%) of parents’ perception of halitosis was in consistency with OralChromaTM readings; however, there was no significant association between parents’ perception and the OralChromaTM score. Conclusion: Half of the parents had good knowledge about halitosis and 6 in 10 parents perceived halitosis in their children which is quite less than the presence of halitosis detected clinically. Moreover, parents’ perception was not associated with the OralChromaTM score.
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author	Noura A. Almadhi Ayman M. Sulimany Hamad A. Alzoman Omar A. Bawazir
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title	Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia
title_short	Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia
title_full	Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia
title_fullStr	Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia
title_sort	knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in saudi arabia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/00784600732f452684a8b9b25dc1f576
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Knowledge and perception of parents regarding halitosis in their children in Saudi Arabia

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