Prevention of dental caries in children: social aspects of the issue
Abstract
Introduction. There are many myths about the harm of fluorides used to prevent dental caries, which do not bear a scientific basis, but are widely spread among the population of the Russian Federation. The use of fluorides by children during individual oral hygiene seems to be important, in which their parents have an important role to play. Today, toothpastes are still the main means of oral hygiene, including in children. Purpose of the work. To evaluate parents’ opinion on the use of fluorides in oral care products for children. Materials and methods. 114 mothers aged from 25 to 32 years old, who bring up children aged from 8 to 12 years old and live in St. Petersburg were interviewed. In the course of their survey the questions related to the use of fluoride containing toothpastes by their children were clarified. Results. It was found that the majority of parents of children aged 8 to 12 years living in St. Petersburg do not know about the composition of drinking water supplied centrally, as well as have no idea about the usefulness of fluorides in toothpastes for children, and sometimes, on the contrary, unreasonably believe that fluorides can cause harm to their children and choose toothpastes based on the cost and brightness of the package. Sometimes, in 10.53% cases, parents do not specifically buy toothpaste for their children at all. Also, the majority of parents had no idea about the methods and possibilities of fluoride prophylaxis, as well as the usefulness of fluorides for the prevention of dental caries in children. In modern conditions it is important for doctors of children’s dental clinics to strengthen hygienic training and education of parents, which can be the main method in the complex system of prevention of dental diseases in children, including prevention of dental caries. It is obvious that such sanitary and hygienic measures should be carried out among teachers of general education institutions, as well as among schoolchildren themselves, using methods of medical and pedagogical persuasion.
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