What do Parents Know About Space Maintainers

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital600 enrolled

Overview

Space maintainers are frequently used to prevent malocclusion problems in early primary tooth loss. Oral health literacy is defined as the capacity of individuals to learn, understand and evaluate basic oral health information. It is considered that parents' awareness of space maintainers may be affected by various factors such as their demographic characteristics and oral health literacy. The aim was to evaluate the relationship between variables by determining parents' awareness of space maintainers and their oral health literacy.

This cross-sectional study included 600 children and their parents. The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

600

Conditions

Oral Health Dental Caries in Children Tooth Loss

Interventions

The survey, which included questions about sociodemographic characteristics and space maintainer awareness, was administered to parents face to face. Then, parents' oral health literacy levels were measured with TREALD-30 and TREALD-30A scales.

Eligibility

Sex: ALL

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients who did not require urgent treatment, * Who did not use medication for psychiatric reasons, * Who did not have any mental illness were included. Exclusion Criteria: * Those who did not meet the inclusion criteria were excluded from the study.

Locations (2)

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Rize, Turkey (Türkiye)

Sema AYDINOGLU

Rize, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

the knowledge about space maintainers of the parents

15 questions that evaluates the awareness about space maintainers of parents was applied face to face.

Time frame: for three months from the beginning of the study

oral health literacy of the parents

Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30 ) scale.

Time frame: for three months from the beginning of the study

oral health literacy of the parents assessed by TREALD-30A scale

Oral health literacy of parents was assessed using the Turkish Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (TREALD-30A) scale.

Time frame: for three months from the beginning of the study

Secondary Outcomes

the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents

the correlation between oral health literacy and knowledge about space maintainers of parents was assessed using TREALD scales and a questionnaire.

Time frame: for three months from the beginning of the study