Abstract
Aim: - The aim of this study was to evaluate the Knowledge & Attitude of parents towards Pediatric dental treatment for their child in view of covid-19 pandemic in India. Setting and design: A Cross sectional study. Materials and methods: A online cross-sectional study containing a structured self-administered questionnaire was designed in English language consisting of total 16 close ended multiple choice questions that were divided based on the demographic data, knowledge and attitude of participating parents. Results: A structured questionnaire was sent to 247 parents of age group between 20-50 years. An observed result was compare accordingly with gender and age group. When we looked for knowledge based questions it was observed that young parents were found to be more aware regarding children affecting more covid-19 pandemic than compared to older age parents and this difference is highly significant (p=<0.005). 61.3% female and 43.9% male parents preferred dental treatment for their child and variation in the responses were found when asked regarding hospital based dental treatment with (p= 0.024 & 0.032) respectively. Conclusion: - Most of the parents kept themselves updated about information regarding covid-19 vaccination, protocols and preventive measure for their children.
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