Fouad Salama
King Saud University, saudi arabia
Title: Infant Oral Health for Health Care Professionals
Biography
Biography: Fouad Salama
Abstract
We hypothesize that viewing educational presentation with video will provide health care professionals with instructive information on infant oral health (IOH). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to evaluate an IOH education program for family medicine residents and dental interns and to assess if this intervention would improve their knowledge regarding the provision of IOH assessment. A questionnaire was completed immediately before and after an educational intervention. We concluded that the educational intervention used to educate family medicine residents and dental interns was effective in improving their knowledge and teaching them basic information on IOH. The study methods will be explained including the participants who were family medicine residents and dental interns. The intervention in the form of a PowerPoint presentation and video of IOH for health care providers will be presented in details. Understanding of an Infant first visit to dentist and explanation of the components of dental home and anticipatory guidance will be discussed. Caries risk assessment and diet practice as well as the importance of perinatal oral care will be reviewed. Periodic examination and prevention as well as oral hygiene practice and fluoride application will be presented. Assessment in the form of a questionnaire will be explained and the 16 questions (true/false/don't know or multiple choice) questionnaire which was based on the information presented in the lecture and video will be presented. Six questions were added to the post test to ask whether participants thought the presentation was helpful in improving their knowledge and if they plan to use it in their practice. Summary of the results will be presented. For family medicine residents, there was a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores (P<0.001). The mean score on the pretest was 10.03 (+/-1.79 SD), and the mean score on the post-test was 13.08 (+/-1.40). Thirty-four (92%) reported they were very likely to incorporate this information into their daily practice. For dental interns, there was a significant difference for the correct answers between the pretest and post-test scores (P<0.001). The majority reported the presentation was helpful in improving their understanding of IOH and were very satisfied with the presentation. Also the majority reported that the presentation was very effective in teaching them about IOH and they were very likely to use and incorporate this information into their daily practice.