title: Oral health advice: reported experience of mothers of children aged 5 years and under referred for extraction of teeth under general anaesthesia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the reported receipt of oral health education among mothers of children who required the extraction of teeth under general anaesthesia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study using questionnaires completed at interview.
  
  
  METHODS
  150 mothers of children aged 5 or younger who had been referred for extraction of teeth under general anaesthesia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  27% of mothers recalled receiving advice from their dentist about dental care during their pregnancy. With regard to their child's oral health, 48% had received dietary advice and 31% oral hygiene advice from the same source. All children lived in areas with suboptimal water fluoride levels; 27% of mothers had been advised by their dentist to give their child fluoride supplements. Few of the mothers recalled receiving advice about oral health from their health visitor.
authors.affiliation: Division of Dental Health and Development, Dental School, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kingdon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D005459:Fluorides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006267:Health Education, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014081:Tooth Extraction
chemical_list: D005459:Fluorides