title: Knowledge and attitude on infant oral health among graduating medical students in Kerala.
abstract: Providing dental and oral health care to all children in Kerala remains a thorny challenge. Lack of community water fluoridation, dental workforce shortages and geographical barriers all aggravate oral health and access problems. Children from low-income and minority families and children with special needs are at particular risk. Family centered disease prevention strategies are needed to reduce oral health disparities in children. Oral health promotion can take place in a primary care practitioner's office, but medical providers often lack relevant training. Present study was conducted to evaluate knowledge and attitude of graduating medical students towards infant oral health qualitative methods were used to evaluate the program.
authors.affiliation: Deparment of Pedodontics, Govt. Dental College, Trivandrum, India. drretnasarnga@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: N Retna
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheela
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Sarada
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019140:Dental Care for Children; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004497:Education, Dental; D005459:Fluorides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food; D007229:Infant Welfare; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D009909:Oral Health; D010820:Physicians; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000502:physiology; D013337:Students, Medical
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D005459:Fluorides