title: Oral health knowledge in parents of Saudi cerebral palsy children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine oral health knowledge in parents of cerebral palsy (CP) children, and the parents` attitude to oral health of their CP children.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-administered questionnaire was utilized to collect the required information from the parents. One hundred and six parents, 73 (68.9%) mothers, and 33 (31.1%) fathers completed the questionnaire between April and June 2006 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All (100%) the parents thought that good oral health was important for maintaining optimum general health. Most (95.3%) of the parents believed that they can maintain good dental health in their CP children by supervising their children`s tooth brushing, reducing sugary food intake and making regular visits to a dentist. A significantly high (p=0.005) percentage of high education parents (96.8%) had heard of fluoride as compared with low education parents (79.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The overall oral health knowledge and attitude of parents of CP children is satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dentistry Division, King Saud University College of Dentistry, PO Box 60169, Riyadh 11545, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 4677445. Fax. +966 (1) 4626201. E-mail: ahwyne@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Amjad H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wyne