title: Awareness and attitude of patients' parents toward pulp therapy of the primary teeth: a clinical survey.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study was carried out to find out the awareness and attitude of parents of patients, toward the pulpal treatment of primary teeth, visiting a dental hospital in a Bangalore suburban area.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 685 parents of the child patients requiring pulp treatment procedures visiting the dental OPD over a period of 18 months were personally interviewed with a questionnaire and their responses were immediately computed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Urban populations seeking dental treatment are more in number as compared to the rural population. Pain and associated feature was the most common reason among both urban (71.92%) and rural (93.3%) patients visiting a dental office.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to create more awareness among the populace of our country about the significance of maintaining a healthy primary dentition and attendant sequalae if not done so.
authors: Department of Pedodontic and Preventive Dentistry, KLE Society's Institute of Dental Sciences, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. jyothsnavsetty@yahoo.com
authors: J V
authors: JV
authors: Setty
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Srinivasan
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003788:Dental Pulp Diseases / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003796:Dental Service, Hospital; D004522:Educational Status; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011670:Pulpectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011672:Pulpotomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012424:Rural Population; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology*; D014098:Toothache / Q000628:therapy; D014505:Urban Population