Parental Attitude and Knowledge Towards the Usage of Barrier Techniques by Pediatric Dentist

To assess the parental attitude and knowledge towards the use of barrier techniques by the pediatric dentist,parents of 200 preschool pediatric patients were randomly selected and asked to fill the questionnaire related to the usageof barrier technique by the pediatric dentists.Seventy five percent of the parents felt, that pediatric dentist should wear gloves and 35% wanted their pediatricdentist to wear mouth mask, 70% of parents thought that both pediatric dentist and the patients will be protected from thespread of the infection. Thirtyfive percent of them also wanted pediatric dentist to wear protective glasses during thetreatment procedure. Eightyfive percent of them refused the treatment by pediatric dentists who were not wearing thegloves; 72% wanted the gloves to be changed for each patient. Fifty five percent of them thought that dental assistant alsoshould wear gloves during treatment; only 55% of the parents were satisfied with the barrier techniques protocol of theirpediatric dentist; Ninty percent of them thought that using gloves and mouth mask will scare the child. Quite high level ofpositive attitude and knowledge was seen in the present group of parents and they were not willing to take their child tothe pediatric dentist who didn’t follow the proper barrier technique.