Age and reasons for first dental visit and knowledge and attitude of parents toward dental procedures for Puducherry children aged 0-9 years

• Main Authors: Adimoulame Sanguida (Author), Venkatachalamoorthi Vinothini (Author), Gajula Shivashankarappa Prathima (Author), Arumugam Santhadevy (Author), Kulandairaj Premlal (Author), Muthukrishnan Kavitha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The first dental visit provides the dentist an opportunity to advise parents on prevention of oral diseases and also allows for early detection of caries and arrest of its progression. The first dental visit should occur no later than 12 months of age. However, parents fail to give impor...