Preference Of Parents Towards Type Of Topical Fluoride Application For Children With Primary Dentition

Introduction: Dental caries is the most prevalent oral hygiene concern in children. Fluoride application has played a major role in preventing caries by identifying the high risk population and use of fluoride on them has controlled caries to a considerable extent. Fluoride is used as a chemotherapeutic agent for caries prevention. Fluoride varnish and gel are types of topical fluoride application. Aim: To assess the acceptance of parents to fluoride treatment for their children with primary teeth. Materials And Methods: Study conducted in a university setting with the sample size of 522. He study was performed as a retrospective study under a university setting in the outpatient department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry. Data was collected by reviewing patient records and analysed data of 56000 patients between June 2020 to Feb 2021. Verification of the data was done with the presence of additional reviewers. Descriptive statistics and comparison with gender of patient using chi-square test was done in SPSS software. Results And Discussion: Out of 522 patients, 153 of them were aged five years. 52.3% of them were males and 47.7% of females, thus showing a male predilection. A majority of 79.1% of the parents preferred fluoride varnish as it is more preferred for preschool kids. There was no difference in preference of topical fluoride application based on gender although this result was found to be statistically significant (p