Research Article
Infant Oral Healthcare and Anticipatory Guidance Practices among Dentists in a Pediatric Care Shortage Area
Table 1
Distribution of dentists’ practices of AG.
| AG practices | Frequency (%) |
| Have a standard strategy for conducting AG | Yes | 41 (100%) | No | 0 (0%) |
| Other staff members involved in the delivery of AG | Yes | 24 (58.5%) | No | 17 (41.5%) |
| Conduct formal staff training to conduct AG | Yes | 15 (62.5%) | No | 9 (37.5%) |
| Staff members have you trained to conduct AG | Dentists | 3 (20%) | Assistants | 12 (80%) |
| Got training to perform anticipatory guidance | Yes | 15 (100%) | No | 0 (0%) |
| Time of AG training | Undergrads | 0 (0%) | Postgrads | 12 (80%) | CE | 3 (20%) |
| The training was sufficient | Yes | 5 (33.3%) | No | 10 (66.7%) |
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