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 practicesFrequency (%)

Have a standard strategy for conducting AGYes41 (100%)
No0 (0%)

Other staff members involved in the delivery of AGYes24 (58.5%)
No17 (41.5%)

Conduct formal staff training to conduct AGYes15 (62.5%)
No9 (37.5%)

Staff members have you trained to conduct AGDentists3 (20%)
Assistants12 (80%)

Got training to perform anticipatory guidanceYes15 (100%)
No0 (0%)

Time of AG trainingUndergrads0 (0%)
Postgrads12 (80%)
CE3 (20%)

The training was sufficientYes5 (33.3%)
No10 (66.7%)