TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, Attitude and Perception Regarding Myofunctional Appliance among Children—Prospective Study of Parents’ View
AU - Valliappan, Subramanian
AU - Megalaa, N.
AU - Annamalai, Indra
AU - Vidhya, G.
AU - Subbiah, Gireesh K.
AU - Ranjith, K.
AU - Nagappan, Nagappan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences.
PY - 2024/4
Y1 - 2024/4
N2 - Aim: The current purpose of the survey is to completely evaluate parents’ attitudes, knowledge, and perceptions of myofunctional appliances. Materials and Methods: Parents in Chennai participated in this cross-sectional web-based questionnaire survey. Pilot study was carried out to determine the sample size, and 500 individuals were the final sample size. The 10 organized, predesigned, and validated questions are on awareness of myofunctional appliance. Results: The result of the survey showed that in 500 subjects, 79.8% were aware of skeletal problems. The proportion of parents willing to recommend the use of such treatments is about 70%, while 69% believe that myofunctional appliances are important in correcting skeletal problems. Conclusion: The present study has established that most parents know about the functional appliance and have an understanding of how to distinguish between skeletal problems. In order to diagnose skeletal issues in an appropriate age range for the individual, more awareness about appliances is necessary and needs to be developed.
AB - Aim: The current purpose of the survey is to completely evaluate parents’ attitudes, knowledge, and perceptions of myofunctional appliances. Materials and Methods: Parents in Chennai participated in this cross-sectional web-based questionnaire survey. Pilot study was carried out to determine the sample size, and 500 individuals were the final sample size. The 10 organized, predesigned, and validated questions are on awareness of myofunctional appliance. Results: The result of the survey showed that in 500 subjects, 79.8% were aware of skeletal problems. The proportion of parents willing to recommend the use of such treatments is about 70%, while 69% believe that myofunctional appliances are important in correcting skeletal problems. Conclusion: The present study has established that most parents know about the functional appliance and have an understanding of how to distinguish between skeletal problems. In order to diagnose skeletal issues in an appropriate age range for the individual, more awareness about appliances is necessary and needs to be developed.
KW - Class 2 malocclusion
KW - retrognathic mandible
KW - skeletal
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85190899989&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_953_23
DO - 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_953_23
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85190899989
SN - 0976-4879
VL - 16
SP - S1465-S1467
JO - Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
JF - Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
IS - Suppl 2
ER -