Preventive
Jonah Spaeth, DDS
Pediatric Dental Resident
One Brooklyn Health, Brooklyn, NY
One Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Tinnysha Chopra, DDS
Program Director
One Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Fred S. Ferguson, DDS, DDS
Assistant Director Pediatric Dentistry
One Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, New York, United States
David Miller, DDS
Interfaith Medical Center
David Yens, PhD
One Brooklyn Health
Fred S. Ferguson, DDS, DDS
Assistant Director Pediatric Dentistry
One Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Tinnysha Chopra, DDS
Program Director
One Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Purpose: The goal of this cross-sectional study is to gather information on the age and reasons for a child’s first visit to a pediatric dentist, whether they were referred by their PCP and the timing of that referral in Brooklyn, New York. We also would like to gather data on social determinants of health factors to see how they may contribute to delaying a child’s first dental visit with or without primary care provider referral.
Methods: An anonymous 18-item questionnaire will be given to new patients aged < 72 months presenting for their first dental visit to any of 5 dental clinics associated with One Brooklyn Health located in Brooklyn, NY. The questionnaire will assess demographic factors, age at time of first dental visit, reasons for first dental visit, as well as reasons that parents may have delayed their child’s first dental visit. Frequency and descriptive statistical analyses will be conducted for all study variables. Independent group t-tests and analysis of variances will be used to assess differences in groups. Chi square analysis will be used to assess relationships where variables are categorical and correlational analysis will be used when variables are continuous.
Results: Pending.
Conclusion: Pending.