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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2886</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.12189</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Mothers for Administration of Medicaments to Their Children and its Correlation with Dental Caries&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Thosar</surname><given-names>Nilima Ramdas</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bane</surname><given-names>Sphurti Pramod</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hake</surname><given-names>Nandinee</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gupta</surname><given-names>Suruchi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.</surname><given-names>Sudhindra Baliga</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Rathi</surname><given-names>Nilesh</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>22</day><month>09</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>8)</volume><issue/><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>8</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: The study was conducted to assess the awareness among parents especially the mothers regarding liquid medication among children and its relation to caries progression. Materials and Method: Around 230 mothers were included in the study. The mothers were asked to fill a validated questionnaire and her offspring were assessed for presence or absence of dental caries. Results: The data revealed that 80.4% of mothers preferred medication in syrup form, 63.5%administered medication twice daily while none of the mothers performed oral hygiene measures post medication. Around 78.7% of mothers were unaware of the relation between liquid medication and caries. Conclusion: The Pediatric dentists should create awareness among the mothers regarding liquid drug administration and oral hygiene measures.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Liquid medication</kwd><kwd> Pediatric drugs</kwd><kwd> Dental Caries</kwd><kwd> Parental Knowledge</kwd><kwd> Oral Hygiene Practices</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
