Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior Towards Antibiotic Use Among Parents in Al-Ain City, United Arab Emirates

Tooth decay is one of the afirmanth of catching cold among students. Controlling this problem is one of the duties of Health and Safety Administrators. DMF index is very important index both regional and nationally. This index should not exceed than at 3 age at twelve. In this study the DMF index is being investigated particularly in tooth number six. Methods: in this study 2000 first and first and second grade elementary students were piched randomly according to cluster random sampling. Their teeth, beginning of tooth decay and DMF index of tooth number 6 were investigated Results: Among all these students only 19% didn’t have tooth decay. 40.9% of them have decay for tooth number 6.DMF index for number six tooth among these students were 0.87. 47.2% of them have between one to four decayed tooth. Based on place living (Rural or City), sex, occupation of father, no meaningful differences were found in DMF and tooth decay. Discussion: Epidemy of teeth decay and DMF index of tooth number 6 is an indication of the lack of knowledge and attention among parents at these students. Even though the dentists and health workers have been active for decades the problem still exists because it is mostly based on cultural backwardness and there is no differences between rural and city students. Most parents don’t know that teeth number 6 is a permanent teeth. We believe that a grate educational program is needed to teach both parents and their children. This education should be administrated by employees of Ministry of Health, particularly health instructors, the mass media also could play a major role in this education.