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      <JournalTitle>Journal of Updates in Pediatric Dentistry</JournalTitle>
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      <Volume-Issue>Volume 1 Issue 2</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>Volume 1, Issue 2, July - December 2022</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>-0001</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Pediatric Dentistry</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>Assessment of knowledge and practice of preschool teachers towards digit sucking habit in children of Namakkal district: A questionnaire survey</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>60</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>70</LastPage>
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        <Author>
          <FirstName>Bolia</FirstName>
          <LastName>Garima</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Murugesan</FirstName>
          <LastName>Gawthaman</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Veerabadhran Mahesh</FirstName>
          <LastName>Mathian</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Selvaraj</FirstName>
          <LastName>Vinodh</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Muthusamy</FirstName>
          <LastName>Manoharan</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Mohanraj</FirstName>
          <LastName>Kamatchi</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
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          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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      <DOI>10.54276/JUPD.2021.1209</DOI>
      <Abstract>Aim: To assess the knowledge and practice of preschool teachers of Namakkal district towards digit-sucking habits in children&#13;
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Material and Methods: The questionnaires distributed to 300 study participants included questions of knowledge of habit, their approach toward thumb-sucking habits in school children, and their willingness to refer children to dentists. A simple random sampling method was employed. A single examiner conducted the survey and evaluated the data, this was done to avoid inter-examiner bias. Descriptive statistics were obtained and presented in tables and graphs. Statistical analysis was performed to gain further insight into the practices of preschool teachers regarding digitsucking habits in children, using SPSS software (Version 25).&#13;
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Results: Out of 300 who participated in the study 80.3% were aware of thumb sucking habit. Out of the total respondent teachers, 69.7% observed the habit in children and 64.3% noted abnormal features in the oral cavity. Fiftythree-point-three percent of preschool teachers were aware of the dentist’s role in managing the thumb-sucking habit and its associated malocclusion.&#13;
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Conclusions: This study inferred that preschool teachers have brief knowledge and practice regarding digit-sucking habits, and further programs should be provided to enhance their knowledge</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Digit sucking, Oral habits, Preschool teachers, questionnaire</Keywords>
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        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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