Manal A Almutairi, Noura A Al-essa.
Children and parent`s preferences of dentists` attire in pediatric dental practice.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(3):417-20.

This study was conducted to evaluate children’s and parental preferences towards dentists’ attire. A questionnaire was designed containing a series of photographs of male and female dentists in different attires, and adminstered to 150 parents and children. A majority (60%) of the children and parents preferred the traditional white coat. The least favored attire among both the children (2.7%) and parents (0%) were the casual attire. The children and parents both favored the use of protective wears, with no significant (p=.128) difference in their opinion. It can be concluded that both the children and parents preferred the traditional white coat attire for their dentists.

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