Infant Oral Healthcare and Anticipatory Guidance Practices among Dentists in a Pediatric Care Shortage Area

Table 2

Distribution of barriers interfering with practices of AG (N = 335).

	Disagree/strongly disagree N (%)	Neutral N (%)	Agree/strongly agree N (%)
Parents do not see the value of AG counselling	181 (54%)	133 (39.7%)	21 (6.3%)
Parents bring their children for the first time to a dentist only for emergency management or addressing existing conditions	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	333 (99.4%)
I am too busy with older patients to do AG counselling	40 (11.9%)	75 (22.4%)	220 (65.7%)
AG is time consuming	128 (38.2%)	26 (7.8%)	181 (54%)
I am not sure AG is beneficial	124 (37%)	204 (60.9%)	7 (2.1%)
I am not trained enough to perform AG	18 (5.4%)	1 (0.3%)	316 (94.3%)