Advances in Multidisciplary and Scientific Research - Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc. https://cephashri.org Advancing Evidence. Building Healthier Communities Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:17:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://cephashri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Advances in Multidisciplary and Scientific Research - Cephas Health Research Initiative Inc. https://cephashri.org 32 32 Perception of natal tooth among trainees in primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria https://cephashri.org/publication/perception-of-natal-tooth-among-trainees-in-primary-health-care-related-programmes-in-ibadan-nigeria/ Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:07:05 +0000 https://cephashri.org/?post_type=publication&p=960 Babies born with teeth (natal teeth) are sufferers of stigmatization in the society due to the superstitious beliefs attached to their births. This study was conducted to explore the beliefs and attitude of trainees in primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards natal tooth. Eighty eight students in primary health care-related programmes were purposively recruited for this study. Data were obtained from each participant using a well-structured self-administered questionnaire. Of the 88 questionnaires returned, 5 were discarded due to incomplete data. The data of the remaining 83 respondents were analysed using the SPSS version 16 software. The mean age (±SD) of the 83 respondents was 35.32 (±10.22) years, 72.3% were females, 69.9% were Yorubas, 69.9% had a monogamous family background. Introductory lectures to oral health had been received by 83.1%, and 62.7% had seen babies with natal tooth before. Thirty three percent, 52%, 14%, 22%, and 41% of the respondents believed that dietary deficiency during pregnancy, hormonal disturbances during pregnancy, high grade fever during pregnancy, congenital syphilis, and genetic factors respectively were potential risk factors for natal tooth. Witchcraft, curses, will of God, evil spirits, and bad luck were believed to be potential causes of natal tooth by 10.8%, 9.6%, 34.9%, 10.8%, and 18.1% of the respondents respectively. The majority of the respondents (83.1%) exhibited positive attitude towards attending to babies with natal tooth, as potential health care professional. In conclusion, the majority of the trainees in primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan were not superstitious about natal tooth; however their knowledge of its risk factors was inadequate. Most of them showed positive attitude towards babies with natal teeth. There exists the need to educate them on the risk factors of natal tooth.

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]]> Babies born with teeth (natal teeth) are sufferers of stigmatization in the society due to the superstitious beliefs attached to their births. This study was conducted to explore the beliefs and attitude of trainees in primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan, Nigeria, towards natal tooth. Eighty eight students in primary health care-related programmes were purposively recruited for this study. Data were obtained from each participant using a well-structured self-administered questionnaire. Of the 88 questionnaires returned, 5 were discarded due to incomplete data. The data of the remaining 83 respondents were analysed using the SPSS version 16 software. The mean age (±SD) of the 83 respondents was 35.32 (±10.22) years, 72.3% were females, 69.9% were Yorubas, 69.9% had a monogamous family background. Introductory lectures to oral health had been received by 83.1%, and 62.7% had seen babies with natal tooth before. Thirty three percent, 52%, 14%, 22%, and 41% of the respondents believed that dietary deficiency during pregnancy, hormonal disturbances during pregnancy, high grade fever during pregnancy, congenital syphilis, and genetic factors respectively were potential risk factors for natal tooth. Witchcraft, curses, will of God, evil spirits, and bad luck were believed to be potential causes of natal tooth by 10.8%, 9.6%, 34.9%, 10.8%, and 18.1% of the respondents respectively. The majority of the respondents (83.1%) exhibited positive attitude towards attending to babies with natal tooth, as potential health care professional. In conclusion, the majority of the trainees in primary health care-related programmes in Ibadan were not superstitious about natal tooth; however their knowledge of its risk factors was inadequate. Most of them showed positive attitude towards babies with natal teeth. There exists the need to educate them on the risk factors of natal tooth.

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