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The authors sent a link to the questionnaire, comprising 36 questions, by email, as a Google e-form. The response rate obtained was 87.36%. A major proportion (95.8%) of the respondents considered that paediatricians play an important role in promoting oral health. Around 45.8% of the practitioners recommended tooth brushing after the eruption of the first tooth. About 38% of the practitioners were unaware of the children\u2019s first dental visit. The majority (95.2%) agreed that there should be an increased awareness regarding home dental habits. Most of them (78.3%) examined the oral cavity for dental problems as a part of routine childcare, and the majority (75.3%) admitted that they did not evaluate fluoride needs. A statistically significant higher mean knowledge score was observed for practitioners with more than 30 years of experience (9.35 \u00b1 2.29), and there was a significant positive correlation (r = 0.486) between the knowledge score and mean score for the role of paediatric practitioners. Overall, the study concluded that the knowledge of paediatricians and paediatric residents in SA towards infant oral healthcare and the dental home was inadequate, and their role in maintaining oral health was found to be moderately satisfactory.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children10091579","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,21]],"date-time":"2023-09-21T04:53:05Z","timestamp":1695271985000},"page":"1579","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Knowledge and Role of Paediatricians\/Paediatric Residents in Infant Oral Healthcare and Dental Home across Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8376-297X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Satish","family":"Vishwanathaiah","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0959-2597","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Prabhadevi C.","family":"Maganur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dhalia Hassan","family":"Albar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"},{"name":"Preventive Dentistry Department, Pediatric Dentistry Division, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh 12734, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ranya Hassan","family":"Albar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Researcher, Jeddah 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammed Abdurabu","family":"Jafer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Public Health, Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Safeyah A.","family":"Baeshen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Imtinan Ahmed","family":"Madkhali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Enas Jaber","family":"Mohana","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jawaher Saleh","family":"Sahli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alhanouf K.","family":"Alnajdi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manal Kinani","family":"Tahhah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan 45142, Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Varsha","family":"Manoharan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health Dentistry, KVG Dental College and Hospital, Sullia 574327, India"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"643","article-title":"Dental caries in Saudi Arabia: A systematic review","volume":"16","author":"Alshammari","year":"2021","journal-title":"J. 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