Knowledge on the Minamata Convention on Mercury

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• Methods: the study targeted n=260 dentists in dental students and interns in Kenya showed a high
• DAPD (61.3%), and what is crucial for countries in
• MCM as of 2022. The majority (71.3%) used
• the most (68%) available alternative restorative.
• registered by the Kenya Medical and Dental results section (Table 1). The checklist consisted of
• restorative criteria for each of the levels of early participated. Almost half (43.4%) of the participants
• and input was used to improve the tool. The counties. There were more males (59.8%), while
• outcome variables were the level of knowledge on the mean age of the dentists was 37.6 (SD 10.26),
• MCM and DAPD, skill in selection of restorative, and and a minority (20.6%) were over 50 years. Almost
• the level of availability of dental amalgam all the dentists (95.3%) practiced restorative
• alternative restoratives. A link to the questionnaire dentistry, with 68.7% having obtained their basic
• was sent to participants in the study WhatsApp wall degree after the year 2000 (Table 2).
• answer all questions; this was in an attempt to evaluated. A sizeable number (84%) indicated
• Limesurvey to Statistical Package for the Social reason behind DAPD (61.3%), and what is crucial for
• Sciences version 25, IBM Chicago, Illinois which was countries in its implementation (68%). However,
• used for analysis. Descriptive statistics, namely only 39.1% were knowledgeable on the status of
• frequencies, percentages, and standard deviation, Kenya with regard to the MCM as of 2022 (Table 1).
• dental amalgam and resin-modified glass ionomer dental surveys, 7% - 100%, mean of 70.8% (20).
• cements, 36.7% and 25.8% respectively. A minority Comparatively, it is also higher than the rate
• of the dentists, 14.1% would select ceramic inlays attained in the East Africa DAPD project I in 2013,
• “often” and “always”. On the other hand, a sizeable where 8.5% of 569 dentists responded (21). The
• select alkasite restorative material, 64.1% and gold depicts a tremendous increase. In this study, there
• inlays, 52.0%. Notably, there was a minority who were more males than females, which correlates
• never selected dental amalgam, 23.4% (Table 3). with the sex distribution of dentists in the country,
• third of dentine was composite resin, 62.5% and distribution exists (22). Nonetheless, the results
• 61.1% respectively, followed by an equal number, cannot be generalized to the nation´s 47 counties.
• 10.2% that would use conventional glass ionomer
• contrast, only a minority of the dentists, 10.2% context in which access to postgraduate training
• extending to EDJ, and 10.6% for caries extending to structure of government. Additionally, the finding
• restoratives were at the disposal to more than 50% decision-making approaches of practitioners within
• restorative materials (2.3%) and gold alloys 5.1% the MCM and DAPD. These results differ from
• that of studies among dentists: 2.7% of 14,890 in convention, and or apathy of the matter as
• Australia, 5.2% of 45,557 in the USA, and 45% of reported among Australian dentists in 2014 (26). It
• 1686 in Jordan (2,18,19). It falls between the range is also probable that the country´s participation in
• 2016, where usage of DA was reported as at 50% rather restore rather than undergo inevitable
• and 49% respectively (13,27). Additionally, low future root canal treatment interventions. It
• was reported to range from 25.2% in class I to educate and motivate the population to have a
• 18.5% in class II among dentists in Kenya (13). In significant caries reduction and smaller cavities in
• down project of 2013 reported equitable high the holy grail of dentistry in Kenya and globally.
• Table 1: frequency distribution of Kenyan dentists Braspenning JCC, van der Sanden WJM,
• (n = 256) based on their knowledge of the Huysmans MCDNJM et al. Minimally Invasive
• phase-down among participants (n = 256) as of dentistry in the undergraduate curriculum. J

Methods (brief)

• November 2022. Data was collected online using an level of knowledge on the MCM and competency in
• large direct DAAR restorations of the most Study size: sample size was calculated using the
• development of national DAPD guidelines and Where n is the minimum sample size, N is the study
• Substituting all a sample size of 260 was targeted.
• Data collection: data were collected using an
• proximal early carious lesions to which the of the study. The data collected were anonymous,
• restorative material for early carious lesions targeted sample size of 260, 256 filled the
• collected and analyzed the data. Bernina Kyale

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