Parental beliefs about children's teething in Udaipur, India: a preliminary study

Kakatkar, Gauri; Nagarajappa, Ramesh; Bhat, Nagesh; Prasad, Vikas; Sharda, Archana J; Asawa, Kailash

doi:10.1590/s1806-83242012000200011

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“…Less than 20% of the mothers in the present study believed that sleep disturbance / wakefulness was associated with teething; this proportion was much lower than those found by Owais 7 reported that 76% of parents used some form of medication, most commonly paracetamol (60%) and/or teething gels (55%); Kakatkar G et al 12 reported 62.7% of mothers used systemic analgesics and 45.6% rubbed the gums with topical analgesics. Only 33.8% of mothers allowed their children to chew on chilled objects and around 40.4% allowed bottle feeding or nursing at night.…”

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Perception about teething among the nursing mothers of Mysore

Indira¹,

Nandlal²,

Narayanappa³

et al. 2016

JIMD

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Abstract:Parents consider tooth eruption to be an important milestone in the child's development. Process of tooth eruption generally referred to as teething is a natural process and may create some discomfort in infants. Parents' false beliefs about signs and symptoms associated with teething may interfere with the prompt diagnosis and management of serious illnesses. Thus, there is a need to distinguish between false beliefs and facts associated with teething. The aims of this study were to assess the nursing mothers' knowledge and belief about teething and to investigate the practices used to manage teething problems. A cross-sectional survey involved 205 mothers presented at pediatric OPD in JSS Hospital, using a validated structured questionnaire. More than 95% of the respondents thought that babies can experience medical problems as a result of teething. The commonest medical problems perceived to be associated with teething were diarrhoea (80.3%), fever (86.6%), loss of appetite (75%) and drooling of saliva (96%). This study showed a common misconception and myths about teething among mothers. Mothers should be better educated about the teething process and the proper management of teething troubles by the dental health care providers.

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Perception about teething among the nursing mothers of Mysore

Indira¹,

Nandlal²,

Narayanappa³

et al. 2016

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“…[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Moreover, the eruption of primary teeth has been assumed among parents to be associated with behavioral and systemic changes. [12][13][14][15][16][17] The period of time that tooth eruption occurs can be very frustrating and stressful for parents, especially when it happens to their first offspring. Many parents do not know how to identify the signs of tooth eruption in their children and, therefore, do not feel confident to relieve the discomfort of the child.…”

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Signs and Symptoms of Primary Tooth Eruption: A Meta-analysis

Massignan¹,

Cardoso²,

Porporatti³

et al. 2016

Pediatrics

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CONTEXT: Symptoms associated with the primary tooth eruption have been extensively studied but it is still controversial. OBJECTIVE:To assess the occurrence of local and systemic signs and symptoms during primary tooth eruption.DATA SOURCES: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences, PubMed, ProQuest, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched. A partial gray literature search was taken by using Google Scholar and the reference lists of the included studies were scanned. STUDY SELECTION:Observational studies assessing the association of eruption of primary teeth with local and systemic signs and symptoms in children aged 0 to 36 months were included.DATA EXTRACTION: Two authors independently collected the information from the selected articles. Information was crosschecked and confirmed for its accuracy. RESULTS:A total of 1179 articles were identified, and after a 2-phase selection, 16 studies were included. Overall prevalence of signs and symptoms occurring during primary tooth eruption in children between 0 and 36 months was 70.5% (total sample = 3506). Gingival irritation (86.81%), irritability (68.19%), and drooling (55.72%) were the most frequent ones.LIMITATIONS: Different general symptoms were considered among studies. Some studies presented lack of confounding factors, no clear definition of the diagnostics methods, use of subjective measures and long intervals between examinations.CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence of the occurrence of signs and symptoms during primary tooth eruption. For body temperature analyses, eruption could lead to a rise in temperature, but it was not characterized as fever.

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“…Parents false beliefs about signs and symptoms associated with teething may interfere with prompt diagnosis and management of serious illnesses. Thus, there is a need to distinguish between facts and false beliefs associated with teething 12 . The present study intended to assess the knowledge about teething, evaluate experiences of the mothers during teething of their youngest child and practices undertaken by them to relieve teething symptoms.…”

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Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices Associated with Teething Among Mothers in Mangalore Taluk, South India

Nishana

Bhat

Hegde

et al. 2018

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Background: To assess mother's knowledge and beliefs about teething signs and symptoms, to evaluatetheir experience during the teething of their youngest child and to assess the practices undertaken by mothers to relieve the teething symptoms.Methods: Random number of anganvadis, 5 from the rural and 5 from the urban areas of Mangalore were selected. A cross sectional survey was conducted using a self administered questionnaire. The questionnaire form included three sections eliciting demographic characteristics and assessing parent's knowledge, and beliefs regarding teething of their youngest child. Result:The majority of the respondents were in the age group of 28 -37 years of age and had only primary level ofeducation. Almost about 93% of the mothers knew that the tooth eruption starts around 6 -7 months of age and the first tooth to erupt is the lower central incisors. About 85 % of the mothers said that the primary tooth eruption gets completed by 2 years of age. Almost 90 % parents attributed fever and diarrhea to teething. Almost 55 % of the parents consulted a doctor for fever and diarrhea.There is no statistically significant difference between the rural and urban mothers about teething knowledge and its associatedsymptoms. Conclusion:This study identified mother's conceptions about teething signs and symptoms. Health care providers must review and dispel long held cultural myths and beliefs about teething, acknowledge and share the evidence that tooth eruption is not strongly associated with significant symptoms.

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Parental beliefs about children's teething in Udaipur, India: a preliminary study

Cited by 39 publications

References 14 publications

Perception about teething among the nursing mothers of Mysore

Perception about teething among the nursing mothers of Mysore

Signs and Symptoms of Primary Tooth Eruption: A Meta-analysis

Knowledge, Beliefs and Practices Associated with Teething Among Mothers in Mangalore Taluk, South India

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