Oral Health Status of Mississippi Delta 3– to 5‐Year‐Olds in Child Care: An Exploratory Study of Dental Health Status and Risk Factors for Dental Disease and Treatment Needs

Southward, Linda H.; Robertson, Angela; Wells‐Parker, Elisabeth; Eklund, Neva Penton; Silberman, Stephen L.; Crall, James J.; Edelstein, Burton L.; Baggett, Dorris; Parrish, David J.; Hanna, Heather

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2006.tb02568.x

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“…At least, the basic level of knowledge about oral health, especially about early childhood caries is an important requirement for the prevention of this disease, which heavily influences the attitudes and behaviour of each individual who takes care of children. Although parents have primary responsibility for undertaking early preventive and correctional oral interventions, secondary caregivers also have an important role (42). In our study, the knowledge score correlated well with the total score of the questionnaire measuring attitudes and behaviour, confirming once more an important link between knowledge and attitudes and behaviour concerning the EEC.…”

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Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Jaksic-Gvozdic¹,

Janković²,

Pajović³

et al. 2016

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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The aim of this study was to investigate the possible potential of preschool staff through a newly designed questionnaire and evaluate their role in the prevention of early childhood caries (EEC) in Serbia where extremely high prevalence of this preventable disease was recorded.We preformed a cross-sectional study of 268 preschool staff using specially prepared semistructured questionnaire for measuring potential of secondary children's caregivers to prevent EEC. The questionnaire was tested on a pilot sample and after that all collected data were analyzed trough construction of correlation matrix with the evaluation of the value of each question, reliability testing, factorial analysis and estimating of its validity using SPSS software.The tested questionnaire had good internal consistency based on the Cronbach's alpha coefficient value of 0.873 calculated directly and similar value (0.899) after applied Spearman-Brown "prediction" formula. Using exploratory factorial analysis and orthogonal rotation, we identified two domains that emerged with similar loadings (4.043 and 3.183). The first factor (domain) reflected attitudes of the study participants towards prevention of EEC, and the second factor (domain) showed behaviour of the study participants, which includes preventive actions against EEC.The total score of the questionnaire was correlated positively with oral health knowledge (Spearman's correlation coefficient 0.331, p=000) and inversely with the length of employment, where each additional year of employment decreased the total score of the questionnaire by 1.20. These findings could partially explain an extremely high prevalence of EEC in young children and indicate that preschool teachers should be more engaged in health education activities and motivation programs.

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Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Jaksic-Gvozdic¹,

Janković²,

Pajović³

et al. 2016

Acta Facultatis Medicae Naissensis

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“…In other studies, urban Mexican American and immigrant Latino mothers rarely recognized cariogenic food beyond candy and demonstrated uncertainty as to how exactly bottle feeding is detrimental to oral health (Hoeft et al, 2010;Horton & Barker, 2008). In another study, ninety eight percent of children had juice in bottles or sippy cups (Southward et al, 2006). In Hong Kong, 60% gave fruit juices in bottles, some consuming non-diary products more than six times per day (Chan et al, 2002).…”

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Early Childhood Caries: Parent’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Its Prevention in Malaysia

Mani¹,

John²,

Wei³

et al. 2012

Oral Health Care - Pediatric, Research, Epidemiology and Clinical Practices

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“…Left untreated, the pain and infection caused by tooth decay can lead to problems in eating, speaking, and learning. 9 If a child is suffering pain from a dental problem, it may affect the child's school attendance, and mental and social well-being while at school. 10 When children's acute dental problems are treated and they are not experiencing pain, their learning and school- attendance records improve.…”

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Is there an Association between Oral Health Status and School Performance? A Preliminary Study

Garg

Anandakrishna

Chandra

2012

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

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The present cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the impact of poor oral health status on school performance of 600 primary and nursery school children of Bengaluru city, India. The data were collected using the methods and standards recommended by the WHO for oral health surveys. Oral health status was assessed using the df-t index (number of decayed and filled teeth). Academic performance was assessed based on the marks obtained. The children were divided into three groups: Excellent, average, below average (as given by the school teachers). Comparison between categorical variables was performed using one-way ANOVA using the SPSS software package (version 12.0). The mean df-t of the excellent group was 1.56 ± 2.5, for average group it was 2.05 ± 2.8 and for the below average group it was 4.47 ± 2.7. The below average group showed high caries index compared to other groups. The relation between school performance and mean df-t was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001). The findings of this study demonstrate the impact that poor oral health has, on lowering school performance in children. It can be safely concluded that improvement of children's oral health may be a vehicle to improve their educational experience.How to cite this article: Garg N, Anandakrishna L, Chandra P. Is there an Association between Oral Health Status and School Performance? A Preliminary Study. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2012; 5(2):132-135.

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Oral Health Status of Mississippi Delta 3– to 5‐Year‐Olds in Child Care: An Exploratory Study of Dental Health Status and Risk Factors for Dental Disease and Treatment Needs

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Measuring Potential of Preschool Facility Staff to Prevent Early Childhood Caries

Early Childhood Caries: Parent’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Its Prevention in Malaysia

Is there an Association between Oral Health Status and School Performance? A Preliminary Study

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