Parental Perspectives of Early Childhood Caries

Isong, Inyang A.; Luff, Donna; Perrin, James M.; Winickoff, Jonathan P.; Ng, Man Wai

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“…This means half of the mothers had knowledge about the benefits of fluoridated tooth paste for their children. These results are in accordance with studies done by Suresh et al (2010) and Isong (2012). In the present study, 97% mothers thought that consumption of sticky snacks like candies and cookies will cause dental decay.…”

Section: Descriptive Statistics About Mother's Knowledge About Oral Hsupporting

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Mothers Related to their Oral Health Status of 6-12 Years Old Children in Bhilai City, Chhattisgarh, India

Pawar

Kashyap

Anand

2018

ESJ

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Aim and Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the oral health status of 6-12 year old children and their mother's knowledge, attitude, and practices in Bhilai city. Moreover, this study was also carried out to determine whether mother's oral health related knowledge, attitude, and practices have a significant influence on the oral health of their children. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among children (n=600) aged between 6-12 years, attending both government and private schools accompanied with their mothers in Bhilai city. The oral health status of the children was evaluated by using WHO Oral Health Assessment Form (2013). The parents were then asked to fill 25 item based on selfadministered questionnaire. Mother's knowledge, attitude, and practices were assessed by direct contact with mothers using close ended questionnaire. Statistical Analysis: The data was then entered and analysed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Also, p value≤ 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Results: The result of the study showed that 90% of mothers had good knowledge, 75% mothers had average attitude, and 51% mothers had high level practices related to oral health. An inverse relationship was found between children's oral health status and their mother's knowledge, attitude, and practices about oral health. Thus, the findings were highly significant. Conclusion: Results showed that mother's oral health related to knowledge, attitude, and practices had a significant impact on oral health status of their children.

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Section: Descriptive Statistics About Mother's Knowledge About Oral Hsupporting

confidence: 93%

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Mothers Related to their Oral Health Status of 6-12 Years Old Children in Bhilai City, Chhattisgarh, India

Pawar

Kashyap

Anand

2018

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“…Although more research is needed to clarify determinants such as specific skills and health literacy required for a child' s first preventive dental visit, 20 it is possible that there are stronger influences, including caregivers' perceptions and beliefs about oral health, and perceived barriers. 41,42 Nevertheless, a caregiverreported barrier of access to care was associated with subsequent increased likelihood of children' s dental care system entry; this at-first paradoxical finding is most likely a reflection of caregivers actively seeing care at the baseline interview and eventually obtaining it during the study period. The absence of an association between reported "pain" and entry is another area that warrants further investigation.…”

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Influence of Caregivers and Children’s Entry Into the Dental Care System

Divaris¹,

Lee²,

Baker³

et al. 2014

Pediatrics

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OBJECTIVES: Early preventive dental visits are essential in improving children’s oral health, especially young children at high risk for dental caries. However, there is scant information on how these children enter the dental care system. Our objectives were as follows: (1) to describe how a population-based cohort of young Medicaid-enrolled children entered dental care; and (2) to investigate the influence of caregiver characteristics on their children’s dental care–seeking patterns. METHODS: We relied on Medicaid claims and interview data of caregiver–child dyads who were enrolled in the Carolina Oral Health Literacy study during 2007–2008. The analytical cohort comprised 1000 children who had no dental visits before enrollment. Additional information was collected on sociodemographic characteristics, oral health status, health literacy, dental neglect, and access to care barriers. Our analyses relied on descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate methods. RESULTS: During the 25-month median follow-up period, 39% of the children (mean baseline age: 16 months) entered the dental care system, and 13% of their first encounters were for emergency care. Caregivers’ dental neglect emerged as a significant predictor of nonentrance. Children with reported oral health problems at baseline were more likely to enter the dental care system compared with children with better oral health, but they were also more likely to require emergency care. CONCLUSIONS: Caregivers have a pivotal role in children’s oral health and care. Interventions aimed at improving children’s oral health should involve community outreach to engage caregivers in a culturally appropriate manner when their children are infants or toddlers.

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“…Although dental health professionals explain the main methods for preventing dental caries [36], many parents fail to put these methods into daily practice [14, 18]. In such cases, parents/caregivers often feel accountable [8, 9] and worry about their child’s future opportunities in life [18]. Parental guilt with regard to cavitated lesions further demonstrates the negative impact of this oral health problem on quality of life [5–7, 35].…”

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“…These conditions can have a negative impact on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of the family [5–7], since parents feel responsible for their child’s oral health [8]. Indeed, parents play an important role in the oral health status of children and in seeking dental care [9, 10] and therefore tend to express feelings of guilt when their child exhibits oral health problems and/or treatment needs [5, 11]. Thus, parental guilt can be defined as an emotional state aroused by actions or intentions that are perceived as incorrect [12].…”

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Association between parental guilt and oral health problems in preschool children: a hierarchical approach

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BackgroundDental caries and traumatic dental injury (TDI) can play an important role in the emergence of parental guilt, since parents feel responsible for their child’s health. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of oral health problems among preschool children on parental guilt.MethodsA preschool-based, cross-sectional study was carried out with 832 preschool children between three and five years of age in the city of Campina Grande, Brazil. Parents/caregivers answered the Brazilian version of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (B-ECOHIS). The item "parental guilt" was the dependent variable. Questionnaires addressing socio-demographic variables (child’s sex, child’s age, parent’s/caregiver’s age, mother’s schooling, type of preschool and household income), history of toothache and health perceptions (general and oral) were also administered. Clinical exams for dental caries and TDI were performed by three dentists who had undergone a training and calibration exercise (Kappa: 0.85-0.90). Poisson hierarchical regression was used to determine the significance of associations between parental guilt and oral health problems (α = 5%). The multivariate model was carried out on three levels using a hierarchical approach from distal to proximal determinants: 1) socio-demographic aspects; 2) health perceptions; and 3) oral health problems.ResultsThe frequency of parental guilt was 22.8%. The following variables were significantly associated with parental guilt: parental perception of child’s oral health as poor (PR = 2.010; 95% CI: 1.502-2.688), history of toothache (PR = 2.344; 95% CI: 1.755-3.130), cavitated lesions (PR = 2.002; 95% CI: 1.388-2.887), avulsion/luxation (PR = 2.029; 95% CI: 1.141-3.610) and tooth discoloration (PR = 1.540; 95% CI: 1.169-2.028).ConclusionBased on the present findings, parental guilt increases with the occurrence of oral health problems that require treatment, such as dental caries and TDI of greater severity. Parental perceptions of poor oral health in their children and history of toothache were predictors of greater feelings of parental guilt.

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Parental Perspectives of Early Childhood Caries

Cited by 34 publications

References 21 publications

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Mothers Related to their Oral Health Status of 6-12 Years Old Children in Bhilai City, Chhattisgarh, India

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Mothers Related to their Oral Health Status of 6-12 Years Old Children in Bhilai City, Chhattisgarh, India

Influence of Caregivers and Children’s Entry Into the Dental Care System

Association between parental guilt and oral health problems in preschool children: a hierarchical approach

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