2017
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2232-1
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Abstract: BackgroundRegular dental attendance is significant in maintaining and improving children’s oral health and well-being. This study aims to determine the factors that predict and influence dental visits in primary school children residing in the rural community of Lithgow, New South Wales (NSW), Australia.MethodsAll six primary schools of Lithgow were approached to participate in a cross-sectional survey prior to implementing water fluoridation in 2014. Children aged 6–13 years (n = 667) were clinically examined… Show more

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“…The study also identified that children in single parent household had reduced odds of brushing their teeth twice or more daily. It has been suggested that lack of paternal support and financial strain causes increased stress may lead to development of suboptimal oral hygiene practices [27,28]. Emotional stress related to family structure and changing thereof can also contribute to suboptimal oral hygiene practices [28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The study also identified that children in single parent household had reduced odds of brushing their teeth twice or more daily. It has been suggested that lack of paternal support and financial strain causes increased stress may lead to development of suboptimal oral hygiene practices [27,28]. Emotional stress related to family structure and changing thereof can also contribute to suboptimal oral hygiene practices [28].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Predisposing factors include factors related to children and factors related to parents or caregivers. The demographic factors of children, such as age and gender, are predisposing variables in the Andersen model, and they were found to be influencing factors of dental care utilization in children in some previous studies [ 19 , 23 , 25 , 40 ]. The current study did not find a relationship between whether a child utilized dental care or not in the past 12 months and age or gender, but the number of dental visits was significantly associated with age, but not gender.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Second, the final fitted models may not have included all variables associated with the utilization of oral health services in this population. For example, a child’s dental insurance coverage [ 40 ] and their parents’ own oral health experiences [ 2 , 27 ] have been shown to be important predictors of a child’s use of oral health care services but were not collected in the questionnaire used in our study. However, most known determinants were included, and the model could still be explanatory.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A study reported a higher caries prevalence among children residing in Lithgow in comparison to those based in adjoining fluoridated communities of Bathurst and Orange [ 3 ]. Although some studies have reported on oral health in Lithgow children [ 3 , 21 , 22 , 23 ], there is limited evidence on the risk factors of dental caries experience in primary school children in non-fluoridated communities of Australia such as Lithgow. Therefore, the aim of this study was to measure caries experience in primary teeth of school children in Lithgow and to identify the factors related to the caries burden.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%