The behaviour of preschool children receiving fluoride varnish application in a community setting

Zhou, Yuefang; Forbes, Gillian; Humphris, Gerry

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.990

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“…(Bitar King et al 2011; Song and Pickrell 2010) Conversely, a positive experience can influence the family to return for additional preventive treatments, increase confidence in oral health home care maintenance, and promote positive outcomes at return visits. (Zhou et al 2013) Concerns about children’s behavior affect dentists too, and some may be reluctant to see very young children to avoid disruption of the office environment due to crying. (Garg et al 2013)…”

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“…(Cunha et al 2009) Medical procedures perceived to be necessary yet painful and distressing to young children, including immunizations, venipuncture, and cancer treatments, have been the subject of extensive investigation. (Blount et al 1991; Blount et al 2008b; Chambers et al 2009; Frank et al 1995; Mahoney et al 2010; McMurtry et al 2007; McMurtry et al 2010; Zhou et al 2013) The shared goal of these studies was to identify ways to reduce distress and disruptive behavior of paediatric patients. Recommendations derived from this literature suggest that medical providers’ use of distraction, nonprocedural talk, breathing exercises, specific directions to the child, and physical contact such as bouncing, patting, and rocking may improve a child’s reaction to care.…”

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Parent-reported distress in children under 3 years old during preventive medical and dental care

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Kim

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Eur Arch Paediatr Dent

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Purpose This study examined factors related to young children’s distress during preventive oral health visits. Additionally, associations between parent-reported child behavior during the dental visit and during prior medical visits were tested. Methods One hundred twenty two children under 3 years of age enrolled in a government insurance program for low-income children were seen for examination, prophylaxis, and fluoride application at a university-based dental clinic. Child distress was rated by parents on a numerical rating scale. Results The average age of children enrolled was 23.5 ± 7.3 months. The majority (55.7%) were judged to have little or no distress pre-examination. Mild or no distress during the examination was reported for 42.6% of the children and severe distress was reported for 39.4%. Intensity of distress during the examination was not associated with the child’s age, gender, dental health, or prior experience with dental care. Distress was also unrelated to the caregiver’s education level or own dental health. Intensity of distress was associated with the child’s pre-dental examination distress and distress during prior medical examinations and injections. Conclusions Dental professionals can better anticipate child distress by assessing children before examination and inquiring about previous medical experiences. Strategies to prepare parents and alleviate distress may help children cope with the preventive dental visit.

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Parent-reported distress in children under 3 years old during preventive medical and dental care

Nelson

Huebner

Kim

et al. 2014

Eur Arch Paediatr Dent

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“…The length of a horizontal bar demonstrates the duration of a "state event" behaviour (e.g., direction of eye gaze). The number of occurrences of a vertical segment demonstrates the frequency of a "point event" behaviour (e.g., smiling) (Zhou, et al, 2013). Each individual repertoire comprises different combinations of communicative behaviours and therefore not all behaviours occur in each visualization.…”

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Using Adaptive Interaction to Simplify Caregiver’s Communication with People with Dementia Who Cannot Speak

2022

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Caregivers find it difficult to interact with people with dementia who have lost the capacity for speech. Adaptive Interaction is a simplified approach that uses the nonverbal fundamentals of communication to connect with people who can no longer speak. Here we present Adaptive Interaction as a method for equipping caregivers with these nonverbal skills to increase communication with the people they care for. Six caregivers were each paired with one individual with dementia and trained in Adaptive Interaction. After receiving training in Adaptive Interaction, caregivers identified more communicative behaviours in their interactions partners and engaged in more frequent positive social behaviours and meaningful actions during interactions. These findings suggest that it is possible to equip staff to use simplified communication based on nonverbal fundamentals to connect with people with dementia who can no longer speak.

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“…Even more parents are fluoride hesitant, meaning that they may accept fluoride for their children but have unresolved concerns ((Humphris and Zhou, 2014)). These findings are of concern because fluoride is one of the few preventive treatments available for caries prevention( (Zhou, Forbes and Humphris, 2013)). The growing phenomenon of fluoride refusal has implications for the way in which clinicians communicate with parents about fluoride so that parents can make optimal preventive health care decisions for their children( (Chi, 2014)).…”

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Topical Fluoride application among Pediatric outpatients - A retrospective study

2021

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Widespread use of fluoride has been a major factor towards the decline in both the prevalence and severity of dental caries in economically developed countries. Fluorides prevent tooth decay by promoting remineralization and inhibiting demineralization of enamel. It is recommended as part of a comprehensive tooth decay prevention program. The growing number of parents who refuse topical fluoride in clinical practice warrants attention from dental professionals and the scientific community. The goal of this research is to know the level of acceptance of fluoride treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptance of topical fluoride application among pediatric dental patients. A retrospective study was conducted using the patient records from Saveetha Dental College, Chennai from June 2019 -April 2020. The study population included pediatric patients with dental caries, selected by non-probability purposive sampling. Data was collected and then subjected to statistical analysis. Microsoft Excel 2016 (Microsoft office 10) data spreadsheet was used to collect data and later exported to SPSS IBM (version 20.0). Descriptive statistics and chi square test were employed with a level of significance set at p<0.05. It has been concluded that the overall acceptance of fluoride application was 20.72%, among which 80.34% of the patients preferred fluoride gel and 19.66% preferred fluoride varnish. Children between 6-13 years of age and children with higher dental caries, especially males, had a more favourable level of acceptance.Thus the most parental acceptance was noticed only after progression of decay in children. There is a paramount need to educate the parents and caregivers about the importance of topical fluoride application as a preventive measure in preventing caries and progression of decay in children.

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The behaviour of preschool children receiving fluoride varnish application in a community setting

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Parent-reported distress in children under 3 years old during preventive medical and dental care

Parent-reported distress in children under 3 years old during preventive medical and dental care

Using Adaptive Interaction to Simplify Caregiver’s Communication with People with Dementia Who Cannot Speak

Topical Fluoride application among Pediatric outpatients - A retrospective study

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