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Dental avoidance behaviour in parent and child as risk indicators for caries in 5‐year‐old children
Author(s) -
WIGEN TOVE I.,
SKARET ERIK,
WANG NINA J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of paediatric dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.183
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1365-263X
pISSN - 0960-7439
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-263x.2009.01014.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , attendance , logistic regression , family medicine , dental care , dental fear , bivariate analysis , dentistry , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , economics , economic growth
Aim. The aim of this study was to explore associations between avoidance behaviour and dental anxiety in both parents and children and caries experience in 5‐year‐old children. It was hypothesised that parents’ dental avoidance behaviour and dental anxiety were related to dental caries in 5‐year‐old children. Design. Data were collected from dental records and by clinical and radiographic examination of 523 children. The parents completed a questionnaire regarding education, national background, dental anxiety, dental attendance, and behaviour management problems. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression was conducted. Results. Children having one or more missed dental appointments (OR = 4.7), child behaviour management problems (OR = 3.3), child dental anxiety (OR = 3.1), and parents avoiding dental care (OR = 2.1) were bivariately associated with caries experience at the age of 5 years. In multivariate logistic regression, having one or more missed dental appointments (OR = 4.0) and child behaviour management problems (OR = 2.4) were indicators for dental caries in 5‐year‐old children, when controlling for parents education and national origin. Conclusion. Parents that avoid bringing their child to scheduled dental appointments and previous experiences of behaviour management problems for the child indicated risk for dental caries in 5‐year‐old children.