Open AccessDo children of working mothers experience more dental caries?
Author(s) -
R M Baiju,
Peter Elbe,
Vivek Narayan,
Jolly Mary Varughese,
Nettiyat Ommen Varghese
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/ccd.ccd_682_18
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , confidence interval , odds ratio , cross sectional study , cluster sampling , oral health , family income , dentistry , demography , environmental health , population , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
Pain and discomfort due to untreated dental caries lead to eating and sleep disruptions, behavioral changes, and poor quality of life. Among adolescents, severe dental caries may lead to activity restriction, school absenteeism, and poor academic performance. Dietary factors, parent's socioeconomic status, and family income have been associated with dental caries experience. The employment status of the mother is a measure of socioeconomic status of the family.