The influence of mothers' oral health behaviour and perception thereof on the dental health of their children
| Autor: | Bui Bao Tien Nguyen, Minh Son Nguyen, Thuy Trang Nguyen, Mare Saag, Jana Olak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Anxiety level
Dentition business.industry Health Policy Dental health media_common.quotation_subject Research Biochemistry (medical) Dentistry 030206 dentistry Oral health 03 medical and health sciences stomatognathic diseases 0302 clinical medicine stomatognathic system Perception Drug Discovery Medicine Anxiety 030212 general & internal medicine medicine.symptom business Anxiety scale media_common |
| Zdroj: | The EPMA journal. 9(2) |
| ISSN: | 1878-5077 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: The study aims to investigate how mothers’ oral health behaviour and perception thereof influence the dental health in their children. METHODS: A total of 556 Vietnamese mother–child pairs participated in the current study. Mothers self-reported their oral status and oral health behaviour and perception. Dental caries of the children were examined using the index of decayed, missing, and filled teeth. The Dental Anxiety Scale instrument was used to assess the dental anxiety level in mothers and children. RESULTS: Among mothers, 41.3% had gingival bleeding, 40% perceived their dentition and gingival status to be at a good level, 68% brushed their teeth more than twice a day, and 17% had never visited a dentist. Mothers’ oral health behaviour and their perception thereof were positively correlated with their frequency of dental visits (r = (0.105–0.221), p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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