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KMID : 1023420140140030311
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Journal of Dental Hygiene Science
2014 Volume.14 No. 3 p.311 ~ p.318
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Relationship of Early Childhood Caries and the Influential Factor of Mothers in Children under 6 Years Old
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Kim Young-Sun
Kim Jung-In
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to look into the perception, experience, treatment of early childhood caries (ECC) and influential factors of perception in order to provide basic data useful for preventing the ECC by examining the relationship between oral health of young children in infancy and mother. In this study, 277 mothers were surveyed who had children in children under 6 years old and visiting the pediatrics, day care center, and pediatric dental clinics located in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do from July 10, 2013 to September 5 of the same year. The results obtained from the survey were analyzed through chi-square test, t-test, and binary logistic regression analysis by using the SPSS 18.0, a statistical program. There sults of analysis showed that ECC in children under 6 years old was associated with mother``s age, education background of mothers, number of children and monthly income and had a significant correlation with mother``s oral health-related knowledge and oral health care of their children. Thus, it would be necessary to develop oral health education programs and implement such oral health education programs at a national level on a regular basis for the mothers of young children in infancy and would-be mothers in order to reduce the ECC in infancy and promote oral health.
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KEYWORD
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Children under 6 years old , Early childhood caries , Mothers
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