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KMID : 0355420040280010105
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Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health
2004 Volume.28 No. 1 p.105 ~ p.115
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Effect of mothers´ oral health behaviour and knowledge on dental caries in their preschool children
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to assess how mothers´ oral health behaviour, knowledge, and sociodemographic characteristics influence on dental caries status of their children. The 110 children and their mothers were selected for this study. The children were 5 or 6 years old in the 3 daycare centers in Daegu, Korea. Data were collected by oral examination on children and self-administrated questionnaire on their mothers. The questionnaire was surveyed mothers´ behaviour and knowledge of oral health and their socio-demographic characteristics. The-findings of this study were summarized as follows; 1. Significant difference was detected for children´s ds index according to mothers´ educational level and
child birth order.
2. Mothers´ tooth brushing frequency, preventive dental visit, and oral health knowledge were significantly related to children´s dental caries status.
3. The multiple regression analysis illustrated that mothers´ preventive dental visit and child birth order were significantly associated with ;the children´s ds index, respectively. It supposed that mothers´ preventive dental visit played an important role in decreasing children´s tooth decay and that the not eldest group of children had higher risk of dental caries than the eldest one.
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