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The association of parental dental anxiety and knowledge of caries preventive measures with psychological profiles and children’s oral health

Authors:

  • L. Gavic
    Assistant Professor, Study of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
  • A. Tadin
    Assistant Professor, Study of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
  • A. Matkovic
    6th year student, Study of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
  • K. Gorseta
    Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
  • S. K. Sidhu
    Queen Mary University of London, Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, Centre for Oral Bioengineering London, United Kingdom

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.01.06

ABSTRACT


Aim

As parents and caregivers are responsible for the oral health of children, their own dental anxiety may negatively impact the oral health of their children. This study aimed to assess whether parental dental anxiety and knowledge of caries preventive measures are associated with their psychological profiles and their children’s oral health.

Methods

This case-control study involved parents, who were divided according to whether their children did or did not have active caries. The differences in Short version of the Dental Anxiety Inventory, and Knowledge of Caries Preventive Measures (KCPM) scores between the parents whose children have and do not have active caries was established by the Mann-Whitney U test (P < 0.05).

Results

The Mann-Whitney U test did not show any statistically significant difference in the S-DAI test or KCPM of parents regardless of whether their children had active caries or not. The number of active caries in children was statistically significantly affected by parental age (ß = 0.156, P = 0.002), education level (ß = - 0.742, P = 0.014), employment status (ß = - 1.410, P = 0.028), dental anxiety level (ß = - 0.048, P = 0.045) and KCPM (ß = - 0.094, P = 0.016).

Conclusion

Parental dental anxiety and knowledge of caries preventive measures are associated with the oral health of their children.

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Publication date:

March /2022

Keywords:

Psychological profile, dental anxiety, early childhood caries (ecc)

Issue:

Vol.23 – n.1/2022

Page:

33 – 38

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Topic:

Analgesia sedationan and medical emergencies for Pediatric dental patient

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Harvard: L. Gavic, A. Tadin, A. Matkovic, K. Gorseta, S. K. Sidhu (2022) "The association of parental dental anxiety and knowledge of caries preventive measures with psychological profiles and children's oral health", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 23(1), pp33-38. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.01.06
Vancouver: L. Gavic, A. Tadin, A. Matkovic, K. Gorseta, S. K. Sidhu. The association of parental dental anxiety and knowledge of caries preventive measures with psychological profiles and children's oral health. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2022Mar.10 [cited 2025May.14];23(1):33-38. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/the-association-of-parental-dental-anxiety-and-knowledge-of-caries-preventive-measures-with-psychological-profiles-and-childrens-oral-health/
MLA: L. Gavic, A. Tadin, A. Matkovic, K. Gorseta, S. K. Sidhu The association of parental dental anxiety and knowledge of caries preventive measures with psychological profiles and children's oral health. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2022;23(1):33-38

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