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[Relationship between parents' attitude and children's oral health behavior]
1Department of General Dentistry, School of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. jsjjhy@sohu.com
Purpose:
The purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between parents' attitude toward caries risk factor and children's behavior, such as brushing behavior and sugar-intake behavior, to provide foundation in carrying out oral health education.
Methods:
A case-control study was performed to analyze parents' attitude of caries and their relationship with children's behavior. The groups were as follows: control group(dmft=0) and case group(dmft> or =3). Data was processed with Logistic regression of SPSS10.0.
Results:
It was found that parents' attitude toward children's brushing teeth and sugar-intake had strong correlation with children's behavior in daily life.
Conclusions:
The results support the concept that parents' attitude toward children's tooth brushing and sugar-intake can predict their children's behavior. Caries can be reduced through oral health education in parents.
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