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Social perception of children with and without caries
C Tschammler1, K F Krumsiek1, A Wiegand1
1Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Aim:
Aim of this study was to analyse and compare the social perception of children with healthy teeth, visible dental caries and visible dental treatments by children (with and without caries experience) and their parents.
Methods:
Images of three children (healthy teeth; untreated dental caries; treated caries i.e. restorations and missing teeth as consequence of caries treatment) were presented to fourto nine-years-old children with (n = 92) or without caries experience (n = 88) and their parents. The social perception was measured with a standardised interview (children) and a standardised questionnaire (parents). The results were statistically analysed by Wilcoxon signed-rank, Wilcoxon ranksum and chi-squared-tests (p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Children and adults perceived children with (un)treated visible dental caries less positively than children with healthy teeth.
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