Journal article
Child Temperament and Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries
Journal of dentistry for children, Vol.73(2), pp.98-104
05/01/2006
PMID: 16948371
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship existed between a mother's perception of her child's temperament and the child's risk factors for early childhood caries (ECC).
Methods: Data was collected from 629 records of children ages 0 to 4 who were patients of the University of Iowa's Infant Oral Health Program. Data included: (1) maternal report of child's temperament; (2) knowledge of ECC; (3) dietary and oral hygiene habits; and (4) clinical evidence of cavitated and noncavitated lesions and visible plaque on maxillary incisors. Chi-square tests and logistic regression models were used to analyze the data.
Results: Bivariate analyses showed that children reported as "easy" were more likely to: (1) be younger (P=.001); (2) be breast-fed to sleep (P=.046); (3) be breast-fed throughout the night (P=.012); and (4) have their teeth brushed twice daily (P=.006). Children reported as "difficult" were more likely to: (1) be bottle-fed to sleep (P=.002); and (2) have noncavitated lesions (P=.044). Final logistic regression analysis indicated that children perceived as "easy" were more likely to breast-fed throughout the night (odds ratio [OR]=1.77; P=.016), while those perceived as "difficult" were more likely to be bottle-fed to sleep (OR=1.74; P=.016).
Conclusions: Maternal reported child temperament may be related to important early childhood caries risk factors.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Child Temperament and Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries
- Creators
- Amanda Seiser Spitz - Univ Iowa, Coll Dent, Dept Pediat Dent, Patient Serv, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAKarin Weber-Gasparoni - Univ Iowa, Coll Dent, Dept Pediat Dent, Patient Serv, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAMichael J. Kanellis - University of IowaFang Qian - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of dentistry for children, Vol.73(2), pp.98-104
- Publisher
- AMER SOC DENTISTRY CHILD
- PMID
- 16948371
- ISSN
- 0022-0353
- eISSN
- 1935-5068
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/01/2006
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Dental Clinic Administration; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9984367735002771
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