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" Parenting Styles and Child’s dmft Score and Behavior in Dental Clinic "
Ayoub, Solafa
Loo, Cheen
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1053778
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TL52895
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Ayoub, Solafa
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Parenting Styles and Child’s dmft Score and Behavior in Dental Clinic\ Ayoub, SolafaLoo, Cheen
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Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
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2020
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M.S.
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2020
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62 p.
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Aim and Hypothesis: To determine the association between parenting style and child’s dental caries and behavior in the dental clinic. Materials and Methods: Parents presenting with their children to the pediatric dentistry department at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine for an initial exam or a re-care appointment completed a demographic survey and the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire to assess parenting style. Analyses included healthy children aged 3-6 years and their parents. Child’s dmft, diet score, Caries-risk Assessment Tool (CAT) score and child’s Frankl score was recorded. Multiple regression models were used to control for confounders. Results: The total sample size was 210 parent/child dyads. We found a statistically significant association between parenting style and child’s dmft score (p=0.010). The statistically significant difference was between authoritative and permissive parents (p=0.004); children of authoritative parents had lower median dmft score, in comparison with children of permissive parents. However, no significant difference was found between parenting style and child’s Frankl behavior score (p=0.377). Ordinal logistic regression showed a statistically significant association between Frankl behavior score and child’s age and a significant difference was found between White and Asian parents. (p<0.001, p=0.010 respectively). Negative binomial regression used to predict child’s dmft score showed a significantly higher dmft score among children of parents with an educational level of less than high school, and among children of parents with an education level of high school, compared to children of parents with an educational level of college degree or higher (p=0.021, p=0.008 respectively). Additionally, children with an excellent diet score had a significantly lower dmft score compared to children with a diet that needs improvement (p=0.003). Conclusion: Children of authoritative parents had lower caries prevalence in comparison with children of permissive parents, although this difference was only significant in the bivariate analysis. Parenting style may need to be considered when planning preventive interventions to lower the burden of dental caries among children.
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Behavioral sciences
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Dentistry
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Loo, Cheen
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Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
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