Frequent toothbrushing boosts resilience among children in poverty: results from a population-based longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poverty negatively impacts beneficial aspects of mental development, such as resilience. Toothbrushing, an oral health behavior, has the potential to protect children's resilience through its anti-inflammatory and self-management effects and may be more effective for children, especially children in poverty. This study investigated whether toothbrushing boosts resilience among children, especially children under poverty, and modifies the association between poverty and resilience using a longitudinal population sample of school children.

Methods

Data from the Adachi Child Health Impact of Living Difficulty (A-CHILD Study) were analyzed. A baseline study was conducted in 2015 in which the children were in first grade and followed through fourth grade (N = 3459, res

SUBMITTER: Suzuki A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11316972 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature