Poor parenting behaviours and dental caries experience in 6- To 7-year-old children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The association between poor parenting and dental caries in children remains unclear. We investigated the association of poor parenting with dental caries and oral health behaviour among children aged 6-7 years in Japan.

Methods

Two waves of repeated cross-sectional surveys on children and their caregivers in Adachi City, Tokyo, were analysed. Questionnaires on parenting behaviour and the child's oral health behaviour were distributed through schools and completed by 8499 caregivers (response rate = 80.8%). The number of decayed or filled primary teeth (dft) at school dental health check-ups was linked to the survey data (N for complete case analysis = 6309). Factor analysis was performed to identify types of poor parenting: poor involvement, child abuse and lack

SUBMITTER: Matsuyama Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689935 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature