Children's oral health-related behaviours and early childhood caries: A latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

In this cross-sectional study in a large community-based sample of preschool-age children, we sought to identify distinct clusters of modifiable early childhood oral health-related behaviours (OHBs) and quantify their association with clinical and parent-reported measures of early childhood oral health.

Methods

We relied upon a questionnaire (n = 8033; 11% in Spanish) and clinical oral health data (n = 6404; early childhood caries [ECC] prevalence = 54%] collected in the context of an epidemiologic study of early childhood oral health among 3- to 5-year-old children in North Carolina. Latent class analysis was used to identify clusters of modifiable OHBs based on parents' responses to 6 questionnaire items pertaining to their children's oral hygiene, diet and denta

SUBMITTER: Simancas-Pallares MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8589886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature