Association between knowledge of caries preventive practices, preventive oral health habits of parents and children and caries experience in children resident in sub-urban Nigeria

BMC Oral Health

Olusegun V Osho¹  Elizabeth O Oziegbe¹  Hakeem Agbaje¹  Nneka Onyejaka²  Nneka M Chukumah¹  Titus Oyedele¹  Kikelomo A Kolawole¹  Morenike O Folayan¹ 

[1] Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;Oral Habit Study Group, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

关键词: Sugar;    Tobacco;    Tooth brushing;    Fluoride;    Nigeria;    Prevention;    Caries;   

Others  :  1090712
DOI  :  10.1186/1472-6831-14-156

 received in 2014-09-06, accepted in 2014-12-11,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

The objectives of this study were to assess the association between children and parents’ knowledge of caries preventive practices, the parents’ caries preventive oral health behaviours and children’s caries preventive oral health behaviour and caries experience.

Method

Three hundred and twenty four participants aged 8–12 years, 308 fathers and 318 mothers were recruited through a household survey conducted in Suburban Nigeria. A questionnaire was administered to generate information on fathers, mothers and children’s knowledge of caries prevention measures and their oral health behaviour. Clinical examination was conducted on the children to determine their dmft/DMFT. Analysis was conducted to determine the predictors of the children’s good oral health behaviour.

Result

The mothers’ oral health behaviours were significant predictors of the children’s oral health behaviours. Children who had good knowledge of caries prevention measures had significant increased odds of brushing their teeth twice daily or more. The children’s caries prevalence was 13.9%, the mean dmft was 0.2 and the mean DMFT was 0.09. None of the dependent variables could predict the presence of caries in children.

Conclusion

The study highlights the effect of maternal oral health behaviour on the oral health behaviour of children aged 8 years to 12 years in suburban Nigeria. A pilot study is needed to evaluate how enhanced maternal preventive oral health practices can improve the oral health preventive practices of children.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Folayan et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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