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Comparison of the tooth brushing habits of primary school age children and their parents

PURPOSE: As they grow, children develop their attitude and behavior related to tooth brushing by taking their parents’ oral-dental health behavior as an example. The purpose of this study was to assess whether there was a similarity in tooth brushing between primary school-age children and their par...

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Autores principales: Ozbek, Ceren Damla, Eser, Didem, Bektas-Kayhan, Kivanc, Unur, Meral
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Istanbul University Faculty of Dentisty 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573461/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28955523
http://dx.doi.org/10.17096/jiufd.19356
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description PURPOSE: As they grow, children develop their attitude and behavior related to tooth brushing by taking their parents’ oral-dental health behavior as an example. The purpose of this study was to assess whether there was a similarity in tooth brushing between primary school-age children and their parents presenting to the Department of Oral, Dental and Jaw Diseases and Surgery and the Department of Pedodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Istanbul University. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 126 children and their parents, as totally 252 subjects. The data on oral hygiene of the subjects were obtained using a questionnaire form including questions on the qualitative-quantitative tooth brushing habits of the children and their parents and the socio-demographic characteristics of their families. RESULTS: In most of the cases, there was a similarity between children and their parents in terms of the frequency of dentist visits, the therapy they underwent in their last dentist visit, the cause of caries, the frequency of tooth brushing, the material used for oral hygiene, the duration of tooth brushing, method of tooth brushing, and tooth sites most brushed, which showed a significant association between children and their parents (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: Correct knowledge given to the children by their families will positively affect the oral-dental health of the children. Thus, firstly, correct knowledge should be given to the parents so that they can successfully carry out their responsibility in being the correct model for their children in oral-dental health.
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spelling pubmed-55734612017-09-27 Comparison of the tooth brushing habits of primary school age children and their parents Ozbek, Ceren Damla Eser, Didem Bektas-Kayhan, Kivanc Unur, Meral J Istanb Univ Fac Dent Articles PURPOSE: As they grow, children develop their attitude and behavior related to tooth brushing by taking their parents’ oral-dental health behavior as an example. The purpose of this study was to assess whether there was a similarity in tooth brushing between primary school-age children and their parents presenting to the Department of Oral, Dental and Jaw Diseases and Surgery and the Department of Pedodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Istanbul University. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study included 126 children and their parents, as totally 252 subjects. The data on oral hygiene of the subjects were obtained using a questionnaire form including questions on the qualitative-quantitative tooth brushing habits of the children and their parents and the socio-demographic characteristics of their families. RESULTS: In most of the cases, there was a similarity between children and their parents in terms of the frequency of dentist visits, the therapy they underwent in their last dentist visit, the cause of caries, the frequency of tooth brushing, the material used for oral hygiene, the duration of tooth brushing, method of tooth brushing, and tooth sites most brushed, which showed a significant association between children and their parents (p<0.01). CONCLUSION: Correct knowledge given to the children by their families will positively affect the oral-dental health of the children. Thus, firstly, correct knowledge should be given to the parents so that they can successfully carry out their responsibility in being the correct model for their children in oral-dental health. Istanbul University Faculty of Dentisty 2015-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5573461/ /pubmed/28955523 http://dx.doi.org/10.17096/jiufd.19356 Text en Copyright © 2015 Journal of Istanbul University Faculty of Dentistry This article is licensed under Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license ( (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ). Users must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. Users may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the journal endorses its use. The material cannot be used for commercial purposes. If the user remixes, transforms, or builds upon the material, he/she may not distribute the modified material. No warranties are given. The license may not give the user all of the permissions necessary for his/her intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how the material can be used.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5573461/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.17096/jiufd.19356
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