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
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2014
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BMC Oral Health
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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.
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Folayan, M. O., Kolawole, K. A., Oyedele, T., Chukwumah, N. M., Onyejaka, N., Agbaje, H., ... & Oshomoji, O. V. (2015). Erratum: 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, 15(1), 1-1.