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Oral health Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour among a sample of Kurdish peop...iosrjce
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences is one of the speciality Journal in Dental Science and Medical Science published by International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR). The Journal publishes papers of the highest scientific merit and widest possible scope work in all areas related to medical and dental science. The Journal welcome review articles, leading medical and clinical research articles, technical notes, case reports and others.
Knowledge and attitude of school teachers with regard to emergency management...DrRipika Sharma
Introduction: Dental trauma in children is a significant oral health issue worldwide. School teachers are immediate seniors for
children in school, and they are considered as the primary care takers for them. Hence, the purpose of the study is to assess the
knowledge and attitude of school teachers with regard to emergency management of traumatic dental injuries and to evaluate the
association between school environmental factors with teacher’s knowledge and attitude towards management of dental trauma.
Material And Methods: A total of 160 teachers from the government schools were included in the study. Data were collected using
a five part questionnaire including demographic data, knowledge, attitude, self-assessment, and possible strategies to change the
scenario. Data obtained from 160 completed questionnaires were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi
square test. Results: It was found that only 46.9% of the participant had adequate knowledge scores, and 60.6% of participant had a
positive attitude towards emergency management of dental trauma in school. The knowledge and attitude categories of school
teachers when compared with the length of service and those who witnessed traumatic dental injury in school using Pearson’ chi
square test statistically significant association (p <0.05) was observed with attitude scores only, while knowledge scores were not
significant. Conclusion: This study reveals a serious lack of knowledge and awareness among school teachers regarding emergency
management of dental injuries. We suggest educational programs should be developed for the school teachers to improve their
knowledge so that proper dental first-aid procedures can be achieved
KEYWORDS: Attitude, Emergency Treatment, First Aid, Knowledge, Schools
Impact of school-based dental program performance on the oral health-related ...UniversitasGadjahMada
This study was done in order to assess the association between the performance of school-based dental programs (SBDPs) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in
school children, in the province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, taking into account untreated caries and sociodemographic factors. A cross-sectional survey was administered with 1906 children aged 12 and participating in SBDPs. Four SBDPs were chosen to represent good and poor performance in urban and rural areas. Caries was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, whereas the children were interviewed for the OHRQoL and sociodemographic data. The OHRQoL was assessed using the Condition-Specific Child-Oral Impact on Daily Performances (CS Child-OIDP) index related to dental caries. The results revealed that the mean CS Child-OIDP score was 1.63 (SD 3.20) for good performance SBDP and 6.89 (SD 8.85) for poor performance SBDP. Analysis by negative binomial regression showed that being served by a poorly performing SBDP (RR = 4.45, 95% CI = 3.87–5.13), and to some extent living in a rural area and being a girl, were significantly associated with a greater risk of having a lower quality of life than were the counterparts. Untreated caries did not show an association with OHRQoL. In conclusion, there are substantial indications that SBDP performance is related to children’s OHRQoL.
Oral health Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour among a sample of Kurdish peop...iosrjce
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences is one of the speciality Journal in Dental Science and Medical Science published by International Organization of Scientific Research (IOSR). The Journal publishes papers of the highest scientific merit and widest possible scope work in all areas related to medical and dental science. The Journal welcome review articles, leading medical and clinical research articles, technical notes, case reports and others.
Knowledge and attitude of school teachers with regard to emergency management...DrRipika Sharma
Introduction: Dental trauma in children is a significant oral health issue worldwide. School teachers are immediate seniors for
children in school, and they are considered as the primary care takers for them. Hence, the purpose of the study is to assess the
knowledge and attitude of school teachers with regard to emergency management of traumatic dental injuries and to evaluate the
association between school environmental factors with teacher’s knowledge and attitude towards management of dental trauma.
Material And Methods: A total of 160 teachers from the government schools were included in the study. Data were collected using
a five part questionnaire including demographic data, knowledge, attitude, self-assessment, and possible strategies to change the
scenario. Data obtained from 160 completed questionnaires were statistically analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi
square test. Results: It was found that only 46.9% of the participant had adequate knowledge scores, and 60.6% of participant had a
positive attitude towards emergency management of dental trauma in school. The knowledge and attitude categories of school
teachers when compared with the length of service and those who witnessed traumatic dental injury in school using Pearson’ chi
square test statistically significant association (p <0.05) was observed with attitude scores only, while knowledge scores were not
significant. Conclusion: This study reveals a serious lack of knowledge and awareness among school teachers regarding emergency
management of dental injuries. We suggest educational programs should be developed for the school teachers to improve their
knowledge so that proper dental first-aid procedures can be achieved
KEYWORDS: Attitude, Emergency Treatment, First Aid, Knowledge, Schools
Impact of school-based dental program performance on the oral health-related ...UniversitasGadjahMada
This study was done in order to assess the association between the performance of school-based dental programs (SBDPs) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in
school children, in the province of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, taking into account untreated caries and sociodemographic factors. A cross-sectional survey was administered with 1906 children aged 12 and participating in SBDPs. Four SBDPs were chosen to represent good and poor performance in urban and rural areas. Caries was assessed using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, whereas the children were interviewed for the OHRQoL and sociodemographic data. The OHRQoL was assessed using the Condition-Specific Child-Oral Impact on Daily Performances (CS Child-OIDP) index related to dental caries. The results revealed that the mean CS Child-OIDP score was 1.63 (SD 3.20) for good performance SBDP and 6.89 (SD 8.85) for poor performance SBDP. Analysis by negative binomial regression showed that being served by a poorly performing SBDP (RR = 4.45, 95% CI = 3.87–5.13), and to some extent living in a rural area and being a girl, were significantly associated with a greater risk of having a lower quality of life than were the counterparts. Untreated caries did not show an association with OHRQoL. In conclusion, there are substantial indications that SBDP performance is related to children’s OHRQoL.
Research Presentation on the Influence of Irrational Health Beliefs on Dental...Munir Gomaa
This research is conducted by Munir Gomaa in his third and fourth years of dental school and is titled "Influence of Irrational Health Beliefs in Adults on Dental-Related Perceptions, Practices, and Diseases in Adult and Pediatric Patients." The research examines how, as an example, irrational fears related to going to a dentist might contribute to that patient's overall oral health.
Introduction
Definitions
The goals of behavior guidance
Children’s behavior in the dental office
Documentation of children’s behaviors
Factors affecting children’s behavior
Strategies of the dental team
Preappointment behavior modification
Fundamental of behavior management
Behavior guidance techniques
Basic behavior guidance
Alternative communicative techniques
Advanced behavior guidance techniques
Recent advances in behavior guidance technique
Practical considerations
Behavior guidance for the infants/toddlers
Behavior guidance for the preschoolers
Behavior guidance for the school-aged children
Behavior guidance for the adolescent
Behavior guidance for the child with the previous negative dental experience
Behavior guidance for the special health care need
Behavior guidance for the child with special health care needs
Conclusion
References
EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL DENTAL SCREENING, PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH EDUC...DrRipika Sharma
Introduction: The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of school screening, parental knowledge and health education in
stimulating dental attendance among 6 to 10 years old children.
Material and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out, with a sample size of 155 in each group. The study was conducted over a
period of 3 months, baseline clinical findings were assessed using dentition status and plaque index and knowledge of parents was evaluated using a
questionnaire in both the groups. The study group participants received oral health education and educational leaflets were distributed to the
parents. Further after 3 months, the post-intervention improvement was assessed as before. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version
22. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, paired t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to analyze the data.
Results: The overtime changes in oral health knowledge of parents were significantly different in the study group (p-value <0.001). Highly
significant reduction in Plaque scores was reported in the study group compared to control group (p-value <0.001). Overall there were no
significant differences in DMFT and dmft increments between the groups. The intervention was not effective at reducing the level of active caries
and increasing attendance in the population under study.
Conclusion: Even though the intervention had positive effects on plaque score and and on oral health knowledge of parents, but the rate of
utilization was low. We need additional efforts addressing another individual, family, and community level factors to make such programs more
fruitful
Emergency management of dental trauma knowledge of hong kong primary and seco...Cecilia Young 楊幽幽
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Emergency management of dental trauma: knowledge of Hong Kong primary and secondary school teachers
Cecilia Young 楊幽幽
KY Wong 黃堅祐
LK Cheung 張念光
Objectives To investigate the level of knowledge about emergency management of dental trauma among Hong Kong primary and secondary school teachers.
Association of Dental Diseases with Oral Hygiene in School Children of Rural Rajasthan, India-Oral diseases are health problem of industrialize well as developing countries because of its high prevalence. In developing countries these diseases are given less impotance because of scarcity of resources but when these dental diseases remain untreated it can cause permanent toothache and disability. It can increase school attendance and intern lead to complication and expensive treatment. A community based study was conducted in rural area of Jaipur district to find out the association of dental diseases with oral hygiene. From schools of Amer tahsil of Jaipur district 1600 students were examined for dental diseases and interrogated for oral hygiene. Association of oral hygiene with dental diseases like Dental Carries, Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and Periodontitis was found out with chi-square test. It was revealed that Dental diseases like Dental Carries, Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and peridontitis all are associated with oral hygiene. Mouth rinsing frequency and teeth cleaning frequency is inversely proportion in Dental Carries but is directly proportional in Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and Periodontitis
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Awareness of Dental Health and Treatment among the High School Childrenpaperpublications3
Abstract: The study aims to know the current status of dental health awareness about the dental treatment options among high school children for whom the oral health awareness is essential in order to seek early attention and treatment , there exceeds different level of understanding knowledge regarding the awareness about the treatment in spite of available studies with valuable information .but unfortunately a group of population fail to initiate to indulge them with the information’s also end up with mis conceptions regarding the treatments, finally the study would help to emphasize and to shift the focus areas which have been unnecessarily stressed upon . No matter what age one knows the key for mataining good health. Knowing what particular dental problems each have and their capability to decide their most appropriate means to prevent dental problems and reduces the occurrence and marinating a healthy oral cavity from the teen age that helps to maintain for their whole life time.
Assess the Oral Hygiene Practices, Occurrence of Dental Caries and Gingivitis...ijtsrd
Background Dental caries continues to be a major health issue for worldwide population which decreases individual’s quality of life. In children dental caries and gingivitis are major health problem due to lack of preventive efforts and change in dietary requirement. According to WHO, oral health awareness among children can be promoted through schools by improving good knowledge, attitude and behavior related to oral health that will be helpful for prevention and control of dental diseases among children. Hence there is a necessity to find out oral hygiene practices and occurrence of dental caries among school age children. With this background, researcher make a plan to conduct a survey with the following objective. Objective To assess dental caries, gingivitis and oral hygiene practices among school age children in a selected community area. Methodology A quantitative approach with cross sectional descriptive design was used to assess dental caries, gingivitis and oral hygiene practices among children. 195 school going children residing in rural area of Doiwala block were selected by using convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by pretested questionnaire. Ethical permission was obtained from institutional ethical committee and informed consent was taken from study participants. Results The statistical finding shows that 184 94.36 mothers had not attend any education related to dental hygiene previously. Maximum mothers 97.95 have taught their child how to brush the teeth. It was surprising to note that 144 58.96 of children found to be suffering from dental caries. It was found that 38.79 of children were suffering with teeth pain. Very less 45 29.9 children had reported that they had visited dentist. There was significant association found between material use for remove food debris between the teeth’s and dental caries at p .001 . There was also significant association found between technique use for brushing teeth and dental caries p 0.003 . Conclusion The research findings showed that school age children give very less importance to oral hygiene. In this study we found greater need of health education and encouraging parents regarding children oral hygiene which can be beneficial to prevent dental caries among school going children. Mr. John Davidson | Ms. Mugdha Devi Sharan Sharma | Mr. Atul Kumar "Assess the Oral Hygiene Practices, Occurrence of Dental Caries and Gingivitis among School Age Children" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd32964.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/32964/assess-the-oral-hygiene-practices-occurrence-of-dental-caries-and-gingivitis-among-school-age-children/mr-john-davidson
Research Presentation on the Influence of Irrational Health Beliefs on Dental...Munir Gomaa
This research is conducted by Munir Gomaa in his third and fourth years of dental school and is titled "Influence of Irrational Health Beliefs in Adults on Dental-Related Perceptions, Practices, and Diseases in Adult and Pediatric Patients." The research examines how, as an example, irrational fears related to going to a dentist might contribute to that patient's overall oral health.
Introduction
Definitions
The goals of behavior guidance
Children’s behavior in the dental office
Documentation of children’s behaviors
Factors affecting children’s behavior
Strategies of the dental team
Preappointment behavior modification
Fundamental of behavior management
Behavior guidance techniques
Basic behavior guidance
Alternative communicative techniques
Advanced behavior guidance techniques
Recent advances in behavior guidance technique
Practical considerations
Behavior guidance for the infants/toddlers
Behavior guidance for the preschoolers
Behavior guidance for the school-aged children
Behavior guidance for the adolescent
Behavior guidance for the child with the previous negative dental experience
Behavior guidance for the special health care need
Behavior guidance for the child with special health care needs
Conclusion
References
EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL DENTAL SCREENING, PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND HEALTH EDUC...DrRipika Sharma
Introduction: The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of school screening, parental knowledge and health education in
stimulating dental attendance among 6 to 10 years old children.
Material and Methods: A randomized controlled trial was carried out, with a sample size of 155 in each group. The study was conducted over a
period of 3 months, baseline clinical findings were assessed using dentition status and plaque index and knowledge of parents was evaluated using a
questionnaire in both the groups. The study group participants received oral health education and educational leaflets were distributed to the
parents. Further after 3 months, the post-intervention improvement was assessed as before. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version
22. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, paired t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to analyze the data.
Results: The overtime changes in oral health knowledge of parents were significantly different in the study group (p-value <0.001). Highly
significant reduction in Plaque scores was reported in the study group compared to control group (p-value <0.001). Overall there were no
significant differences in DMFT and dmft increments between the groups. The intervention was not effective at reducing the level of active caries
and increasing attendance in the population under study.
Conclusion: Even though the intervention had positive effects on plaque score and and on oral health knowledge of parents, but the rate of
utilization was low. We need additional efforts addressing another individual, family, and community level factors to make such programs more
fruitful
Emergency management of dental trauma knowledge of hong kong primary and seco...Cecilia Young 楊幽幽
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Emergency management of dental trauma: knowledge of Hong Kong primary and secondary school teachers
Cecilia Young 楊幽幽
KY Wong 黃堅祐
LK Cheung 張念光
Objectives To investigate the level of knowledge about emergency management of dental trauma among Hong Kong primary and secondary school teachers.
Association of Dental Diseases with Oral Hygiene in School Children of Rural Rajasthan, India-Oral diseases are health problem of industrialize well as developing countries because of its high prevalence. In developing countries these diseases are given less impotance because of scarcity of resources but when these dental diseases remain untreated it can cause permanent toothache and disability. It can increase school attendance and intern lead to complication and expensive treatment. A community based study was conducted in rural area of Jaipur district to find out the association of dental diseases with oral hygiene. From schools of Amer tahsil of Jaipur district 1600 students were examined for dental diseases and interrogated for oral hygiene. Association of oral hygiene with dental diseases like Dental Carries, Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and Periodontitis was found out with chi-square test. It was revealed that Dental diseases like Dental Carries, Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and peridontitis all are associated with oral hygiene. Mouth rinsing frequency and teeth cleaning frequency is inversely proportion in Dental Carries but is directly proportional in Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and Periodontitis
The Indian Dental Academy is the Leader in continuing dental education , training dentists in all aspects of dentistry and
offering a wide range of dental certified courses in different formats.for more details please visit
www.indiandentalacademy.com
Awareness of Dental Health and Treatment among the High School Childrenpaperpublications3
Abstract: The study aims to know the current status of dental health awareness about the dental treatment options among high school children for whom the oral health awareness is essential in order to seek early attention and treatment , there exceeds different level of understanding knowledge regarding the awareness about the treatment in spite of available studies with valuable information .but unfortunately a group of population fail to initiate to indulge them with the information’s also end up with mis conceptions regarding the treatments, finally the study would help to emphasize and to shift the focus areas which have been unnecessarily stressed upon . No matter what age one knows the key for mataining good health. Knowing what particular dental problems each have and their capability to decide their most appropriate means to prevent dental problems and reduces the occurrence and marinating a healthy oral cavity from the teen age that helps to maintain for their whole life time.
Assess the Oral Hygiene Practices, Occurrence of Dental Caries and Gingivitis...ijtsrd
Background Dental caries continues to be a major health issue for worldwide population which decreases individual’s quality of life. In children dental caries and gingivitis are major health problem due to lack of preventive efforts and change in dietary requirement. According to WHO, oral health awareness among children can be promoted through schools by improving good knowledge, attitude and behavior related to oral health that will be helpful for prevention and control of dental diseases among children. Hence there is a necessity to find out oral hygiene practices and occurrence of dental caries among school age children. With this background, researcher make a plan to conduct a survey with the following objective. Objective To assess dental caries, gingivitis and oral hygiene practices among school age children in a selected community area. Methodology A quantitative approach with cross sectional descriptive design was used to assess dental caries, gingivitis and oral hygiene practices among children. 195 school going children residing in rural area of Doiwala block were selected by using convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by pretested questionnaire. Ethical permission was obtained from institutional ethical committee and informed consent was taken from study participants. Results The statistical finding shows that 184 94.36 mothers had not attend any education related to dental hygiene previously. Maximum mothers 97.95 have taught their child how to brush the teeth. It was surprising to note that 144 58.96 of children found to be suffering from dental caries. It was found that 38.79 of children were suffering with teeth pain. Very less 45 29.9 children had reported that they had visited dentist. There was significant association found between material use for remove food debris between the teeth’s and dental caries at p .001 . There was also significant association found between technique use for brushing teeth and dental caries p 0.003 . Conclusion The research findings showed that school age children give very less importance to oral hygiene. In this study we found greater need of health education and encouraging parents regarding children oral hygiene which can be beneficial to prevent dental caries among school going children. Mr. John Davidson | Ms. Mugdha Devi Sharan Sharma | Mr. Atul Kumar "Assess the Oral Hygiene Practices, Occurrence of Dental Caries and Gingivitis among School Age Children" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-6 , October 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd32964.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/32964/assess-the-oral-hygiene-practices-occurrence-of-dental-caries-and-gingivitis-among-school-age-children/mr-john-davidson
Abstract— Dental diseases are health problem of developing countries mainly because of the fact that in developing countries these diseases are given less importance. People also not much bothered about children's personal hygiene and dental diseases until it leads to toothache and disability. And at this time it may lead to complication and expensive treatment. So a community based study was conducted in rural area of Jaipur district to find out the association between dental diseases and personal hygiene. From schools of Amer tahsil of Jaipur district 1600 students were examined for dental diseases and interrogated and observed for personal hygiene. Association of personal hygiene with dental diseases like Dental Carries, Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and Periodontitis was found out with chi-square test. It was revealed that Dental diseases like Dental Carries, Dental Fluorosis, Malocclusion and peridontitis all are associated with personal hygiene. Dental carries increases as the personal hygiene worsen and likewise same was observed with Malocclusion but Dental Fluorosis was observed in inverse direction mean as the personal hygiene improves the chances to have Dental Fluorosis increases. Periodontal it was found significantly more when personal hygiene of child is either poor or good, when it is fair chances of having Periodontal diseases were significantly less.
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130 The Journal of Dental Hygiene Vol. 88 • No. 2 • April 2014
Introduction
Early-severe childhood caries re-
mains a significant public dental
health issue in the U.S. and interna-
tionally.1 The most common chronic
disease in children, dental caries is
5-times more prevalent than asthma
and 7-times more prevalent than
hay fever.2 Approximately 19% of
U.S. children aged 2 to 4 have ex-
perienced visually detectable den-
tal decay. Data from the National
Health Nutrition Examination Survey
(NHANES) reveal that the number of
children aged 2 to 5 with dental car-
ies increased from 24 to 28% from
1999 to 2004.3 Nineteen percent of
U.S. children aged 2 to 4 have visu-
ally detectable dental caries.4 Over-
all, children of poverty experience
more extensive dental disease and
have less access to dental care.5,6 For
example, 25% of children living in
poverty have not seen a dentist be-
fore the age of 5, experience twice
the dental caries as their more afflu-
ent peers and are more likely to have
untreated oral disease.4-6
In 2005, the Virginia Department of Medical As-
sistance Services introduced the Smiles For Children
(SFC) program, providing coverage for diagnostic,
preventive and restorative/surgical procedures, as
well as orthodontic services for Medicaid, Family Ac-
cess to Medical Services Plan (FAMIS) and FAMIS
Plus children.7 The program also provides coverage
for limited medically necessary oral surgery services
for adults age 21 and older. Reasons cited by par-
ents for not involving their children in preventive
dental programs or establishing an ongoing dental
provider or dental home include the inability to take
time off from work, living a transient lifestyle and
being unable to find a dentist who participates in
the SFC program.7-11 Dentists are reluctant to par-
Oral Health Promotion: Knowledge, Confidence,
and Practices in Preventing Early-Severe Childhood
Caries of Virginia WIC Program Personnel
Lorraine Ann Fuller, RDH, MS; Sharon C. Stull, CDA, BSDH, MS; Michele L Darby, BSDH, MS;
Susan Lynn Tolle, BSDH MS
Abstract
Purpose: This study assessed the oral health knowledge, confi-
dence and practices of Virginia personnel in the Special Supple-
mental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC).
Methods: In 2009, 257 WIC personnel were electronically emailed
via an investigator-designed 22-item Survey Monkey® question-
naire. Descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Fishers Exact tests
compared personnel demographics and oral health knowledge,
confidence and practices at the p≤0.01 and 0.05 significance level.
Results: Response rate was 68%. WIC personnel were knowl-
edgeable about basic oral health concepts. More than half of those
reporting were not confident assessing for visual signs of dental
decay and do not routinely assess for visual signs of decay. Only
4% of personnel apply fluoride therapy.
Conclusion: Findings support the need for health promotion/dis-
ease pre ...
Background- Oral health is a multi-factorial concept, determined by knowledge, behavior, and attitude of a person. Like any behavior carried out daily like a habit, oral health behaviors are also repeated like a habit. The multidimensionality of behavioral change makes studying it, and factors associated with it, a challenge, since there are so many aspects to consider. Objectives- To find an association between the oral health status and socio-behavioral factors among 12-15 years old school children of Belagavi city, India. Methods- A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to find an association between the oral health status and the knowledge, attitude and behavior of adolescents. One thousand participants were selected using two-stage random sampling. Dental caries, bleeding on probing, dental trauma, enamel fluorosis, intervention urgency was recorded according to the WHO 2013 proforma and the parameters regarding knowledge, attitudes as well as behavior using a closed ended self-designed questionnaire. Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis, and linear correlation tests were done. Results- Among 1000 subjects, 767 (76.7%) participants were found to have dental caries and 512 (51.2%) showed the presence of gingival bleeding. Out of a total score of 41, the mean knowledge score was 34.47 (±3.84) for boys and 34.76 (±4.13) for girls. Linear correlation showed that attitude was weakly correlated (r=0.18 and 0.20 respectively) but with a strong statistical significance to knowledge as well as behavior respectively. Conclusion- Attitude when compared separately either with knowledge or behavior showed a weak correlation that was highly significant. Comparison of behavior with caries experience showed a weak negative correlation which was statistically insignificant. Key-words- Oral health, Adolescents, Socio-behavioral, Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior
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School Children Dental Health, Dental Fear and Anxiety in relation to their Parents’ Dental Anxiety: Comparative Study
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School Children Dental Health, Dental Fear and Anxiety in relation to their
Parents’ Dental Anxiety: Comparative Study
Shimmaa Moustafa1
*, Hanem Ahmed2
1
lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.
2.
lecturer of Psychiatric and mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt.
* E-mail of the corresponding author: dr.shimmaa@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The aims of the study were to assess children oral health risk, and their dental hygiene practices, discovering children's
dental fear and anxiety, understanding children's coping mechanisms, and investigate the relationship between parental
dental anxiety and their children dental fear and anxiety. Research design: A comparative cross-sectional study was used to
complete this study. Setting: The study was conducted at three primary governmental schools which affiliated to the ministry
of education one in Egypt (Zagazig city) and two in Saudi Arabia (Bisha city). Sample: Two hundred child aged (7-12 years
and above) and their parents were included in the study from Saudi Arabia and Egypt who fulfilled the selected criteria.
Tools: 1) A questionnaire sheet was used to collect the study data included socio-demographic data and oral health risk
assessment tool and dental hygiene practices, 2) Dental Subscale of the Children’s Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS), 3)
Dental Cope Questionnaire (DCQ), and 4) Corah Dental Anxiety Questionnaire (CDAS). The study results indicated that
20% and 41% of Saudi and Egyptian children were at high oral risk, and satisfactory dental hygiene practices found in 25%
of Egyptian children compared to 55% of Saudi children. 70% of Saudi and 89% of Egyptian children used less destructive
coping strategies and this difference was highly statistically significant. Egyptian parents dental anxiety was highly
positively correlated with child dental fear and child dental anxiety (p<.01).The study findings concluded that 50% and 37%
of Saudi and Egyptian children respectively had moderate oral health risk. Significant difference was seen in the dental
hygiene practices among both groups. The anxiety level of parents in the two groups was significantly different and so,
influence the anxiety levels and coping strategy of their children. The study recommended that the role of both school health
nurse and pediatric nurse practitioner should be activated to provide oral health screening, early risk assessment, and
preventive services as well as appropriate referrals to children who are at the highest risk for childhood caries, also
enhancing practices of palliative measures to decrease children’s anxiety and make them feel relaxed enough to cope with
treatment ,and conducting health education programs at schools regarding dental hygiene and tooth brushing to enhance
children dental health.
Keywords: School children, dental hygiene practices, fear, anxiety, coping strategy.
I. Introduction:
Children often face a variety of stressful dental procedures and experience dental anxiety when attending
appointments. In particular, dental procedures can be stressful experiences. Dental caries, tooth decay, predominantly affect
children. As a result, these children may have oral problems that can affect systemic health. Whenever oral health is
compromised, the overall health of a person and the quality of his or her life may be at risk (1)
.
The assessment of oral health status and its related care is a largely neglected area of nursing practice. Although,
nurse practitioners are on the front line of children's health care delivery. They can play an important role in providing oral
health screening, early risk assessment, and preventive services as well as appropriate referrals to children who are at the
highest risk for early childhood caries(2)
.
Every child should begin to receive oral health risk assessments by 6 months of age by a qualified pediatrician or a
qualified pediatric health care provider. The Caries Risk Assessment Tool (provided and continually updated by the
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry) and can be used to determine the relative risk of caries in children (3)
.
Dental fear is a specific type of fear, an individual emotional reaction to threatening stimuli, and is common
among children and adults. Despite innovations in dental equipment and treatment procedures, part of the population
experiences dental fear that can be problematic and may have adverse impact on dental treatment outcome(4)
.
Dental anxiety is it a form of anxiety that occurs when the patient is presenting to the dentist or just with the
anticipation of dental treatment experience; it may be a slight or very excessive dread of anything being done to the teeth.
Dental anxiety in adults is associated with poor health, poor oral health practices, irregular dental attendance, increased
incidence of caries and dental fear in their offspring. Poor parental oral health practices may militate against good oral health
in children. If children continue to neglect to care for their teeth at home they are likely to suffer negative effects on their
dental health (5)
.
A number of factors have been associated with dental fear and anxiety (DFA) psychosocial, behavioral,
sociodemographic, and genetic. It has been shown that adults have often already acquired dental anxiety from childhood.
Painful and unpleasant stimuli associated with dental treatment may lead to the development of DFA. However, among
children with comparable dental history, some have DFA, while others do not. Thus, it has been suggested that discrepancy
between previous dental experiences and onset of anxiety and fears may be explained by differences in child rearing and
personality traits. Self-perceived oral health has been significantly associated with parental support. Family environment and
culture have been associated with dental phobias, and it has been hypothesized that family environment is a model for
learning that influences development of dental anxiety (6)
.
An anxious or fearful parent may affect the child’s behavior negatively as children develop anxiety with the
existence of anxious people around them. Dental behavior of children is under the influence of the parent’s attitude and
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parents with high level of anxiety exert a negative influence on their children. Parents exert a significant influence on their
child’s behavior, especially if they had previous negative dental experiences (7)
.
Children use a variety of coping strategies to manage potentially stressful dental treatment-related events (8)
. Coping may be
seen as a defense mechanism, which deals with threats to an individual's psychological integrity(9)
. Many children, however,
try to cope with the potential stress involved in dental situations by means of uncooperative behaviors, aiming to either
completely avoid dental treatment or to interfere with the process of carrying out specific dental procedures(10)
. In this
regard, Klingberg(11)
found that 61% of dentally fearful children presented with destructive coping behaviors and did not,
therefore, collaborate with the dentist during treatments.
II. Significance of the study:
Parental behavior towards oral health may be considered a modeling process in which children imitate adult
model. Unfortunately, advances in dental treatment methods, technology and increased knowledge, did not have any impact
on the reduction of children's dental anxiety over the past few decades as shown by various studies conducted in several
counties across a wide range of cultures. In particular, dental caries, tooth decay, predominantly affect children and often
face them to a variety of stressful dental procedures and experience dental anxiety. Furthermore, dental fear and anxiety in
childhood may persist to adulthood and is a significant predictor for avoidance of dental visits in adulthood. This pinpoints
childhood as a critical stage for preventing and intercepting dental fear and anxiety, thereby assisting them to protect their
oral health and improve their dental practices.
III. Research design:
A comparative cross-sectional study carried out in governmental schools in Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
IV. Aim of the study:
Was to assess school children dental health, dental fear and anxiety in relation to their parents' dental anxiety.
Objectives:
1. Assess children oral health, and their dental hygiene practices.
2. Discovering dental fear and anxiety among children.
3. Understanding coping strategies of a child’s dental fear and anxiety.
4. Investigate the relationship between parental dental anxiety and their children dental fear and anxiety
Research questions:
1. Are the school children dental health, dental fear, anxiety and coping strategy affected with their parents' dental
anxiety?
2. Are there relations between children sociodemographic variables and their dental health, dental fear, anxiety and
coping strategy?
3. Are child's dental health and coping strategy affected with their dental fear and dental anxiety?
III. Subjects and methods
Research hypotheses
There is a significant positive correlation between parental dental anxiety and their children DFA.
There is positive correlation between children DFA and their dental health risk.
Setting
The study was conducted at the three primary governmental schools which affiliated to the ministry of education
one in Egypt (Zagazig city ) and two in Saudi Arabia ( Bisha city).
Sample
Two hundred child aged (7-14 years) and their parents were included in the study. (100 child from one school in
Zagazig, and 100 child from two schools in Bisha). The sample size was calculated will by (OpenEpi version 2
calculator) depending on the power of the study 80% and 95% confidence interval and percent of dental fear and
anxiety of school children.
Inclusion criteria for the participants were:
- Age was determined from 7-12 year and above.
- School students who had previous dental visits.
Tools for Data collection:
1- Questionnaire sheet was used to collect socio-demographic data such as child's age and gender, and parent's gender,
education, employment status, marital status, and monthly income and Oral health risk assessment and dental hygiene
practices tool include:
A. Oral health risk assessment tool, contain 12 assessment items for the presence of demineralization, caries,
gingivitis, bleeding gums, pain during chewing, and restoration. Each item was rated on a two point Likert Scale:
1= present and 0 = not present scored and classified into low risk " score of 1-4" , moderate risk " score of 5-8" and
high risk" score of 9-12".
B. Dental hygiene practices consist of 10 questions including tooth brushing technique. Each item was rated on a two
point Likert Scale: 1= Done and 0 = Not Done and classified into unsatisfactory practice "score of 1-6", and
satisfactory practice "score of 7-10
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2- Dental Subscale of the Children’s Fear Survey Schedule (CFSS-DS):
Developed by Cuthbert and Melamed(12)
which is consists of 15 items, covering various aspects of dental and medical
situations, and scored from 1 (not afraid) to 3 (very afraid) on a 3-point scale, with total scores ranging from 15 to 45.
Children who scored above 30 on CFSS-DS were defined as high dental fear, children scored more than 15 and less than 30
defined as moderate dental fear children, and who scored less than 15 were defined as low dental fear children.
3- Dental Cope Questionnaire (DCQ):
Developed by Versloot et al(8)
. The DCQ contains 15 coping strategies related to the dental setting, and the child is asked to
rate use of each strategy in Part A by indicating “yes” scored (1) or “no” (score 0) and score perceived effectiveness of each
strategy that is used by indicating “not at all,” “a little,” or “a lot” in the part B of the DCQ. Not at all scored (0) and pit to
very much scored (1). It contains 3 subscales, destructive (4 items), external (5 items), and internal (6 items). In each
subscale scoring ≤ median means less use coping strategies and more than median means more use.
4- Corah Dental Anxiety Questionnaire (CDAS):
Developed by Corah(13)
, it has four items, about four dentally related situations, and where respondents are asked to indicate
which option is closest to their likely response to that situation. Items are scored on a scale of 1 (no anxiety) to 5 (extreme
anxiety) and summed to give an overall anxiety score ranging from 4 to 20. Dental anxiety was classified as moderate
(CDAS score of ≤12), high (CDAS score of 13–14), or severe (CDAS score 15 or more) anxiety.
Validation of tool:
Five professors from nursing faculty revised the tools for clarity, applicability, comprehensiveness; understanding
and ease for implementation and according to their opinion minor modification were done.
Pilot Study:
A pilot study was carried out before the actual study on 10 percent of sample in to estimate the time needed for data
collection, the necessary modifications were done, and these participants were excluded from the sample.
Reliability:
Reliability of the tool done by test and retest of the pilot study sample and in same place but in different occasion
and no changes were done in the tool.
Procedure
A review of past and current available literature relevant to the problem and theoretical knowledge of the various
aspects of the problem using books, articles, periodicals and magazines in order to get a clear picture of all aspects related to
the problem of the research. CFSS-DS, DCQ, and CDAS questionnaires were translated from English into Arabic; some
experts from the English language institute at Zagazig University revised it for any modifications.
The researcher met with children and their parents separately at schools and invited them to participate after
explaining the purpose of the study. Those who agreed to participate were interviewed individually by the researcher using
the data collection tool. Each interview lasted for about 20 minutes. The study was carried out from January to March 2015.
Ethical Consideration
The nature and purpose of the study was explained to the directors of the selected schools as well as the classes'
teachers to obtain their cooperation. All the information that is obtained from the participated children was be treated with
the almost confidentiality. Clarification to any point of the study tools was provided to the classes' teachers if needed to
ensure accuracy of the participants' responses.
IV. Statistical analysis:
Analyses were conducted with the SPSS version 17.0 software. In the analysis, we calculated the percentages of
oral health risk, dental hygiene practices, parent dental anxiety, child dental anxiety, child dental fear, and coping strategies
and their efficacy in KSA and Egypt. Parents' age, sex, education, work, marital status, family income; and their children sex
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and age. Differences in the prevalence rates in previous variables were tested using the chi-square test. Correlations between
variables were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficients. Linear regression analysis was performed for detection of the
most significant predictors of oral health risk, dental anxiety, dental fear and coping strategies. Probability less than 0.05 is
considered significant.
Table (1): Sociodemographic characteristics of Egyptian, Saudi parents and their children.
Variables KSA % (n=100) Egypt % (n=100) X2
p-value
Parent sex: Father
Mother
60.0
40.0
50.0
50.0 2.02 0.16
Education: Illiterate
Primary
Secondary
University
6.0
20.0
30.0
44.0
13.0
8.0
32.0
47.0
7.88 0.05
Work: Work
Not work
73.0
27.0
70.0
30.0 0.22 0.64
Marital status: Married
Divorced
Widowed
88.0
4.0
8.0
92.0
2.0
6.0
1.04 0.59
Income: Enough
Enough and save
Not enough
57.0
37.0
6.0
49.0
18.0
33.0
25.86 .000
Child sex: Male
Female
40.0
60.0
50.0
50.0
2.02 0.16
Parent age : M ± SD 41.94 ± 8.82 40.04 ± 6.07 T-test: 1.78 0.08
Child age : M ± SD 10.54± 1.91 10.08 ± 1.95 T-test:1.69 0.09
Table (1) shows that near half of parents were university educated in both Saudi and Egyptian (44%, 47%)
respectively. Most of Saudi and Egyptian parents have work (73%, 70%) respectively and married parents represented (88%,
92%) respectively in both groups. Half of parents and child sex in Egyptian group was male, however in Saudi group 60% of
parent sex was male and 60% of their children sex was female. Also, this table shows that mean age of Saudi parents and
their children were 41.94 ± 8.82 and 10.54± 1.91 respectively. Also, mean age of Egyptian parents and their children were
40.04 ± 6.07 and 10.08 ± 1.95 respectively. As regards income 57% of Saudi and 49% of Egyptian parents had enough
income and the difference between the two groups was highly statistically significant (p=0.000).
Table (2): Assessment of Saudi and Egyptian children oral health risk and dental health practices.
Oral health risk KSA %
(n=100)
Egypt %
(n=100)
X2
p-value
Low oral risk 30.0 22.0
10.4 .006Moderate oral risk 50.0 37.0
High oral risk 20.0 41.0
Dental hygiene practices
Unsatisfactory Practice 45.0 75.0
23.4 0.000
Satisfactory Practice 55.0 25.0
As regards the assessment of children oral health risk, table 2 shows that less than one quarter (20%) of Saudi
children were high risk compared to less than one half (41%) of Egyptian children, however 50% and 37% of Saudi and
Egyptian children respectively had moderate oral health risk. The difference was highly statistically significant (p=0.005).
Satisfactory dental hygiene practices found in only one quarter (25%) of Egyptian compared to more than one
half (55%) of Saudi children, and on the other hand unsatisfactory dental hygiene practices represented in less than half of
Saudi children (45%) , and 75% of Egyptian ones. The difference was highly statistically significant ( p=0.000).
Table (3): Level of dental anxiety among Saudi and Egyptian parents and their children.
Variables KSA % (n=100) Egypt % (n=100) X2
p-value
Parent dental anxiety
Low
Moderate
High
Severe
26.0
31.0
12.0
31.0
13.0
24.0
33.0
30.0
15.07 0.001**
Child dental anxiety
Low
Moderate
High
Severe
17.0
19.0
18.0
46.0
8.0
15.0
30.0
47.0
5.85 0.053
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As observed in table 3, one third of Egyptian parents had high dental anxiety (33%) compared to 12% in Saudi
parents. Less than one third (31%) of Saudi parent had moderate dental anxiety compared to 24% of Egyptian parents, this
difference was highly statistically significant (p=0.001). As regards child dental anxiety, near half of Saudi and Egyptian
children had severe dental anxiety (46.0% and 47.0%) respectively and this difference wasn't statistically significant
(p=0.053).
Table (4): Dental fear and coping strategies among Saudi and Egyptian children.
Child dental fear KSA %
(n=100)
Egypt %
(n=100)
X2
p-value
Low 4.0 1.0 2.27 0.32
Moderate 52.0 49.0
High 44.0 50.0
Child Coping strategies
Destructive: More
less
30.0
70.0
11.0
89.0 11.075 0.001**
Internal : More
Less
68.0
32.0
75.0
25.0 1.2 0.27
External : More
Less
59.0
41.0
53.0
47.0 .73 0.39
As regards child dental fear, Table 4 shows that more than half of Saudi children (52%) had moderate dental fear
compared to 49% in Egyptian group. However, half of Egyptian children (50%) had high dental fear compared to 44% in
Saudi group and this difference wasn't statistically significant (p=0.32). Majority of Saudi (70%) and Egyptian (89%)
children used less destructive coping strategies to cope with dental pain (70%,89%) respectively. The difference between
two groups was highly statistically significant (p=0.001). More than two thirds of Saudi (68%) compared to (75%) of
Egyptian children used more internal coping strategies. Also, more than half of both groups used more external coping
strategies. There is no statistically significantly difference between the two groups as regards to internal and external coping
strategies.
Table (5): Correlation among study variables in Saudi and Egyptian children and their parents
Variables
KSA Egypt
Child dental
anxiety
Child dental fear Child coping
strategies
Child dental
anxiety
Child dental fear Child coping
strategies
r (p) r (p) r (p) r (p) r (p) r (p)
Parent dental
anxiety
.059(.56) .328(.001**) -.217 (.03*) .421(.000**) .339 (.001**) -.034 (.735)
Child dental
anxiety
.173 (.086) .104 (.303) .436 (.000**) .038 (.706)
Child dental fear -.099 (.33) .140 (.165)
(*) Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (**) Correlation is highly significant at the 0.01 level
As observed in table 5, Saudi parents dental anxiety was positively and highly correlated with child dental fear
(p=0.001) and statistically significantly correlated with their children coping strategies (p=0.03). However, it wasn't
correlated with child dental anxiety (p=0.56). Also, Saudi child dental anxiety wasn't correlated with child dental fear and
coping strategies. Saudi child dental fear wasn't correlated with coping strategies. Regarding Egyptian group, parents dental
anxiety was highly positively correlated with child dental fear and child dental anxiety (p<.01). Also, child dental anxiety
was highly positively correlated with child dental fear (p=0.00). However coping strategies were not correlated with parent
dental anxiety, child dental anxiety, and child dental fear (p=0.735, 0.706, and 0.165) respectively.
Table (6): Multiple linear regression analysis of factors predicting parent dental anxiety, child dental anxiety, child
dental fear, and oral health risk (significant predicting presented only).
Variables Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized
Coefficients
t-test P value
B Std error Beta
Parent dental Anxiety score
Constant 7.543 1.067 7.068 .000
Parent sex (reference: male) 1.99 .525 .259 3.793 .000
Nationality (reference: Saudi) 1.071 .522 .140 2.052 .04
Excluded variables: parent age, education, work, marital status, income, child age, child sex, and coping strategies
Child dental anxiety score
Constant 16.631 1.304 12.755 .000
Child age (reference: older age -.372 .118 -.217 -3.159 .002
Income (reference: enough) .726 .291 .172 2.499 .013
Excluded variables: nationality, parent age, parent sex, education, work, marital status, child sex, and coping strategies
Child dental fear score
Constant 40.654 2.272 17.890 .000
Parent age (reference: older age) -.199 .046 -.286 -4.351 .000
Parent work (reference: not work) -4.248 .849 -.363 -5.006 .000
Parent income(reference: Enough income) 1.622 .485 .240 3.345 .001
Excluded variables: nationality, parent sex, education, work, marital status, income, child age, child sex, and coping strategies
Oral health risk score
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Constant .990 .367 2.696 .008
Child sex (reference: female) -.353 .103 -.234 3.421 .001
Dental hygiene practice (reference: satisfactory) .358 .078 .301 4.586 .000
Nationality (reference: Saudi) .375 .099 .250 3.799 .000
Parent education (reference: higher education) -.130 .052 -.170 2.490 .014
Excluded variables: parent age, parent sex, work, marital status, income, child age, and coping strategies
As shown in table 6, mothers have more dental anxiety than fathers in both groups. As the model reveals, female
parents is the most influencing predictor as shown by the standardized coefficient and Egyptian parents have more dental
anxiety than Saudi. As regards child dental anxiety score, the table illustrate that, as the child age increased child dental
anxiety decreased. Also, with not enough income child dental anxiety increased. As the model reveals, income is the most
influencing predictor as shown by the standardized coefficient.
With increasing parents age, child dental fear decreased. Also, child whose parent has work experience more
dental fear. With not enough income child dental fear increased. As the model reveals, income is the most influencing
predictor as shown by the standardized coefficient. As regards oral health risk score, male children are higher oral health risk
than female, Also, children with unsatisfactory oral hygiene practice are at higher oral health risk than children with
satisfactory oral hygiene. Egyptian children are at higher oral health risk than Saudi. With lower parent education their
children experience high oral health risk. As the model reveals, dental hygiene practice is the most influencing predictor as
shown by the standardized coefficient.
V. Discussion:
Less is known about the association between parental and their children’s dental fear and anxiety in school-aged
children. A recent review of 43 studies published at 2007 indicated that the majority of studies indicate a significant
correlation between parental and child dental fear (14)
.
The findings of this study revealed that mean age of Saudi and Egyptian children were 10.54 ± 1.91 and 10.08 ±
1.95 respectively, This finding was in line with American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (3)
recognizes children and
adolescent period, which is considered to range from age 10-18, and is a marked time for a thrust of caries activity due to a
lack of oral health care habits and practices.
The present study found that 50% Saudi children had moderate oral health risk compared to 41% of Egyptian
children were at high oral risk, the difference was statistically significant. This result could be due to children age, school
age strongly associated with dental caries and dental pain experience, this result was in line with Elbahnasawy(15)
, who
found that half of students have pain during chewing ,two thirds have bleeding gum and dental decay, while the majority
complains of dental pain, also these finding are in accordance with Hale, (16)
who mentioned that most of the studied sample
visits the clinics of the school complain from dental problems which affect on the body system especially the GIT.
Although the availability of health services and high level of health insurance for children in Saudi Arabia more
than Egypt, the study findings revealed that less than half of Saudi children and the majority of Egyptian children had
unsatisfactory dental hygiene practices. This finding was in accordance with Elbahnasawy(15)
, who found that more than half
of the children have unsatisfactory practices about dental hygiene practices. Also, Asuman,(17)
mentioned that most of the
students has unsatisfactory practice regarding teeth hygiene, while the study was in contrast with Kaste(18)
who mentioned
that most of the study sample has satisfactory practice regarding teeth hygiene, and this may due to the different culture of
every country.
Hemlatha(19)
stated that children dental anxiety is seen in approximately (6-15%) of the sample and is a learned
process of unpleasantness to one’s own environment. In our study high and sever level of dental anxiety presented in 18% ,
30% and 46%, 47% in Saudi and Egyptian children respectively and this is in agreement with Dikshit (20)
who mentioned
that 16.8 % of the children showed high to severe dental anxiety.
In the present study 31% and 29% of Saudi and Egyptian parents had moderate dental anxiety; this was in line
with Dikshit (20)
who found that 37.6% of parents showed moderate dental anxiety level.
The findings of the current study revealed that slightly more than half and near half of study sample in Saudi and
Egyptian children have moderate dental fear. Also 44% in Saudi compared with 50% in Egyptian children have high dental
fear. This difference wasn't statistically significant. This result was in line with result of Al-madi & Abdellatif (21)
who found
that more than half of Saudi children experience moderate fear. However, this result is disagreeing with Olak (22)
who found
that 6% of children experienced fair, moderate or severe general dental fear by using one single fear question.
The result of current study found that majority and slightly more than half of Saudi and Egyptian children used
more internal and more external coping strategies, the difference wasn't statistically significant between the two groups, also
majority of Saudi and Egyptian children used less destructive coping strategies to manage dental fear and the difference was
highly statistically significant. This result can be interpreted as the mean age of children in both groups more than 10 years
old as the children grow up they learned the getting angry (destructive coping) and needing external support (external
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coping) which are less effective in coping with pain than internal coping strategies, they learn to manage their problems
themselves with less external support. This result go on line with the result of versloot (8)
who found that internal coping
strategies were the most effective, followed by external and destructive strategies to manage dental fear.
In the present study, there was highly statistically significant positive correlation between parental dental anxiety
and child dental fear in Saudi and Egyptian group and correlated with child dental anxiety in Egyptian children. This result
interpreted as parents serve as a model for development of dental fear and anxiety in their children. This result go in line
with the study of Coric (23)
,and Tickle(24)
who found that children whose parents are anxious are more likely to report
anxiety. Themessl–Huber (14)
in their review about dental fear found that a significant relationship between dental fear of
parents and their children.
Kraljevic (25)
revealed that parents may have a specific cognitive style for coping with pain which influence
children's response to pain experiences. This is in agreement with the result of Al-Medi & Abdellatif (21)
, and current study
which found highly statistically positive correlation between child dental anxiety and dental fear. However, child dental
anxiety and fear didn’t correlate with coping strategies in Saudi and Egyptian group.
The result of current study found that mothers exhibit more dental anxiety than fathers. This may be due to real
differences in anxiety levels between genders and a greater readiness among females to acknowledge feeling of anxiety. This
result agreed by Alkhalifa(26)
who found that mothers exhibited a higher level of dental anxiety than fathers. Also medical
and psychological research on human response to pain stimuli had generally found that females report higher levels of
anxiety (they have lower thresholds) and exhibit less tolerance for pain at given stimulus intensities than males Newton (27)
.
Current study revealed that Egyptian parents have more dental anxiety than Saudi, this may related to culture difference.
In the present study, children whose parents have work experience more dental fear, it may be as a result that most
of the study sample of Saudi and Egyptian parents were workers and they may be busy to routinely follow-up their children
oral health. Also, with low income, children had more dental anxiety and fear, this may related to less concern with regular
dental check-ups and follow up for dentist and so these children didn't check their teeth until they had an urgent oral health
problem which need invasive and traumatic procedure.
The result also found that, as the child age increased their dental anxiety decreased. This result could be due to
increase maturity level of older children, also the older children have had the chance of more dental visits of positive nature
and this has helped to reduce this anxiety, while younger children have not yet this opportunity. This result agreed with the
result of Elbahnasawy(15)
who found school student's age strongly associated with their anxiety. These findings are in
agreement with a study conducted by Klingberg & Broberg(4)
found that age was strongly associated with dental anxiety.
Moreover, these findings were consistent with that reported by Baier (28)
the etiology of dental anxiety in children is
multifactorial, being associated with age, socioeconomic status, oral health status and dental pain experience.
The current study revealed that, with increasing parent age, their child dental fear decreased. This may related to
fear of parent transfer to their children. As the parents become older their fear decreased so fear of their children decreased.
This result agreed with the result of Ten Berg (29)
who found that fear of various dental procedures decreased with increasing
age.
The present study found that children with unsatisfactory oral hygiene practice are at higher oral health risk than
children with satisfactory oral hygiene. This result could be due to the association between oral hygiene such as teeth
brushing and oral health status. these findings were consistent with Elbahnasawy(15)
who found that 60 to 90 percent of the
school children were suffered from dental caries and half of them had unsatisfactory practices about teeth brushing.
VI. Conclusion:
It can be concluded from the present study that 50% and 37% of Saudi and Egyptian children respectively had
moderate oral health risk. There was highly significant difference seen in the dental hygiene practices between the two
groups. The anxiety level of parents in the two groups was statistically significant different and so influence the anxiety
levels of their children. The dental anxiety level in Saudi and Egyptian children wasn't statistically significant. Children in
both groups used less destructive coping strategy.
VII. Recommendations:
The role of both school health nurse and pediatric nurse practitioner should be activated to provide oral health screening,
early risk assessment, and preventive services as well as appropriate referrals to children who are at the highest risk for
childhood caries.
Conducting health education programs at schools regarding dental hygiene and tooth brushing to enhance children dental
health.
Practices of palliative measures to decrease children’s anxiety and make them feel relaxed enough to cope with treatment.
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