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• Title: Mothers'/Guardians' Knowledge About Promoting Children's Oral Health (Report)
• Author : Journal of Dental Hygiene
• Release Date : January 01, 2008
• Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 228 KB

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Introduction Young children are very susceptible to oral diseases, which could be prevented if their caregivers were sufficiently informed about their causes and treatments and were motivated to engage in appropriate oral health promotion. A prime example of a preventable disease among children is Early Childhood Caries (ECC), a severe form of tooth decay that affects the primary teeth of infants and young children up to 71 months of age. (1,2) Some children have carious lesions even before they are able to develop good oral hygiene habits. (3) Research has shown that mothers or other primary caregivers are typically responsible for teaching their children proper hygiene skills. (3) Since caries is a preventable disease, primary caregivers play a crucial role in preventing dental caries in young children. Therefore, it is crucial that caregivers are educated early on about the prevention and treatment of dental caries. (4) Research has shown that mothers' dental awareness has an important impact on their children's oral health and oral health-related behavior. (5) The first objective of this study was to explore what mothers/guardians know about promoting their children's oral health in order to determine what information they need. Gaining a better understanding of the knowledge mothers/guardians have about oral health promotion can help dental care providers address the topics that should be targeted when educating parents and other caregivers about how to prevent oral disease in their children. The second objective focused on identifying who should be targeted for educational interventions. Consequently, this study also explored if any background factors such as the mothers' age, number of children, education, and income, as well as oral health-related factors, such as dental fear and the history of oral health care experiences, affected their knowledge about promoting their children's oral health. Identifying who knows what would allow dental care providers to provide the most needed information and then target educational efforts in such a way that they reach the specifically vulnerable groups of caregivers most in need for this information.

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