Abstract
There is a demand in statistical processing of questionnaire data and objective screening of children with the usage of correlation analysis as well as interview with parents in order to increase their awareness about caries prevention and lifestyle. The emergence of caries in children 7-12 years of age is influenced by socio-hygienic factors. During the interview with parents, the effect of a combination of factors was found (i.e. avoiding referring to a dentist for the purpose of prevention or professional hygiene, neglecting the additional hygienic tools and methods and low awareness about them, regularity and balance of nutrition, lack of awareness concerning etiology of caries appearance, referring to a dentist only in case of toothache, anxiety during a visit to a dentist. Interview with children showed the impact of a combination of factors on the occurrence of caries. Among them are evasion of referring to a dentist for the purpose of prevention, lack of awareness concerning etiology of caries appearance, referring to a dentist only in case of toothache, anxiety during a visit to a dentist, low awareness concerning additional hygienic tools and methods. The combined effect of parental awareness and habits on the development of caries in children is much higher than the effect of the respective peculiarities of children. Thus, the analysis of caries appearance factors in children aged 7-12 years reveals the existence of close relationships between the alimentary, behavioral habits of parents and the appropriate habits of children and the development of pathological changes in the oral cavity of children which leads to the propagation of carious lesions. This requires improvement of preventive work with parents aimed at formation of healthy lifestyle habits and oral health care in order to prevent pathology of oral cavity and masticatory apparatus.
Highlights
Numerous data on the significance and influence of various risk factors on the development of caries in temporary and permanent teeth are represented in scientific literature sources
We found that the index of tooth caries for temporary and permanent teeth (DEF+df) has straight correlation relations with the hygiene index by Fedorov-Volodkina (R = 0.56, p
We found correlation dependences of the caries prevalence in children with individual hygienic and alimentary factors
Summary
Numerous data on the significance and influence of various risk factors on the development of caries in temporary and permanent teeth are represented in scientific literature sources. Records about the impact of various sociohygienic factors are represented in an isolated manner without consideration of children’s age [1, 2, 3]. An insignificant volume of data on the relationship between the influence of factors on the part from the parents and their children side [4]. There is a demand in statistical processing of questionnaire data and objective screening of children with the usage of correlation analysis as well as interview with parents in order to increase their awareness about caries prevention and lifestyle. This work is a part of research projects entitled "Improvement of prevention and treatment methods for major diseases of hard tissues of tooth and periodontium in children with risk factors", state registration No 0111U006760; "Improvement of prevention and treatment methods for major diseases of hard tissues of tooth and periodontium in children against the background of somatic pathology, considering the socio-economic factors and psycho-emotional state" (currently undergoing the registration process)
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