Are Dental Neglect and the Siblings Risk Factors in Children

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Training and Research Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Behavior, Child; Neglect, Child; Caries,Dental; Anxiety

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04122508

62

Details and patient eligibility

About

Neglect insidiously affects a child's overall health in all aspects. The aim of this study was to determine whether the presence of siblings caused dental neglect, and whether there was a relationship between dental neglect and anxiety.

Full description

Dental neglect is an intentional failure of parents or caregivers to take precautions and fulfil necessary dental treatment, and has a close relationship with dental caries and anxiety. Oral health status of the children was evaluated using the DMFT/dmft, PUFA/pufa, and OHI-S indices. In addition, the parents completed the Dental Neglect Scale (DNS) and a questionnaire, and the Modified Child Dental Anxiety Scale (MCDASf) was administered to the children to assess their dental anxiety.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged between 6 and 12 years old
• Being healthy
• Being volunteer for the study

Exclusion criteria

• Systemic and mental disorders
• Syndromes or other major health diseases
• Cooperation problems