Parents’ Knowledge and Children’s Feeding Patterns in Relation to Caries Experiences
10.21315/aos2020.15.2.468
- Author:
Noor Nazahiah Bakri
1
Author Information
1. Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh Campus, Jalan Hospital, 47000 Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia
- Collective Name:Nusra Zakaria; Shareena Mohd Shaari; Nor Faezah Md Bohar; Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Bottle-feeding;
breastfeeding;
dental caries;
feeding pattern;
parents’ knowledge
- From:Archives of Orofacial Sciences
2020;15(2):187-196
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This study aims to assess the association of parents’ knowledge, children’s feeding pattern, and other
contributing factors with caries experience of a child. This was a cross-sectional study using a validated
questionnaire of 145 children aged two to eight years old attending the Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti
Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. The questionnaires were given to the parents during their
children’s dental visit in paediatric clinic and primary care. Dental caries was traced from the patient’s
record in the Integrated Dental Records Management System (IDERMS) and clinical examination was
done for those who did not have the dental record. Charting was recorded using dentition status and
treatment need based on the 1997 World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Data were analysed
using the independent t-test and one-way ANOVA to examine the association of dental caries with
two and three or more categorical variables respectively using SPSS 23.0. The study participants
were 74 (51%) boys and 71 (49%) girls. The mean dmft score of the participants was 3.31 (4.36).
Caries experience was statistically significant with the reason for first dental visit (p < 0.001), the age
of the children discontinues bottle-feeding (p < 0.001), habits of leaving bottle-feeding while sleeping
(p = 0.011), children wake up for milk at night (p = 0.050) and knowledge of parents on the effect of
leaving bottle while sleeping (p = 0.037). Children feeding patterns and parents’ knowledge of the risk
factors of dental caries were significantly associated with caries experience among children aged two to
eight years old.
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