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- Title
Influence of Temperament As a Risk Indicator for Early Childhood Caries.
- Authors
Quinonez, Rocio B.; Santos, Robert G.; Eckert, George J.; Keels, Martha Ann; Levy, Steven; Levy, Barcey L.; Jackson, Richard; Fontana, Margherita
- Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the association between temperament and caries. Methods: A total of 408 primary caregiver-child pairs were followed for 36 months; they completed the Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire Very Short Form (ECBQ-VSF) at age four years. Demographic, behavioral, and clinical data were obtained at ages one, two-and-a-half, and four years, with caries experience assessed each time using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). The ECBQ-VSF (36 items) was used to measure three child temperament domains: (1) surgency; (2) negative affect; and (3) effortful control. The associations between cavitated carious lesion experience by age four years (decayed, missing, and filed primary surfaces [dmfs] score greater than zero; d equals ICDAS score greater than or equal to three) and the three ECBQ-VSF temperament domains were analyzed using generalized estimating equation models.
- Subjects
DENTAL caries in children; TEMPERAMENT in children; HEALTH risk assessment; CHILDREN'S dental care
- Publication
Pediatric Dentistry, 2020, Vol 42, Issue 6, p470
- ISSN
0164-1263
- Publication type
Article