...Madoka Chiba; Hiroko Hashimoto; Toshiya Nonoyama; Hisanao Kito; Chieko Oguri; Yoshihiro Shimazaki Dental caries is the most prevalent of chronic oral conditions. We investigated child and parental factors associated with early childhood caries (ECC) in 17- to 23-month-old children in Aichi...

... (97.3% coverage) were collected using the DMFT indices (decayed, missing, filled teeth: dependent variables). Socioeconomic status (SES) data (ethnicity, wealth, parental education, and employment) for individuals, parents, and families were obtained from official registers. Principal component analysis...

... as antecedent, (2) caregiver's oral health behaviors as a mediator, (3) children's oral health behaviors as a mediator, and (4) the children's dental caries (fig. 1 ). [email protected] Dental caries Parents Caregivers Child Educational status African American Logistic models...

...Rob J. Trubey; Simon C. Moore; Ivor G. Chestnutt Objectives: To assess the relationship between parental and family factors and children's toothbrushing frequency at different times of day. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey of predominantly low-socio-economic status parents...

...M.S. Zeedyk; C. Longbottom; N.B. Pitts The aim of this pilot study was to investigate the tooth-brushing behaviour of parents and toddlers, by analysis of tooth-brushing sessions videotaped in families’ homes. Eighteen families (self-selected from an ongoing preventive-intervention study...