Moya-López María, Gómez-De Diego Rafael, Carrillo-Díaz María, Romero-Maroto Martín, Ruiz-Guillén Ana
Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Alcorcón, Spain.
Department of Prosthodontics, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Alcorcón, Spain.
J Clin Med. 2023 Sep 25;12(19):6189. doi: 10.3390/jcm12196189.
Dental caries are a public health problem that is influenced by dietary habits. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the feeding and hygiene habits that divorced parents exercise over their children compared to non-divorced parents, and how this may influence the rate of caries in their children. The data of participants ( = 174) with an average age of 12.17 ± 2.04 years were examined to assess the mean decayed/missing/filled teeth (DMFT) index, and they were asked questions about their oral hygiene habits. At the same time, their parents answered the parental feeding style questionnaire. A moderation analysis was conducted with family control of oral hygiene habit levels as an independent variable, decayed teeth as a dependent variable, and feeding control as a moderating variable. Results showed that divorced parents were found to have more problems in controlling their children's hygiene and dietary habits, have less control over their children's feeding, and make more use of instrumental feeding, which led to children of divorced parents having more caries. Despite the limitations linked to the cross-sectional design of the study and considering both the convenience sample and the impossibility of controlling for all aetiological factors linked to the development of caries, it can be concluded that children of divorced parents have an increased risk of tooth decay. However, parental controlled feeding interferes with the effect of family controlled oral hygiene habits on the decayed tooth, decreasing the rate of caries.
龋齿是一个受饮食习惯影响的公共卫生问题。这项横断面研究旨在调查离异父母与未离异父母相比，对其子女的喂养和卫生习惯，以及这可能如何影响其子女的龋齿发生率。对平均年龄为12.17±2.04岁的174名参与者的数据进行了检查，以评估平均龋失补牙（DMFT）指数，并询问了他们的口腔卫生习惯问题。同时，他们的父母回答了父母喂养方式问卷。以家庭对口腔卫生习惯水平的控制为自变量、龋齿为因变量、喂养控制为调节变量进行了调节分析。结果显示，发现离异父母在控制孩子的卫生和饮食习惯方面存在更多问题，对孩子喂养的控制较少，并且更多地使用工具性喂养，这导致离异父母的孩子有更多龋齿。尽管该研究的横断面设计存在局限性，且考虑到便利样本以及无法控制与龋齿发生相关的所有病因因素，但可以得出结论，离异父母的孩子患龋齿的风险增加。然而，父母控制喂养会干扰家庭控制口腔卫生习惯对龋齿的影响，降低龋齿发生率。
