Thamilvanan Shanmugapriya, Srinivasan Daya, Benedict Cyril H, Balakrishnan Priyanka
Department of Pedodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Public Health Dentistry, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2024 Aug;17(8):907-912. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2867.
A child's temperament, influenced by inborn traits and emotional regulation, can impact their dental behavior and caries risk. Parenting styles, such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, or neglectful, also play a significant role. Authoritative parenting tends to yield more favorable dental outcomes, while permissive parenting can lead to a higher prevalence of caries. Studying these interactions can help tailor dental interventions and address potential risks associated with caries development. Thus, the study aims to correlate parental personality, the child's temperament to dental caries, and child's behavior in a dental setting.
A cross-sectional study was conducted on 160 children in the age-group of 6-9 years. The children were selected based on the selection criteria. The children were asked to fill out the parental perception questionnaire (PPQ), and the parents were asked to fill out the emotionality, activity, sociability (EAS) questionnaire to assess the parenting style and child's temperamental status. Later, the child's behavior pattern was assessed using the Frankl behavior rating scale. The children were intraorally examined for the presence of caries using the decayed, extracted, filled teeth (deft) and decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) index. All the data were tabulated and statistically analyzed.
In this study, a total of 160 children were assessed, including 84 boys (52.3%) and 76 girls (47.5%), with an average age of 7.8 years. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Scheffe's test was performed to compare the temperamental status and parenting style with the behavior of the child in the dental office. The results were statistically significant with a -value of 0.001. Pearson's correlation coefficient revealed a significant positive correlation between Temperament E scores and def scores in children with positive behavior (-value = 0.004).
This study's findings suggest that a child's behavior in a dental office is influenced by the parent's personality, the child's temperament, and the dentist.
A child's capacity to handle dental visits and their overall oral health can be notably affected by the child's temperament and parenting style.
Thamilvanan S, Srinivasan D, Benedict CH, Correlation of Personality, Temperament, and Behavior of Children in the Dental Environment. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2024;17(8):907-912.
儿童的气质受先天特质和情绪调节的影响，会影响其口腔行为和龋齿风险。教养方式，如权威型、专制型、放任型或忽视型，也起着重要作用。权威型教养往往会产生更有利的口腔健康结果，而放任型教养可能导致龋齿患病率更高。研究这些相互作用有助于定制口腔干预措施，并应对与龋齿发展相关的潜在风险。因此，本研究旨在关联父母性格、儿童气质与龋齿以及儿童在口腔诊疗环境中的行为。
对160名6至9岁的儿童进行了一项横断面研究。根据入选标准选择儿童。要求儿童填写父母认知问卷（PPQ），并要求父母填写情绪性-活动性-社交性（EAS）问卷，以评估教养方式和儿童的气质状态。随后，使用弗兰克尔行为评定量表评估儿童的行为模式。使用龋失补牙（deft）和龋失补指数（DMFT）对儿童进行口腔内检查，以确定是否存在龋齿。所有数据进行列表并进行统计学分析。
本研究共评估了160名儿童，其中84名男孩（52.3%）和76名女孩（47.5%），平均年龄为7.8岁。采用单因素方差分析（ANOVA）并随后进行谢费检验，以比较气质状态和教养方式与儿童在口腔诊疗室行为之间的关系。结果具有统计学意义，P值为0.001。皮尔逊相关系数显示，行为积极的儿童中，气质E得分与deft得分之间存在显著正相关（P值 = 0.004）。
本研究结果表明，儿童在口腔诊疗室的行为受父母性格、儿童气质和牙医的影响。
儿童应对口腔诊疗的能力及其整体口腔健康会受到儿童气质和教养方式的显著影响。
Thamilvanan S, Srinivasan D, Benedict CH, 儿童在口腔环境中的性格、气质和行为的相关性。《国际临床儿科牙科学杂志》2024；17(8):907 - 912。
