ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2024
The Association between the Dental Status and Tongue Thrust Habits of Latvian Preschool Children and Their Mothers' Oral Health Knowledge.
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objectivesThe aim of this study was to describe the factors that affect the normal dental development of preschool children in Latvia, and to investigate sources that mothers use to get information on children's oral health. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional study was performed in two kindergartens in Latvia (cluster sampling). The study sample comprised 141 child-mother pairs of preschool children aged 4-7 years. The dental situation of all children was assessed including evaluation by an orthodontist and a speech therapist, and mothers of children filled out the survey on oral health-related habits and information about it. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: We described individually factors related to orthodontal situations, children's speech problems, and factors that can affect tongue thrust. We investigated relationships between sources of mothers' information and oral health-related behaviors using univariate (Kruskal-Wallis test, a chi-squared test, a Fisher test, or Cramer's V test) and multivariate analyses. We built a multiple logistic regression model adjusted for the demographic and oral health-related factors to investigate the factors associated with tongue thrust. Results of multiple logistic regression were presented with odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
resultsIn total, 36.9% of children grazed vegetables several times a week, and 61.0% cleaned their teeth twice a day. Of mothers, 12% did not receive any information about child dental care from their general physician, and 23.4% found the received information insufficient. A total of 43.3% of mothers received oral health-related information from friends, and it was significantly related to less carbonated water (
conclusionsA lack of knowledge was found to be prominent in mothers of kindergarten children in Latvia, and most of them received information not from official sources such as their general physician. This can be related to some problems in oral health behaviors and oral health-related diseases. Communication among dental health specialists, state authorities, and families is crucial for the improvement of children's dental situation.
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