Publicação: Behavioral evaluation during dental care in children ages 0 to 3 years
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2003-05-01
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Purpose: Many studies concluded that the behavior of babies complicated dental care because of child immaturity or the difficulty of establishing acceptable communication and comprehension. Methods: The records of 696 babies were randomly selected from the baby clinic of Araçatuba in Brazil. Patient age ranged from 0 to 36 months. They were divided into 6 groups according to age: Group I-0 to 6 months; Group II-7 to 12 months; Group III-13 to 18 months; Group IV-19 to 24 months; Group V-25 to 30 months; Group VI-31 to 36 months. The behavior of the child was evaluated upon entrance in the dental office and during the first 4 clinical appointments with a clinical exam and oral physiotherapy. The baby was classified as collaborator (C) or noncollaborator (NC). Statistical analysis was performed using Pearson's chi-square method (P< .05). Results: The percentage of NC for Groups II, III, IV, and V (66%), was significantly higher than for groups I (30%) and VI (50%). Conclusions: Babies from 0 to 6 months showed a collaborative behavior; babies from 7 to 30 months showed noncollaborative behavior; and babies from 31 to 36 months showed no statistically significant difference between the percentage of C and NC.
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Behavior management, Child behavior, Infant oral health, Brazil, child, child behavior, controlled study, dental care, dental facility, dentistry, evaluation, human, infant, major clinical study, maturity, physiotherapy, randomization, statistical analysis, age, attitude to health, chi square distribution, cooperation, crying, doctor patient relation, mouth hygiene, newborn, physical examination, preschool child, psychological aspect, Age Factors, Attitude to Health, Chi-Square Distribution, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Cooperative Behavior, Crying, Dental Care, Dentist-Patient Relations, Humans, Infant, Infant Behavior, Infant, Newborn, Oral Hygiene, Physical Examination
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Journal of Dentistry for Children, v. 70, n. 2, p. 100-103, 2003.
