Evaluation of children's behavior aged 0-3 years during dental care: A longitudinal analysis

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2009-09-01

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Ana Carolina, Sf Zaze
Cunha, Robson Frederico [UNESP]
Regina, Cms Fraga

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Child temperament has been studied in various researches and may be useful to predict how a child responds to dental treatment, especially very young children. The purpose of the present longitudinal study was to evaluate the behavioral manifestation of children aged 0 to 3 years, considering different types of dental situation. A total of 169 children were selected and the following data were collected: the age of the child, gender, age of the mother, number of dental visits and their respective dates, stimuli offered to the child, and behavioral response to these stimuli. The children and their respective behaviors were divided into five groups according to the dental situation offered: control, missed visits, fluoride varnish, restoration, and dental trauma. The data were submitted to descriptive and inferential analysis using the chi-square test, with the level of significance set at 5%. Analysis of the different situation offered to infants during routine dental care revealed a predominance of collaborating and partially collaborating behavior, and age at the time of dental care influenced the behavior of the infants, irrespective of the stimulus group. The different types of dental situation provoked changes in the behavioral response of the children of certain age groups, especially in the dental trauma group.

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Child behavior, Pediatric dentistry, Psychology, fluoride varnish, adult, age, child behavior, cooperation, crying, dental care, dental surgery, female, hospital management, human, infant, longitudinal study, male, mouth hygiene, preschool child, psychological aspect, sex difference, statistics, temperament, tooth injury, Adult, Age Factors, Appointments and Schedules, Child Behavior, Child, Preschool, Cooperative Behavior, Crying, Dental Care, Dental Restoration, Permanent, Female, Fluorides, Topical, Humans, Infant, Infant Behavior, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Oral Hygiene, Sex Factors, Temperament, Tooth Injuries

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Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, v. 27, n. 3, p. 145-150, 2009.