The relationship of parental dental anxiety and child's caries status.
The objective was to determine whether parental dental anxiety is associated with the caries status of their children. A higher level of dental anxiety was found among caries-active children, probably due to their more negative experiences in treatment. Also, fathers from the lower socioeconomic group who had a high level of dental anxiety had children with lower df-scores.
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Department of Community Dentistry, University of Kuopio, Finland.
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Honkala
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D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003729:Dental Care / Q000523:psychology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013395:Sucrose