[Relationship between parents' attitude and children's oral health behavior].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this investigation was to study the relationship between parents' attitude toward caries risk factor and children's behavior, such as brushing behavior and sugar-intake behavior, to provide foundation in carrying out oral health education.


METHODS
A case-control study was performed to analyze parents' attitude of caries and their relationship with children's behavior. The groups were as follows: control group(dmft=0) and case group(dmft> or =3). Data was processed with Logistic regression of SPSS10.0.


RESULTS
It was found that parents' attitude toward children's brushing teeth and sugar-intake had strong correlation with children's behavior in daily life.


CONCLUSIONS
The results support the concept that parents' attitude toward children's tooth brushing and sugar-intake can predict their children's behavior. Caries can be reduced through oral health education in parents.
He
Yan
Y
Department of General Dentistry, School of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. jsjjhy@sohu.com
Feng
Xi-ping
XP
D001294:Attitude to Health; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D014099:Toothbrushing / Q000523:psychology*