title: [Relationship between parents' attitude and children's oral health behavior].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, School of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China. jsjjhy@sohu.com
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Xi-ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: 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*