title: Mothers' reports on systemic signs and symptoms associated with teething.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to compare mothers' actual observations of signs and symptoms associated with the eruption of primary incisors in their infants with their own recollections of the same period after eruption was completed.
  
  
  METHODS
  A comparative study was carried out with 45 non-institutionalized infants and their mothers. Oral clinical exams were performed daily for detection of tooth eruption. The mothers were also interviewed daily about signs and symptoms they thought were associated with teething in the previous 24 hours. One week after the data collection was done, the mothers answered the same questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and the McNemar test (P<.05) were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences were found between the prospective and retrospective studies. Increased salivation (P<.04) and runny nose (P<.001) were reported less often and fever was reported more often (P<.001) in the retrospective evaluation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mothers reported similar manifestations of sleep disturbance, diarrhea, loss of appetite, and irritability in the prospective and retrospective studies. Increased salivation and runny nose were more frequently reported in the prospective study, whereas fever was reported 5 times more often in the retrospective study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Vale do Rio Verde, Três Corações, Brazil. joanaramosjorge@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Joana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ramos-Jorge
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Brazil.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ramos-Jorge
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Martins-Júnior
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corrêa-Faria
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Pordeus
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Paiva
mesh_terms: D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D001938:Brazil; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007508:Irritable Mood; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000209:etiology; D012798:Sialorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous