Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level

Background: Many factors influence dental caries as well as dental anxiety of paediatric children, one of them is child-birth order. Child’s growth and development greatly influenced by the surrounding environment which may has positive or negative impact on his physical, mental and even emotional...

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Main Author: Abeer A. Yahya
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Language:English
Published: Alsalam university college 2024-12-01
Series:Al-SalamJournal for Medical Science
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Online Access:https://journal.alsalam.edu.iq/index.php/ajbms/article/view/472
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description Background: Many factors influence dental caries as well as dental anxiety of paediatric children, one of them is child-birth order. Child’s growth and development greatly influenced by the surrounding environment which may has positive or negative impact on his physical, mental and even emotional health. This study was conducting to evaluate whether child birth-order has an influence on dental caries and dental anxiety of children attending pediatric dental clinic. Materials and methods: this study conducted at pediatric dental clinic/ Ibn Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, (112) pediatric patients included in this study and grouped according to their birth order as eldest group (N=37), middle group (N=35) and youngest group (N=40). For each group both dental caries using (DMFS/dmfs index) and dental anxiety using (faces version of the modified child dental anxiety scale MCDAS (f)) were measured. One-way ANOVA test used for statistical analysis. Results: Data showed significant impact for birth order on dental caries with (p= 0.035), while the study found non-significant difference between child-birth order and dental anxiety with (p= 0.899). Conclusion: child birth-order significantly influence dental caries with eldest children less affected by dental caries compared to youngest children, with non-significant impact on dental anxiety.
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spelling doaj-art-90f0c45e1ee640bfb78d0516b5c7a2342024-12-29T03:20:53ZengAlsalam university collegeAl-SalamJournal for Medical Science2958-08702959-53982024-12-014110.55145/ajbms.2025.4.1.013Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level Abeer A. Yahya0Department of Pedodontics, Orthodontics and Preventive dentistry, Collage of Dentistry, Ibn Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq. Background: Many factors influence dental caries as well as dental anxiety of paediatric children, one of them is child-birth order. Child’s growth and development greatly influenced by the surrounding environment which may has positive or negative impact on his physical, mental and even emotional health. This study was conducting to evaluate whether child birth-order has an influence on dental caries and dental anxiety of children attending pediatric dental clinic. Materials and methods: this study conducted at pediatric dental clinic/ Ibn Sina University of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, (112) pediatric patients included in this study and grouped according to their birth order as eldest group (N=37), middle group (N=35) and youngest group (N=40). For each group both dental caries using (DMFS/dmfs index) and dental anxiety using (faces version of the modified child dental anxiety scale MCDAS (f)) were measured. One-way ANOVA test used for statistical analysis. Results: Data showed significant impact for birth order on dental caries with (p= 0.035), while the study found non-significant difference between child-birth order and dental anxiety with (p= 0.899). Conclusion: child birth-order significantly influence dental caries with eldest children less affected by dental caries compared to youngest children, with non-significant impact on dental anxiety. https://journal.alsalam.edu.iq/index.php/ajbms/article/view/472Birth orderDMFS/dmfsdental anxietymodified child dental anxiety scale MCDASchild rank
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Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level
Al-SalamJournal for Medical Science
Birth order
DMFS/dmfs
dental anxiety
modified child dental anxiety scale MCDAS
child rank
title Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level
title_full Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level
title_fullStr Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level
title_short Impact of Child Birth Order on Dental Caries and Anxiety Level
title_sort impact of child birth order on dental caries and anxiety level
topic Birth order
DMFS/dmfs
dental anxiety
modified child dental anxiety scale MCDAS
child rank
url https://journal.alsalam.edu.iq/index.php/ajbms/article/view/472
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