InvestigatingthePredictiveRoleofFeedingBehavioronDentalCaries

Ahealthydietandpropereatinghabitsinchildhoodpromoteoptimaloralhealth.ThisstudyaimedtoevaluatedentalcariesanditsassociationwithfeedingpatternsinchildrenreferredtoBushehrdentalcentersin2022.Materials&Methods:Thiscross-sectionalstudywasconductedon178childrenwhoreferredtoBushehrdentalcentersin1401.T...

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Main Authors: AlirezaRahbar, BatoolAmiri, ZeinabKhojaste, MohammadRezaHosseini, NajmehSavadi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 2024-03-01
Series:مجله دانشکده دندانپزشکی اصفهان
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Online Access:https://jids.journalonweb.ir/index.php/jids/article/view/2114/5315
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Summary:Ahealthydietandpropereatinghabitsinchildhoodpromoteoptimaloralhealth.ThisstudyaimedtoevaluatedentalcariesanditsassociationwithfeedingpatternsinchildrenreferredtoBushehrdentalcentersin2022.Materials&Methods:Thiscross-sectionalstudywasconductedon178childrenwhoreferredtoBushehrdentalcentersin1401.TheDMFTindexandthePersianversionoftheFoodFrequencyQuestionnairewereusedtocheckthetoothdecayandthefoodpatternofchildren,respectively.Ahierarchicallinearregressionmodelwasusedtoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweentoothdecayandfoodpatterns;inthisway,thevariablesaffectingcarieswereplacedinfourblocksofdemographicfactors,behavioralfactors,socio-economicfactors,andtheamountoffoodintake,sothatbyadjustingtheeffectofthefirstthreeblocks,theeffectoftheblockoffoodintakeinpredictingtheindicesofdmft,DMFTandthesumofthem(DMFT+dmft)couldbechecked.Results:Thehierarchicallinearregressionresultsshowedthatinthefinalmodel,thevalueoftheadjustedR2fortheDMFT,dmftindicesand,thesumofthem(DMFT+dmft)was0.63,0.98and,0.59,respectively.(pvalue<0.001).Furthermore,thepredictiveroleofthedietarypatternalone(R2change)onDMFT,dmft,andDMFT+dmftindiceswas0.30,0.52and,0.45respectively,whichindicatesahigherpredictiverolethanbehavioral,demographicand,socioeconomicfactors.Conclusion:Thestudyfoundaconfirmedrelationshipbetweentoothdecayandfeedingpatterns.Itwasalsoobservedthatfeedingpatternshavethegreatestimpactonthedecayofdeciduous,permanentteeth,andbothoftheminchildrenofthisagegroup.Demographiccharacteristics,socioeconomicstatusofthefamily,andbehavioralcharacteristicswererespectivelyinthenextlevelsandplayedalesserroleinthedeteriorationoftheseindicators
ISSN:1735-255X
2008-6989