Influence of Maternal Dental Anxiety and the Child's DMFT Score
Kabli, Kholoud.
2019
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ABSTRACT Aim and Hypothesis: To determine the association between
Maternal Dental Anxiety and a Child's Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth (DMFT).
Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study, where each mother was asked to
complete a 19-question survey consisting of the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale
(MDAS) (English, Spanish and Chinese version) questionnaire. Mother's educational
level, location ... read more(urban or rural and suburban) family income status, mother's age,
mother's pervious dental experience, ethnicity and race (of mother and child),
child's gender, rank of child, child's previous dental experience, dental
insurance was recorded via a tablet through Qualtrics. The survey was used to
assess the maternal dental anxiety. Children's DMFT, Diet Score and the
Caries-risk Assessment Tool (CAT) Score were obtained from patient's Axium record
during the dental visit. Data was analyzed using independent samples t-test,
Chi-square, Wilcoxon Signed Rank test and Shapiro-Wilk test. Results: With a
sample size of 98, 51 mothers reported to be anxious. There was a positive
correlation between child's DMFT score (p= 0.005), child's diet score (p=0.014),
child's birth order (p=0.051), reason of dental visit (p=0.050) and maternal
dental anxiety. Mother's education (p=0.52) and previous dental experience
(p=0.059) had no effect on mother's anxiety level. When comparing Child's DMFT
score with different variables, there was a statistically significant difference
with child's age (p=0.03), child's ethnicity (p=0.005) and mother's
ethnicity(p=0.007). Conclusion: There is a strong positive association between
maternal dental anxiety and child's DMFT score. In addition, child's diet score
was correlated to mother's anxiety showing that children with anxious mothers had
poor diet habits.
Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2019.
Submitted to the Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry.
Advisor: Cheen Loo.
Committee: Sarah Pangi, Mohammad Hassan, and Gerald Swee.
Keyword: Dentistry.read less - ID:
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