TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of temperament with oral health behaviour and caries status in Thai preschool children
AU - Gultangvattana, Piyanuch
AU - Chutabhakdikul, Nuanchan
AU - Leelataweewud, Pattarawadee
AU - Smutkeeree, Apiwan
AU - Jirarattanasopha, Varangkanar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Authors. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry published by BSPD, IAPD and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Background: Temperament associated with oral health behaviour and early childhood caries (ECC) in preschoolers remains inconclusive. Aim: This cross-sectional study investigated the association of temperament with oral health behaviour and ECC status. Design: A total of 421 Thai preschoolers were recruited from elementary schools in Chonburi Province, Thailand. Their caregivers assessed three temperament dimensions (surgency, negative affectivity and effortful control) using the Thai version of the Children's Behaviour Questionnaire Very Short Form and reported oral health behaviours (brushing cooperation and cariogenic snack frequency). Three calibrated dentists assessed ECC status using the modified WHO dmft/dmfs (decayed, missing and filled teeth/surface) index that included noncavitated and cavitated carious lesions. Results: Multiple regression analysis, after adjusting for child's and caregiver's characteristics, revealed that children with high negative affectivity or low effortful control were more likely to have uncooperative brushing behaviour. The temperament scores of children who consumed cariogenic snacks daily and those who did not were comparable. Children with low surgency, high negative affectivity or low effortful control were more likely to have high dmfs scores. Conclusion: Negative affectivity and effortful control were associated with brushing behaviour. Temperament was not associated with the frequency of cariogenic snack consumption. All temperamental dimensions, however, were associated with ECC.
AB - Background: Temperament associated with oral health behaviour and early childhood caries (ECC) in preschoolers remains inconclusive. Aim: This cross-sectional study investigated the association of temperament with oral health behaviour and ECC status. Design: A total of 421 Thai preschoolers were recruited from elementary schools in Chonburi Province, Thailand. Their caregivers assessed three temperament dimensions (surgency, negative affectivity and effortful control) using the Thai version of the Children's Behaviour Questionnaire Very Short Form and reported oral health behaviours (brushing cooperation and cariogenic snack frequency). Three calibrated dentists assessed ECC status using the modified WHO dmft/dmfs (decayed, missing and filled teeth/surface) index that included noncavitated and cavitated carious lesions. Results: Multiple regression analysis, after adjusting for child's and caregiver's characteristics, revealed that children with high negative affectivity or low effortful control were more likely to have uncooperative brushing behaviour. The temperament scores of children who consumed cariogenic snacks daily and those who did not were comparable. Children with low surgency, high negative affectivity or low effortful control were more likely to have high dmfs scores. Conclusion: Negative affectivity and effortful control were associated with brushing behaviour. Temperament was not associated with the frequency of cariogenic snack consumption. All temperamental dimensions, however, were associated with ECC.
KW - cariogenic snack
KW - early childhood caries
KW - oral health behaviour
KW - preschool children
KW - temperament
KW - tooth brushing
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U2 - 10.1111/ipd.13106
DO - 10.1111/ipd.13106
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85166678505
SN - 0960-7439
VL - 34
SP - 135
EP - 144
JO - International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
JF - International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
IS - 2
ER -