Title
Cariës bij kinderen uit etnische groepen: een onderzoek bij vijfjarige Amsterdamse kinderen en hun ouders naar risico-indicatoren en -factoren [Caries in children from ethnic groups: an investigation in five-year-old children in Amsterdam and their parents concerning risk indicators and factors]
Author
Verrips, G.H.
Kalsbeek, H.
Frencken, J.E.
ter Horst, G.
Filedt Kok-Weimar, T.L.
Publication year
1993
Abstract
A previous study has shown five-year-old children of parents originating from Turkey or Morocco to have twice as much dmfs as children of parents from The Netherlands, Surinam or various other countries. In the present study, other risk indicators and factors for the prevalence of caries amongst these children were studied by interviewing their parents at home in their mother tongue about their preventive dental behaviour. Results showed educational level of the parents, and gender of the child to be important risk indicators, apart from ethnicity. Risk factors were the age of the child, at which the parents had started to brush the teeth of the child, the use of fluoride tablets and the regularity of the brushing behaviour. Chemicals/CAS: Cariostatic Agents; Fluorides
Subject
Anticaries agent
Ethnology
Preschool child
Sex difference
Statistics
Adult
Cariostatic Agents
Child, Preschool
Dental Caries
Educational Status
Female
Fluorides
Humans
Male
Morocco
Netherlands
Parents
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Suriname
Toothbrushing
Turkey
Urban Population
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TNO identifier
232215
ISSN
0028-2200
Source
Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Tandheelkunde, 100 (2), 71-74
Document type
article