Assessing the validity of a questionnaire for parents to determine their child’s caries risk
| dc.contributor.author | Huminicki, Amanda | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Biber, Jay (Preventive Dental Science) Birek, Catalena (Oral Biology) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Lekic, Charles (Preventive Dental Science) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-08T17:19:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-08T17:19:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-07-08 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Preventive Dental Science | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Dentistry (M.Dent.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Dental caries is a very common chronic infectious disease that is preventable and related to dental behaviours. The objective of this study was to develop a parental questionnaire to predict the child’s caries risk without professional evaluation and assess if risk factors worked together and if behaviours changed over time. At baseline, a survey and examination for caries were administered to 100 subjects aged 1 to 3 years old in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Six months later the same survey and examination were administered. Statistical analysis included logistic regression, Pearson Chi-squared, McNemar’s, Fisher’s exact tests and paired T-tests. The main finding was this survey could not predict future caries risk. Parents’ reports of visible cavities/fillings in their child predicted caries. Few risk factors changed significantly over time. A change in developmental delay corresponded to a change in caries. Overall, caries risk was found to be complex and requires further investigation. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | October 2015 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30614 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dental caries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Early childhood caries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prevention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Caries risk assessment | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessing the validity of a questionnaire for parents to determine their child’s caries risk | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | yes | en_US |