COMPARISON OF THE TOOTH BRUSHING HABITS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS

Ozbek C. D., Eser D., Bektas-Kayhan K., Unur M.

JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, cilt.49, sa.1, ss.33-40, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.17096/jiufd.19356
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.33-40
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: School-age children, oral hygiene, oral-dental health, tooth brushing habits
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose: As they grow, children develop their attitude and behavior related to tooth brushing by taking their parents' oral-dental health behavior as an example. The purpose of this study was to assess whether there was a similarity in tooth brushing between primary school-age children and their parents presenting to the Department of Oral, Dental and Jaw Diseases and Surgery and the Department of Pedodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Istanbul University.