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PSYCHOSOCIAL AND ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT TOOTH TRAUMA

Željko Verzak ; Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Nataša Ivančić Jokić ; Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Rijeka, Clinic of Dental Medicine at Clinical Centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Vesna Erika Modrić ; Dental Policlinic Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Danko Bakarčić ; Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, Medical University of Rijeka, Clinic of Dental Medicine at Clinical Centar Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Zoran Karlović ; Department for Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Zlatko Ulovec ; Social Medicine and Epidemiology at School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Dubravka Negovetić Vranić ; Department of Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Sažetak

Background: The main goal of this research is to try and understand influence of psychological and social factors in children
with tendencies to repeat tooth trauma.
Subjects and methods: Research included 147 patients, children of preschool and school age (88 boys and 59 girls). In the
research patients were divided in two age groups: 5-8 and 9-12 years. In both groups there were 49 patients with no experience of
dental trauma and 69 patients with experience of one dental trauma and 29 patients with repeated dental trauma. All patients that
were involved in the study had previous experience with dental and medical treatment. Study included evaluation of dental anxiety
and also factors that caused dental phobia previous their visit to the office in the children with no dental trauma compared to repeat
dental trauma patients. On the whole study group differences considering sex, age and psychosocial status in the level of dental
anxiety and dental fear were also measured.
Results: Categories of children without trauma and with one or multiple trauma showed that it is a similar sex division in the
categories. In the no trauma group participation of the boys is lower (46.9%) while in the group with repeated trauma their
participation is significantly higher (79.3%). Based on that the risk of repeated dental trauma is characteristic of boys.
Conclusions: Results of this study show that tested psychosocial variables do not differentiate participants according to the
tested groups or in other words there is no difference between tested groups in their psychosocial standing.

Ključne riječi

psychosocial status; anxiety; dental trauma

Hrčak ID:

177178

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/177178

Datum izdavanja:

12.12.2016.

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