Maternal Control of the Child's Feeding, Child's Eating Behavior and Early Childhood Caries in Preschoolers

Launched by AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY · Mar 21, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

Dental caries in children is considered one of the most prevalent oral diseases of this age group, leading to significant manifestations presenting as pain, interference with feeding, higher risk of developing dental caries in both, primary and permanent dentition, as well as worse repercussions on the permanent successors. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) global oral health status report of 2022, 514 million children -worldwide- have been affected by dental caries in their primary teeth. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) refers to this type of dental caries...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Egyptian mothers and preschool children pairs aging from 3-5 years old, and currently residing in Egypt.
• • Mothers who live with the child in the same household
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participants who refuse to consent to participate in the study.
• • Mothers with any medical health condition (physical or mental) that interferes with responding to the questionnaires.
• • Children with special health care needs (mental or physical).
• • Medically compromised children (Diabetic, renal problems, liver problems, respiratory problems...etc.) as their condition or the medications they consume might interfere with their oral health status.
• • Children whose siblings have previously participated in the study.