This study evaluates the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without caries experience. For this, children and their parents are shown pictures of child faces with healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment.
Appearance and abnormalities in the face influences the life of children: attractive children get estimated as more competent and find friends easier than those with a less attractive appearance. Therefore this study aimes to evaluate the social impact of children's dental perception from children with or without own caries experience (and their parents). Both groups (with/without caries experience) are shown pictures of children with different dental status (healthy teeth, decayed teeth and teeth after dental treatment) and asked to complete established questionnaires.The division into the groups is based on photos of the children with visible teeth. The results should be evaluated descriptively and graphically. Also the comparison between the answers of both groups for the three different dental status is planned.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
180
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Germany
Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Children: Evaluation of the whole photos
Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend looking like this?" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Time frame: 2-3 minutes
Children: Evaluation of the mouth on the photo
Questionnaire: "How would you feel having a friend with a mouth looking like this" (showing the photos of the three different dental status) (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Time frame: 2-3 minutes
Children: Evaluation of their own teeth
Questionnaire: "How do you feel when thinking about your own teeth?" (4 point face scale of Soares et al. 2015)
Time frame: 1-2 minutes
Why do you feel like this?
Time frame: 1-2 minutes
Related parents: Evaluation of the whole photos
Questionnaire: Evaluate the pictures with the adjectives: clever, rude, kind, honest, confident, careful, helpful, stupid, naughty (4 point scale. 'strongly agree' = 4; 'agree' = 3; 'disagree' = 2; 'strongly disagree' = 1)
Time frame: 1-2 minutes
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