Avaliação do estilo parental: influência sobre a saúde bucal e o comportamento infantil frente ao tratamento odontológico

Abstract

The study of parental styles is of great relevance, since it involves the family and consequently the whole society. Adoption of consistent behavioral habits in childhood begins with parents, who play an important role in the lifestyle related to the oral health of children. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of parental style on oral health and child behavior in relation to dental treatment. Participated 20 pairs of parents and children, these aged between 5 and 8 years, attended at the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic at Federal University of Uberlândia. The parents responded to the Parenting Styles Inventory (PSI), which presented results between -6 and 17. To evaluate the behavior of children during dental care, the Frankl Scale was used, which classified the behavior as positive (35.0%) and definitely positive (65.0%). The oral health status was evaluated using the ceo-d/CPO-D index, which ranged from 0 to 13. The data obtained were submitted to the Spearman’s Correlation Coefficient. It was possible to conclude that the values obtained through the PSI did not have statistically significant correlations with the ceo-d / CPO-D indexes and the Frankl Behavior Scale.