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

Abstract

Introduction: Undoubtedly, education of the sons is one of the greatest challenges parents can face. The correct choice of parental educational practices is very important, since the family is the main promoter of development and socialization of the child. Objective: To evaluate the influence of the parental style on the oral health of the children and to evaluate the child behavior in front of the dental care. Material and Method: Fifty pairs of mothers and their children, aged five to eight years, were selected to participate in this study. Mothers responded to the Parental Style Inventory (PSI) and the children were evaluated for dmf-t / DMF-T and behavior through the Frankl Scale during dental examination. Result: The values obtained through the PSI were higher for the good and regular parental style, but it was not possible to correlate the influence on the child's behavior, as well as the influence on the ceo-d / DMF-T indices. Conclusion: It was concluded that in this study due to the low frequencies found, for the PSI variable, there was no significance in relation to the parental style, presence / absence of caries and behavior in relation to dental care.