Children's oral health-related knowledge, attitudes and beliefs as predictors of success in caries control during a 3.4-year randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine whether the baseline oral health-related knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of the participants in a randomized clinical trial (RCT) were associated with D(3)MFS increment. Additionally, the aim was to study whether the association was mediated by the two baseline behaviors, i.e.

Relationship between oral health-related knowledge, attitudes and behavior among 15-16-year-old adolescents: a structural equation modeling approach.

Objective: The aim of this study was to confirm the previously observed attitudinal factor structure related to behavioral change and the knowledge-attitude-behavior model on dental health and hygiene among adolescents.

Materials And Methods: The study population consisted of all 8(th) and 9(th) graders (15-16 years) who started the 2004-2005 school year in Rauma, Finland (n = 827). Data on knowledge, attitudes, toothbrushing and using fluoride toothpaste were gathered by questionnaires.

The role of sugar, xylitol, toothbrushing frequency, and use of fluoride toothpaste in maintenance of adults' dental health: findings from the Finnish National Health 2000 Survey.

We assessed the effect of certain oral health-related behaviours on adults' dental health. As part of the Finnish nationwide Health 2000 Survey, dentate subjects, 30-64 yr of age, reported their frequency of consumption of eight sugar- and xylitol-containing products, together with toothbrushing frequency and use of fluoride toothpaste, and underwent clinical oral examination (n = 4,361). The mean number of teeth present (NoT) was 24.

Education level and oral health in Finnish adults: evidence from different lifecourse models.

Aim: To assess the relationship between education level and several oral health outcomes in Finnish adults, using three conceptual lifecourse models.

Materials And Methods: This study analysed data from 7112 subjects, aged 30 years or over, who participated in the nationally representative Finnish Health 2000 Survey. Parental and own education levels were the childhood and adulthood socioeconomic measures, respectively.

Patterns of oral cleaning habits and use of fluoride among dentate adults in Finland.

Purpose: The aim of the present study was to identify the underlying patterns of oral cleaning habits and the use of fluoride, and to investigate their variations by studying the socioeconomic characteristics among Finnish dentate adults aged 30 to 64 years.

Materials And Methods: Participants of the nationwide Health 2000 survey who were dentate, aged 30 to 64 years, and underwent a health interview and a clinical oral examination, were included in the present study (n = 4419).

Results: In total, 79% of the women and 46% of the men reported to have brushed their teeth twice or more daily; 16% of the women and 14% of the men reported daily use of an electric toothbrush and 14% of the women and 5% of the men reported daily use of dental floss or an interdental brush.

Dietary and oral hygiene intervention in secondary school pupils.

Background: To enhance the well-being of secondary school pupils by improving their eating habits, especially school-based eating, a joint project, including oral health intervention, was conducted during the academic year 2007-2008.

Aim: The aim was to study the effect of a dietary intervention on schoolchildren's eating habits and laser fluorescence (LF) values of teeth.

Methods: Twelve schools in three cities, Finland, were randomly assigned to be intervention and control schools.

Changes in toothbrushing frequency in relation to changes in oral health-related knowledge and attitudes among children - a longitudinal study.

The aim of this study was to determine the associations between changes in self-reported toothbrushing frequency and the knowledge and attitudes related to oral health. The study population consisted of all fifth and sixth graders who started the 2001-2002 school year in Pori (n = 1,691); of these, 1,362 were monitored throughout the 3.4-yr study.

Children's oral health-related behaviors: individual stability and stage transitions.

Unlabelled: In 2001-2005 in Pori, Finland, a program of oral health promotion (OHP) was targeted to schoolchildren and people involved in their life to provide social support for participants of the experimental group of a randomized clinical trial (RCT) on controlling caries.

Objectives: Our aim was to describe the individual stability and stage transitions for behaviors among children exposed to OHP in Pori and to ascertain whether these phenomena differed in the group that was also exposed to the experimental regimen of the RCT.

Methods: The study population consisted of all 5th and 6th graders who started the 2001-2002 school year in Pori (n = 1691); 1362 of them were monitored throughout the 3.

Cost-effectiveness of an experimental caries-control regimen in a 3.4-yr randomized clinical trial among 11-12-yr-old Finnish schoolchildren.

The aim of this study was to assess the cost-effectiveness of an experimental caries-control regimen in a randomized clinical trial (RCT) conducted in Pori, Finland, in 2001-2005. Children (n = 497) who were 11-12 yr of age and had at least one active initial caries lesion at baseline were studied. The children in the experimental group (n = 250) were offered an individually designed patient-centered regimen for caries control.

Changes in children's oral health-related behavior, knowledge and attitudes during a 3.4-yr randomized clinical trial and oral health-promotion program.

The aim of our study was to compare the changes in children's oral health-related behavior, knowledge, and attitudes obtained using an oral health-promotion approach, a risk-strategy and promotion approach, and reference area, and to report changes in the behavior of children between the experimental and the control groups of a randomized clinical trial (RCT). The study population consisted of all fifth and sixth graders who started the 2001-2002 school year in Pori, Finland (n = 1,691), where the RCT and program of oral health promotion were implemented for 3.4 yr.

Dental fear and subjective oral impacts among adults in Finland.

We aimed to study the association between subjective oral impacts and dental fear adjusted for age, gender, level of education, and dental attendance, and to evaluate whether this association was modified by the number of remaining teeth. Nationally representative data on Finnish adults, 30+ yr of age (n = 5,987), were gathered through interviews, clinical examination, and questionnaires. Dental fear was measured using the question: 'How afraid are you of visiting a dentist?' and subjective oral impacts were measured using the 14-item Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire.

Factors associated with different measures of dental fear among children at different ages.

Purpose: This study's purpose was to determine the associations between 4 dental fear measures and treatment procedures, oral habits, and family characteristics at different ages.

Methods: Independent random samples of 6-, 9-, 12-, and 15-year-olds were drawn in 2 cities (N=180 per age group from both cities). The study group comprised 270, 283, 311, and 293 subjects who were 6, 9, 12, and 15 years old, respectively.

Age-specific associations between dental fear and dental condition among adults in Finland.

Objective: Our objective was to study whether dental condition, measured by numbers of sound, decayed, missing, and restored teeth, was associated with dental fear, and whether age, dental attendance, and/or gender modified this association.

Material And Methods: The sample (n=8,028) comprised Finnish adults aged 30 years and older and the study included people (n=6,335) who participated in a home interview and a clinical dental examination. Dental fear was measured by the question: "How afraid are you of visiting a dentist?" Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between dental fear and dental condition variables, i.

Dental fear and oral health habits among adults in Finland.

Objective: The aim of our study was to evaluate the association between dental fear and oral health habits (tooth-brushing, use of toothpaste, dental floss and toothpicks, smoking and dental attendance), while simultaneously considering the effect of age, gender, and attained level of education.

Material And Methods: The nationwide two-stage stratified cluster sample (n=8028) was representative of Finnish adults aged 30 years and older. The response rate was 88%.

Effect of dietary habits on laser fluorescence values of visually sound occlusal surfaces among Finnish schoolchildren.

Aim: This study was designed to ascertain whether schoolchildren with unfavourable dietary habits have higher values for laser fluorescence on clinically sound occlusal tooth surfaces than do those who have favourable dietary habits.

Design: The study was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, 462 children aged 13-14 years answered a questionnaire on dietary habits.

Association between dental fear and dental attendance among adults in Finland.

Objective: Our aim was to evaluate the association between dental attendance and dental fear while considering the simultaneous effects of perceived oral health and treatment need, satisfaction with oral health services, age, gender, marital status, and attained level of education.

Material And Methods: The two-stage stratified cluster sample (n=8028) represented Finnish adults aged 30 years and older. The response rate to this nationwide sample was 88%.

Gender differences in child-related and parent-related determinants of oral health-related lifestyle among 11- to 12-year-old Finnish schoolchildren.

Objective: The aim of this study was to ascertain whether child-related and parent-related characteristics were associated differently with oral health-related lifestyle among boys and girls.

Material And Methods: The study population consisted of 5th and 6th graders and their parents in Pori, Finland. There were 1691 children ranging in age between 11 and 12 years.

Dental fear among population aged 30 years and older in Finland.

Objective: The aim of the study was to examine how the percentage of subjects reporting dental fear varied in accordance with age, gender, level of educational attainment, and marital status in a nationally representative sample of the adult population in Finland.

Material And Methods: The two-stage stratified cluster sample (n=8028) represented the population aged 30 years or older living in Finland. Of this nationwide sample, 88% participated.

Parental influence on children's oral health-related behavior.

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine whether there are differences between oral health-related knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of children and their parents, and to identify the family-related factors associated with children's poor or good oral health-related behavior.

Material And Methods: The data were gathered by means of questionnaires from 11-12-year-old schoolchildren and their parents who replied without having knowledge of the answers of the others. Differences between subgroups of children were analyzed by cross-tabulation, and the factors related to children's good or poor oral health-related behavior by logistic regression analyses.