CORRELATION OF DENTAL BEHAVIOR WITH SALIVARY REDUCTASE ACTIVITY AND CAIRES ACTIVITY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 1996;23(4):925-930.
Published online November 30, 1996.

CORRELATION OF DENTAL BEHAVIOR WITH SALIVARY REDUCTASE ACTIVITY AND CAIRES ACTIVITY IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN

유치원 아동의 타액환원효소활성 및 우식경험도와 치과내원시 행동의 연관성에 관한 연구

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원광대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to know whether the information of caries activity and caries experience of the children can be used to predict the behavior of the children during the dental treatment. The subjects of the study were one hundred and eighty-one preschool children, three to six years old. Salivary reductase activity was tested by the Resazurin Disc Test. Caries experience was examined. The children's behavior was observed using the rating scale of Frankl. Salivary reductase activity of the negative behavior group was slightly higher than that of the positive behavior goup, but the difference was not significant. dt index and ds index of the negative behavior group were significantly higher than those of the positive behavior group. There were no significant differences in ft index and fs index between the two behavior groups. The results suggest that the negative behavior of a child can be predicted when the child has many untreated dental caries.