Prospective association between maternal bonding disorders and child toothbrushing frequency: A cross‐sectional study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Background Daily toothbrushing prevents early childhood caries, but reinforcement depends on facilitative parenting behaviours. Mother‐to‐infant bonding, the maternal affection towards the infant, is an environmental factor that strongly influences parenting. Aim This study examined the association...

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Published in:International journal of paediatric dentistry 2022-01, Vol.32 (1), p.56-65
Main Authors: Tsuchiya, Shinobu, Tsuchiya, Masahiro, Momma, Haruki, Nagatomi, Ryoichi, Arima, Takahiro, Yaegashi, Nobuo, Igarashi, Kaoru, Kamijima, Michihiro, Yamazaki, Shin, Ohya, Yukihiro, Kishi, Reiko, Hashimoto, Koichi, Mori, Chisato, Ito, Shuichi, Yamagata, Zentaro, Inadera, Hidekuni, Nakayama, Takeo, Iso, Hiroyasu, Shima, Masayuki, Kurozawa, Youichi, Suganuma, Narufumi, Kusuhara, Koichi, Katoh, Takahiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child, Preschool
Children
Cohort analysis
Cohort Studies
cohort study
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dental caries
dental caries prevention
Environmental factors
Female
Humans
Infants
Japan - epidemiology
Mothers
mother‐to‐infant bonding
Postpartum
Toothbrushing
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Summary:Background Daily toothbrushing prevents early childhood caries, but reinforcement depends on facilitative parenting behaviours. Mother‐to‐infant bonding, the maternal affection towards the infant, is an environmental factor that strongly influences parenting. Aim This study examined the association between maternal bonding and children's daily toothbrushing frequency. Design The sample consisted of 83 954 mother‐infant pairs at two years postpartum, derived from the initial sample of JECS (cohort study), which included 104 062 foetuses. Maternal bonding disorders were assessed using the Mother‐to‐Infant Bonding Scale (MIBS). After multiple imputation for missing data, a multinomial logistic regression analysis was conducted with adjustments for several maternal (eg, age at delivery) and child‐related (eg, self‐performed toothbrushing) variables. Results The odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for the association of maternal bonding disorders with the low (once per day) and the very low child toothbrushing frequency (
ISSN:0960-7439
1365-263X
DOI:10.1111/ipd.12791