Caries Activity and Its Associated Factors Among Primary Caregivers of Preschool Children
Colin Tsz Wo Lee, Sifan Wang, Xinyi Zeng, Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu, Hai Ming Wong, Ni Zhou, Hannah Wesley · 2026
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Description
Colin Lee and co-authors measure tooth decay activity in caregivers of preschool children in a 2026 study. Caregivers shape a child's daily oral care, and their own decay activity may track with the child's. The study enrolled more than two hundred fifty primary caregivers and tested both caregiver and child with a commercial decay activity kit.
About one in three caregivers scored high on the activity test. Caregivers of children with high scores were far more likely to score high themselves. After adjustment, high activity linked to a high past decay count, frequent snacking, being a grandparent caregiver, and the child's high score. The authors frame decay control as a family level task.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Colin Tsz Wo Lee, Sifan Wang, Xinyi Zeng, Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu, Hai Ming Wong, Ni Zhou, Hannah Wesley |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |