Objective: To assess the
child 's
behavior during
primary tooth extractions, taking into account
child 's psychosocial and demographic factors and maternal characteristics. Material and
Methods: An observational
cross-sectional study involving
children aged 7-13 years attending at the
dental clinics of the
School of
Dentistry , Federal
University of Pelotas.
Children who underwent
primary tooth extraction under
local anesthesia and accompanied by their
mothers were included.
Data collection consisted of a
questionnaire applied to
mothers , assessment of
child 's
behavior (Frankl Scale) and
record of the presence of the
mother . Data were analyzed using Stata 12.0
software . Descriptive
analysis of the variables of interest and the Chi-square and Fisher Exact tests were performed to investigate the effect of independent variables on the outcome. The
association between independent variables and the outcome was observed by crude and adjusted
multivariate analysis by Poisson Regression (
prevalence ratio ). A 5% significance level was adopted.
Results: Of 333
children evaluated, 124 were included in this study. Most were
female (54.5%)
aged 7-10 years (65.8%). The adjusted
multivariate analysis , maternal
dental anxiety and presence of the
mother were the variables that remained associated with the
child 's
behavior .
Conclusion: This study suggests that presence of the
mother and maternal
dental anxiety negatively
affect the
behavior of
children aged 7-13 years during
primary tooth extraction.