Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of parents and their children of the total sample (n = 160) and comparisons between BGT (n = 36) and IVS (n = 124) (X2-test)
| Covariate category | Total group N (%)* | BGT N (%) | IVSN (%) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Relation to child Mother |
118 (74.7) | 27 (75.0) | 91 (74.6) | 0.314 |
| Father | 35 (22.2) | 7 (19.4) | 28 (23.0) | |
| Father & mother | 4 (2.5) | 1 (2.8) | 3 (2.5) | |
| Other | 1 (0.6) | 1 (2.8) | 0 (0) | |
| Parent’s/caregiver’s Marital status | ||||
| Two parents (married, living together) | 126 (82.4) | 31 (86.1) | 95 (81.2) | 0.499 |
| One parent (single, divorced, widowed) | 27 (17.6) | 5 (13.9) | 22 (18.8) | |
| Mother's educational level | ||||
| Low level of education | 99 (66.0) | 22 (62.9) | 77(67.0) | 0.654 |
| High level of education | 51(34.0) | 13 (37.1) | 38 (33.0) | |
| Child's gender | ||||
| Boy | 87 (54.4) | 22 (61.1) | 65 (52.4) | 0.357 |
| Girl | 73 (45.6) | 14 (38.9) | 59 (47.6) | |
| Child's ethnical background* | ||||
| Dutch | 91 (56.9) | 19 (52.8) | 72 (58.1) | 0.622 |
| Non-Western | 52 (32.5) | 14 (38.9) | 38 (30.6) | |
| Western | 17 (10.6) | 3 (8.3) | 14 (11.3) | |
| Actual brushing frequency child a week | ||||
| Once or less a day | 47 (29.6) | 8 (22.9) | 39 (31.5) | 0.325 |
| Twice or more a day | 112 (70.4) | 27 (77.1) | 85 (68.5) | |
| Ideal brushing frequency child teeth’s | ||||
| Once or less a day | 7 (4.4) | 1 (2.9) | 6 (4.9) | 0.608 |
| Twice or more a day | 151 (95.6) | 34 (97.1) | 117 (95.1) | |
| Forgotten to brush child’s teeth frequency never | 109 (68.6) | 26 (72.2) | 83 (67.5) | 0.770 |
| Not every day | 49 (30.8) | 10 (27.8) | 39 (31.7) | |
| 1/day | 1 (0.6) | 0(0) | 1 (0.8) | |
| Person that brushes child’s teeth Supervised (parent, Adult, adult& child) | 116 (84.7) | 26 (83.9) | 90 (84.9) | 0.888 |
| Non supervised (child only) | 21 (15.3) | 5 (16.1) | 16 (15.1) | |
| Parent’s/caregiver’s frequency visiting OHP | ||||
| Once or less a year | 26 (16.7) | 9 (25.7) | 17 (14.0) | 0.103 |
| T wice or more a year | 130 (83.3) | 26 (74.3) | 104 (86.0) | |
| Parent’s/caregiver’s own brushing frequency | ||||
| Once or less a day | 32 (20.9) | 5 (14.7) | 27 (22.7) | 0.313 |
| Twice or more a day | 121 (79.1) | 29 (85.3) | 92 (77.3) | |
| Reason for treatment under IVS (n = 123) | ||||
| Young age | 6 (4.9) | |||
| Extended treatment plan | 45 (36.6) | |||
| LCB | 6 (4.9) | |||
| Young age and extended treatment plan | 61 (49.6) | |||
| Extended treatment plan and LCB | 3 (2.4) | |||
| Young age and extended treatment plan and LCB | 2 (1.6) | |||
| Missing | 1 (0.8) | |||
BGT behavioural guidance techniques. IVS intravenous sedation. LCB limited coping behaviour
*N (%) depends on response depends on responses (valid percentage)
*Ethnical background child is labelled as migration background according to Statistics Netherlands (Statistic Netherlands, 2021)
Dutch background: Child and both parents were born in the Netherlands
Western migration background: Child or mother or father originating from a country in Europe (excluding Turkey), North America and Oceania, or from Indonesia or Japan
Non-Western migration background: Child or mother or father originating from a country in Africa, South America or Asia (excl. Indonesia and Japan) or from Turkey
In case both parents are not born in the Netherlands, the country of birth of the mother is dominant