Parenting styles and dental caries in Brazilian children and adolescents in foster care.

M T Campos L J do Nascimento Alice Kelly Barreira Viviane Colares Soares de Andrade Amorim

Published in: European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry (2024)

Children of indulgent parents had higher caries indices in both deciduous and permanent teeth, while children of authoritative (permanent teeth) and authoritarian parents (deciduous teeth) had the lowest caries indices. However, no significant associations were found between caries and parenting styles.

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