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Severe early childhood (S-ECC) caries has classically been studied as a disease, whose initiation and progression is determined by biological risk factors. In recent years S-ECC has begun to be associated to numerous social and psychosocial environmental conditions, one of which is parental stress. Our study set out to investigate the association of parental/caregiver stress as a co-factors to S-ECC prevalence. Using the Parental Stress Index-Short Form we determined the stress of primary caregivers of young children who were classified under clinical exam as either having no caries or SECC. Other social economic status determinants and classic biological and social cofactors were accounted for. Our results indicate a weak but positive association (p=.05) between parental stress and the presence and extent of S-ECC. Parents with high stress often share risk factors common to parents of children with S-ECC. Practitioners should be aware of this possible relationship and be prepared to provide appropriate intervention.
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