Child neglect and oral health problems in offspring of substance-abusing fathers

Am J Addict. 2007 Sep-Oct;16(5):397-402. doi: 10.1080/10550490701525509.

Abstract

This study examined (1) orodental (OD) problems in 10-19-year-old children of substance use disorder (SUD) (n = 127) and non-SUD fathers (n = 111) and (2) the moderating effect of child's substance use (SU) involvement in the associations of paternal SUD and neglectful parenting with OD problems in the offspring. The results showed that periodontal problems differentiated between groups and the interactions between child's SU involvement and paternal SUD and neglectful parenting were respectively associated with hard/soft tissue lesions and carious lesions in the offspring, indicating that SU involvement increases risk for OD due to paternal SUD and neglectful parenting.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child Abuse / statistics & numerical data*
  • Child of Impaired Parents / psychology*
  • Child of Impaired Parents / statistics & numerical data*
  • Dental Caries / epidemiology*
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
  • Fathers / psychology*
  • Fathers / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Oral Hygiene Index
  • Parenting*
  • Stomatitis, Aphthous / epidemiology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology*