@article{ref1,
title="Pathways between oral health conditions and bullying on adolescents: a 10-year cohort study",
journal="Oral diseases",
year="2023",
author="Bolsson, Gabriela Bohrer and Knorst, Jessica Klöckner and Rissotto Menegazzo, Gabriele and Ardenghi, Thiago Machado",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To assess the pathways in which oral health conditions, socioeconomic, and psychosocial factors in childhood can lead to the occurrence of bullying in adolescence. <br><br>METHODS: This is a 10-year cohort study conducted with a sample of 639 children in southern Brazil. Oral health conditions (dental caries, dental trauma and malocclusion), sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics were obtained at baseline (T1) and at follow-up (T2). General and dental bullying were assessed at T2 using the Bullying Olweus questionnaire and through a question contained in the Child Perception Questionnaire 11-14. Structural equation modelling was used to evaluate the pathways between oral health measures and bullying episodes over time. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 429 students were evaluated at follow-up. Untreated dental caries were direct and indirectly related with the occurrence of dental bullying at follow-up and indirectly associated with general bullying at T2. Low socioeconomic status, low sense of coherence and dental bullying presented a direct impact on the occurrence of general bullying at T2. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Untreated dental caries are presented as the main oral health predictor of the occurrence of bullying episodes in adolescence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1354-523X",
doi="10.1111/odi.14581",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/odi.14581"
}