The Behavior of Mothers during Dental Treatment for their Handicapped Children

Part 1: Relationship between the Mothers' Behavior and the Image to Dental Environment and Self-consciousness

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out factors by which mothers of handicapped children chose whether to be with their children while receiving dental treatment or not. The questionnaires from mothers of 42 handicapped children were examined.
Factors on the part of the mothers such as their views on the dental environment, their egogram, and the reasons of the mothers' behavior were surveyed.