Teething and affecting factors: experiences from Turkey

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dc.authoridYilmaz, Ayse Esra/0000-0002-9671-749X|Akelma, Zulfikar/0000-0003-0140-5053
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Ayse E.
dc.contributor.authorDogan, Guzide
dc.contributor.authorAkelma, Ahmet Z.
dc.contributor.authorKarabel, Musemma
dc.contributor.authorKarabel, Duran
dc.contributor.authorAkca, Halise
dc.contributor.authorErdur, Emire A.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T18:10:32Z
dc.date.available2025-10-24T18:10:32Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.departmentMalatya Turgut Özal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to investigate the experiences of Turkish mothers in teething period and the factors affecting teething. METHODS: This study was performed by filling in questionnaire forms with a face-to-face interview technique with the mothers of 792 patients presenting to the outpatient clinics of pediatrics of Fatih (Turgut Ozal) University Faculty of Medicine between 1 April and 31 July 2012. RESULTS: This study was conducted in a total of 792 children (mean age: 24.2 +/- 7.9, range 12-42 months; 430 males). Of the study population, 6.1% had a family history of premature teething, 9.7% had a family history of delayed teething, 98% had been breastfed, 91.9% had used vitamin D, 67.6% had used iron supplements, and 3.9% had fluorine use. The first teething was at 7.8 +/- 2.5 months and the first teeth to appear was the anterior lower incisor (58.7%). The symptoms the patients had during teething were irritability (64.9%), fever (64.1%), increased mastication (61.6%), increased salivation (58.2%), and diarrhea (45.6%). The rate of admission to a physician with these complaints was 19.6%. The factors affecting the teething time were a family history of premature or delayed teething and birth with natal tooth, and male gender. CONCLUSIONS: In this study we found that nutritional or local factors were not effective on teething time. Teething period was characterized by nonspecific symptoms including irritability, subfebrile fever, increased mastication and salivation, and diarrhea. Linear regression analysis revealed that male gender and a family history of premature teething were the factors responsible from a shortening in teething time.
dc.identifier.endpage434
dc.identifier.issn0026-4946
dc.identifier.issn1827-1715
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.pmid26583452
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84994357572
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage427
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12899/4239
dc.identifier.volume68
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000394629500006
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEdizioni Minerva Medica
dc.relation.ispartofMinerva Pediatrica
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20251023
dc.subjectTooth eruption; Child; Surveys and questionnaires
dc.titleTeething and affecting factors: experiences from Turkey
dc.typeArticle

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