Diet and lifestyle habits associated with caries in deciduous teeth among 3- to 5-year-old preschool children in Jiangxi province, China

Acharya

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

et al. 2020

A BSTRACT Background: Dental caries is preventable if favorable health behavior is successfully established. Exploring the broader concept of lifestyle will be useful to determine that how lifestyle of people can affect dental caries. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the impact of overall lifestyle of an individual (analyzed using health practice index) on dental caries of adult population. Material and Methods: This cross-sectional study comprising structured questions on health practice index, sociodemographic variables, and oral health-related behavior was conducted on 800 study subjects of age 20–50 years attending outreach dental setups of a dental school in India. Dental caries was recorded with decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index. Statistical analysis was carried out using frequency distribution for variables related to lifestyle, mean ± standard deviation for DMFT, and negative binomial regression to predict a dependent variable (DMFT) that consisted of “count data.” Results: The study subjects who were older age, women, unemployed, and unskilled; those with lower education, lesser income, and lower socioeconomic status; those never visited dentist; and those with lesser frequency of cleaning teeth, overall poorer lifestyles, and moderate lifestyles were more prone to have dental caries than their counterparts. Conclusion: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease. Patients’ involvement in self-care by promoting healthy behaviors such as brushing twice a day, visiting dentist regularly, negating orally abusive substance addiction, having breakfast every day, eating a balanced diet, and reducing stress leads to an overall good lifestyle. These factors along with sleeping a minimum of 7–8h per night and working for 8–9h per day and ample daily exercise may help patients improve or protect their oral health for years to come.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 55%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Lifestyles on Dental Caries of Adult Patients in Udupi District: A Cross-Sectional Study

Acharya

J Int Soc Prevent Communit Dent

et al. 2020

“…Dantų ėduonis yra lėtinė liga. Laiku negydant pieninių dantų pažeidimų, liga gali progresuoti ir sukelti ėduonies komplikacijas, pažeisti nuolatinių dantų užuomazgas, tapti ankstyvo dantų netekimo priežastimi [9]. Išplitusi negydyta dantų destrukcija gali sukelti dantų skausmą, sunkumus bendrauti, maitintis ir miegoti, o tai daro neigiamą įtaką vaikų gyvenimo kokybei, veikia juos psichologiškai ir socialiai, sukelia diskomforto jausmą [10].…”

Section: įVadasunclassified

Tėvų Žinios Apie Ikimokyklinio Ugdymo Įstaigas Lankančių Vaikų Burnos Sveikatą

Martinėlytė¹,

Vasiliauskienė²,

Petrauskienė³

2021

Health Sciences

Tyrimo tikslas – išanalizuoti tėvų žinias apie jų vaikų, lankančių lopšelį-darželį, burnos sveikatai įtaką darančius veiksnius. Medžiaga ir metodai. Tyrimas atliktas 2020 metų vasario mėnesį. Žinios tirtos tėvų, kurių iki šešerių metų vaikai lanko Kauno lopšelį-darželį „Žvangutis“ ir Rokiškio lopšelį-darželį „Nykštukas“. Tyrime dalyvavo 120 tėvų. Tyrimo metodas – anketinė apklausa. Rezultatai. Tėvai nepakankamai gerai žino, kiek kartų vaikams reikia profilaktiškai apsilankyti pas burnos priežiūros specialistą. Daugumos vaikų pirmasis vizitas pas burnos priežiūros specialistą buvo tik atsiradus dantų ėduonies pažeidimo požymių. Rezultatai parodė, kad tėvai žino, kiek kartų per dieną reikia valyti dantis, tačiau tik 60,8 proc. apklaustųjų dantis valo kartu su vaiku, 76,7 proc. nenaudoja vaikų tarpdančių priežiūrai dantų siūlo. 75 proc. vaikų dažnai užkandžiauja ir didelė dalis respondentų vaikų užkandžiams renkasi daug angliavandenių turinčius produktus. Išvada.Tėvų, kurių vaikas lanko ikimokyklinio ugdymo įstaigą, žinios apie vaikų mitybos sąsajas su dantų ėduonimi, burnos sveikatą ir burnos higieną yra nepakankamos.

“…The study of the eating habits of children was conducted using a proprietary questionnaire addressed to the parents or legal guardians [71,72]. The survey consisted of nine questions.…”

Section: Analysis Of Eating Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Differences in Sweet Taste Perception and Its Association with the Streptococcus mutans Cariogenic Profile in Preschool Children with Caries

et al. 2020

The aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis about differences in sweet taste perception in the group of preschool children with and without caries, and to determine its relationship with cariogenic microbiota and the frequency of sweets consumption in children. The study group included of 63 children aged 2–6 years: 32 with caries and 31 without caries. The study consisted of collecting questionnaire data and assessment of dental status using the decayed, missing, filled in primary teeth index (dmft) and the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS II). The evaluation of sweet taste perception was carried out using a specific method that simultaneously assessed the level of taste preferences and the sensitivity threshold for a given taste. The microbiological analysis consisted of the assessment of the quantitative and qualitative compositions of the oral microbiota of the examined children. The sweet taste perception of children with caries was characterized by a lower susceptibility to sucrose (the preferred sucrose solution concentration was >4 g/L) compared to children without caries (in the range ≤ 4 g/L, p = 0.0015, chi-square test). A similar relationship was also observed for frequent snacking between meals (p = 0.0038, chi-square test). The analysis of studied variables showed the existence of a strong positive correlation between the perception of sweet taste and the occurrence and intensity of the cariogenic process (p = 0.007 for dmft; and p = 0.012 for ICDAS II), as well as the frequency of consuming sweets (p ≤ 0.001 for frequent and repeated consumption of sweets during the day, Spearman test) in children with caries. Additionally, children with an elevated sucrose taste threshold were more than 10-times more likely to develop S. mutans presence (OR = 10.21; 95% CI 3.11–33.44). The results of this study suggest the future use of taste preferences in children as a diagnostic tool for the early detection of increased susceptibility to caries through microbial dysbiosis towards specific species of microorganisms.