Early childhood caries and dental plaque among 1-3-year-olds in Tehran,Iran

Mohebbi, Simin Zahra; Virtanen, Jorma I.; Vahid-Golpayegani, Mojtaba; Vehkalahti, Miira M.

doi:10.4103/0970-4388.28073

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“…[27,28] Caries prevalence is usually reported to be higher in females, a finding that our study did not support. [28] Our results agree with Mohebbi et al [29], who found no difference between the genders in the prevalence of ECC among 1-to 3-year-old Iranian children. On the other hand, Peressini et al [30] found that 3-to 5-year-old American boys had a higher prevalence of ECC than girls, which is in contrast to the findings of Declerck et al [28], who found a higher caries prevalence among 3-to 5-year-old Belgian girls.…”

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Dentin caries risk indicators in 1-year-olds. A two year follow-up study

Hultquist

Bågesund

2016

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) risk factors are suspected to vary between regions with different caries prevalence. Aim: Identify ECC risk factors for 1-year-olds predicting dentin caries at 3 years of age in a region with low caries prevalence. Design: Caries risk was assessed by dental hygienist or dental assistant in 779 one-year-olds. The oral mutans streptococci (MS) score was performed from a tooth surface or (in pre-dentate children) from oral mucosa. A parental questionnaire with questions regarding family factors (siblings with or without caries), general health, food habits (night meals, breastfeeding, other beverage than water), oral hygiene habits and emerged teeth were answered by parents of the 1-year-olds. Dentin caries was assessed when the children were 3-year-olds. Simple and multiple logistic regression analyses were used for identification of caries-associated factors. Results: An increased caries risk was assessed in 4.4% of the 1-year-olds. Dentin caries was found in 2.6% of the 3-year-olds. Caries risk at 1 year was associated with caries at 3 years (OR ¼ 6.5, p ¼ .002). Multiple regression analysis found the variables Beverages other than water (OR ¼ 7.1, p < 0.001), Caries in sibling (OR ¼ 4.8, p ¼ .002), High level of MS (score 2-3) (OR ¼ 3.4, p ¼ .03) and Night meal (OR ¼ 3.0, p ¼ .03) to be associated with caries. The single variables Beverage other than water between meals and Caries in sibling were more reliable than Caries risk assessed performed by dental personnel. Conclusions: Behavioural, family and microbial factors are important when assessing caries risk among 1-year-olds in a region with low caries experience.

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confidence: 78%

Dentin caries risk indicators in 1-year-olds. A two year follow-up study

Hultquist

Bågesund

2016

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

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“…The positive association of oral hygiene with the frequency and consumption of sugar in the diet is a very relevant aspect in the etiology of early childhood caries (24)(25)(26) . This work showed that the interviewed mothers gave cariogenic food to their babies.…”

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Avaliação da participação de mães em um programa de prevenção e controle de cáries e doenças periodontais para lactentes

Silva¹,

Nóia²,

Gonçalves³

et al. 2013

Rev. paul. pediatr.

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OBJETIVO: Avaliar o conhecimento sobre saúde bucal de mães participantes de um programa educativo-preventivo para lactentes. MÉTODOS: Estudo de coorte com 112 mães e seus bebês de 0 a 18 meses, cadastrados no projeto "Promoção de Saúde Bucal na Primeira Infância", da Universidade Federal do Maranhão. Inicialmente, entrevistas semiestruturadas que contemplavam o nível de conhecimento das mães sobre a saúde bucal dos bebês foram realizadas. Também foi examinada a cavidade bucal dos bebês a fim de detectar o nível de placa bacteriana, sangramento gengival e presença de cárie. Em seguida, palestras educativo-preventivas foram ministradas e, após um ano de acompanhamento, novas entrevistas foram realizadas, bem como o exame clínico. Para analisar os dados, foram utilizados os testes de qui-quadrado e exato de Fisher com nível de significância de 5%. RESULTADOS: Antes das palestras educativas, 93% das mães executavam a higiene bucal de seus bebês e 57,3% a realizavam nos períodos diurno e noturno. Após as palestras, todas responderam executar os cuidados (p=0,02), sendo 74,7% nos períodos diurno e noturno (p=0,01). Não houve diferença quanto ao consumo de alimentos cariogênicos nos questionários inicial e final. Notou-se que, inicialmente, 5,6% das faces dentais apresentaram cárie; 29,7%, placa bacteriana; e 11,9%, sangramento gengival. Após as palestras, apenas 0,4% das faces dentais apresentaram cárie (p<0,0001); 2,4%, placa bacteriana (p<0,0001); e 10,6%, sangramento gengival (p<0,0001). CONCLUSÕES: A aquisição de conhecimentos é fundamental para melhorar as condições de saúde.

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“…Dental examination was carried out with the help of a headlamp and a standard plane dental mirror with the mother and examiner sitting in a knee-to-knee position [Mohebbi et al, 2006]. Every tooth was recorded as present when visible in the mouth, otherwise as absent.…”

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A Cluster Randomised Trial of Effectiveness of Educational Intervention in Primary Health Care on Early Childhood Caries

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Early childhood caries (ECC) remains a serious problem in several developing and developed countries. This cluster randomised trial evaluated the impact of a 6-month educational intervention on ECC. The trial targeted 12- to 15-month-old children (n = 242) and their mothers in Tehran, Iran, visiting 18 public health centres, randomly selected and assigned to two intervention groups and one control group. At baseline, each mother was interviewed and each child underwent a dental examination of all teeth for the number of decayed teeth (dt) and of upper central incisors for the number of teeth with enamel caries (de). All mothers in the two intervention groups (A and B) received oral health instructions from the vaccination staff. In addition, group A received extra reminders. The outcome was defined as increments in the number of teeth with dt or de, as percentages of children developing new dt or de, and as the number needed to treat (NNT). No new de appeared in group A, the mean de increment in group B was 0.2 (SD = 0.6), and in the controls, it was 0.4 (SD = 0.7) (p < 0.05). The percentages of children developing new de were 0, 14, and 26%, respectively. No differences in dt increments were found. Regarding de, NNT for group A was 4 and for B 9; the figures for dt were 13 and 17, respectively. In conclusion, oral health education given to mothers by general health staff is a valuable tool to prevent caries in infants and toddlers.

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Early childhood caries and dental plaque among 1-3-year-olds in Tehran,Iran

Cited by 42 publications

References 3 publications

Dentin caries risk indicators in 1-year-olds. A two year follow-up study

Dentin caries risk indicators in 1-year-olds. A two year follow-up study

Avaliação da participação de mães em um programa de prevenção e controle de cáries e doenças periodontais para lactentes

A Cluster Randomised Trial of Effectiveness of Educational Intervention in Primary Health Care on Early Childhood Caries

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