Factors Associated with Dental Caries Experience in 1‐Year‐Old Children

Abstract

Objectives-Dental caries in early childhood is an important public health problem. Previous studies have examined risk factors, but they have focused on children during the later stages of the disease process. The purpose of this study was to assess the factors associated with caries in children aged 6 to 24 months as part of a cross-sectional analysis.Methods-Two hundred twelve mothers with children 6 to 24 months of age were recruited from Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children clinic sites in southeastern Iowa for participation in a longitudinal study of dental caries. Baseline assessments included detailed questions regarding the children's beverage consumption, oral hygiene, and family socioeconomic status. Dental caries examinations using the d 1 d 2-3 f criteria and semiquantitative assessments of salivary mutans streptococci (MS) levels of mother and child were also conducted. Counts of the number of teeth with visible plaque were recorded for maxillary and mandibular molars and incisors.Results-Of the 212 child/mother pairs, 187 children had teeth. Among these children, the mean age was 14 months, and 23 of the children exhibited either d 1 , d 2-3 , or filled lesions. Presence of caries was significantly associated with older age, presence of MS in children, family income < $25,000 per year, and proportion of teeth with visible plaque.Conclusions-Results suggest that not only microbial measures, including MS and plaque levels, are closely associated with caries in very young children, but that other age-related factors may also be associated with caries. Continued study is necessary to more fully assess the risk factors for caries prevalence and incidence in preschool children.

Cárie dentária e práticas alimentares entre crianças de creches do município de São Paulo

“…Um estudo realizado por Brandão et al 21 também encontrou associação entre cárie dentária e escolaridade paterna, indicando que 58,7% das 110 crianças com cárie precoce tinham pai com menos de oito anos de escolaridade (p=0,01). Muitos estudos apontam que pais com menor escolaridade são um fator de risco para o desenvolvimento da doença cárie dental [22][23][24] . Essa característica (baixa escolaridade) pode apontar condição socioeconômica desfavorável 22 que, segundo Peres et al 25 , leva as crianças a apresentarem maior prevalência e severidade de cárie dentária.…”

“…Muitos estudos apontam que pais com menor escolaridade são um fator de risco para o desenvolvimento da doença cárie dental [22][23][24] . Essa característica (baixa escolaridade) pode apontar condição socioeconômica desfavorável 22 que, segundo Peres et al 25 , leva as crianças a apresentarem maior prevalência e severidade de cárie dentária.…”

Prevalencia de Caries Temprana de la Infancia y sus Factores Asociados en Niños Chilenos de 2 y 4 Años

“…Los resultados obtenidos, 70% de CTI y 52% de CTI-S concuerdan, entonces, con las prevalencias encontradas en otros estudios epidemiológicos realizados en países en vía de desarrollo y poblaciones desfavorecidas de países desarrollados (Berkowitz, 2003;Ismail, 1998;Milgrom et al, 2000;Reisine & Psoter, 2001;Warren et al, 2008).…”

Macronutrients and type 1 diabetes (revision number 6)

“…Seven cohort studies in eleven publications were identified that presented evidence on the relationship between sugars-containing beverage consumption and the incidence of dental caries in deciduous dentition in children, all of which adjusted their results for tooth brushing (Grytten et al, 1988;Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996;Tada et al, 1999;Levy et al, 2003;Mariri et al, 2003;Sakuma et al, 2007;Ismail et al, 2008;Warren et al, 2008;Lim et al, 2008;Ismail et al, 2009). Three cohorts were reported in more than one publication: (Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996) reported on one cohort; Lim et al, 2008;Ismail et al, 2009) reported on one cohort; and (Mariri et al, 2003;Levy et al, 2003) reported on one cohort.…”

“…An association is indicated between greater consumption of sugars-containing beverages and increased dental caries incidence in deciduous dentition in five cohort studies (Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996;Levy et al, 2003;Mariri et al, 2003;Sakuma et al, 2007;Ismail et al, 2008;Warren et al, 2008;Lim et al, 2008;Ismail et al, 2009). The two other cohort studies observe no significant association between sugars-containing beverage consumption and the development of dental caries at 36 months (Grytten et al, 1988) or between-meal sweet drink intake and 18 months dental caries increment in deciduous dentition (Tada et al, 1999).…”