The Contribution of Epidemiology to Oral Health Research

Peres, Marco Aurélio; Antunes, José Leopoldo Ferreira; Watt, Richard

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50123-5_1

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“…29 The declining trend in dental caries in children does not necessarily indicate dental caries eradication; instead, the occurrence is more likely just delayed to later life. 30 This study suggests that WF would be an effective population strategy to prevent dental caries in the current population. The average tap water natural fluoride concentration in Japan was approximately 0.090 ppm, lower than the recommended level for dental caries prevention, which is usually 0.7-1.0 ppm depending on drinking water consumption at different temperatures and fluoride intake from other sources.…”

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“…For example, 51 million school hours are lost annually due to dental visits or oral health problems in the United States 29 . The declining trend in dental caries in children does not necessarily indicate dental caries eradication; instead, the occurrence is more likely just delayed to later life 30 . This study suggests that WF would be an effective population strategy to prevent dental caries in the current population.…”

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confidence: 83%

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Tap water natural fluoride and parent‐reported experience of child dental caries in Japan: Evidence from a nationwide birth cohort survey

Matsuyama

Fujiwara

Aida

2023

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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IntroductionWater fluoridation is an effective measure to prevent dental caries. In Japan, artificial water fluoridation is not implemented, and tap water natural fluoride concentration geographically differs because of various soil natures. This study aimed to examine the association between tap water natural fluoride and parent‐reported experience of dental caries in children.MethodData from the Longitudinal Survey of Newborns in the twenty‐first century, a national birth cohort study following all infants born between January 10–17 and July 10–17, 2001, were analysed. Caregivers answered the child's caries treatment history, a proxy for dental caries, yearly from 5.5 to 12 years of age (N = 202 517 observations from 34 998 children). The annual data on tap water natural fluoride concentration in the municipality of residence were obtained from the national statistics. Cross‐classified multilevel Poisson regression models were fitted, adjusting for child, household and municipality characteristics, including average income and dental clinic density.ResultsThe average tap water natural fluoride concentration across municipalities was 0.0887 ppm (SD = 0.0422). The proportion of parent‐reported experience of child dental caries treatment ranged from 24.9% (at 12 years) to 40.3% (at 7 years) and was lower among children living in municipalities with high natural fluoride concentrations, which were 35.0%, 35.4%, 33.4% and 32.3% for <0.10, 0.10–0.19, 0.20–0.29 and ≥0.30 ppm respectively. A 0.1 ppm increment in tap water natural fluoride after controlling for all covariates was significantly associated with a lower prevalence of parent‐reported child dental caries treatment by 3.3% (prevalence ratio = 0.967, 95% credible interval: 0.939, 0.996).ConclusionNatural fluoride in tap water showed a protective effect for the parent‐reported experience of child dental caries in Japan.

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Tap water natural fluoride and parent‐reported experience of child dental caries in Japan: Evidence from a nationwide birth cohort survey

Matsuyama

Fujiwara

Aida

2023

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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“…Tooth loss measure was based on selfreported number of teeth. Although self-reported number of teeth has been validated and used in many epidemiological studies (Peres et al, 2021), self-reports of number of teeth, especially among older adults, could lead to random errors. However, JAGES participants reported number of teeth as categories which might be less error prone compared to counting individual teeth.…”

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Importance of socioeconomic factors in predicting tooth loss among older adults in Japan: Evidence from a machine learning analysis

Cooray

Watt

Tsakos

et al. 2021

Social Science & Medicine

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“…If smoking were eliminated in this population, the risk of periodontitis would be reduced by approximately 14% as calculated using the population attributable risk fraction. In underdeveloped countries, the burden of oral diseases is significantly higher [ 4 , 47 , 48 ]. Among smokers and nonsmokers, in the treatment of chronic periodontitis (CP), Al-Ahmari et al (2019) checked the effectiveness of scaling & root planning (SRP) with and without the adjunct antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT).…”

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“…Common preventable risk factors for oral diseases include consuming great amounts of sugary food and alcohol and smoking excessively [ 3 ]. Back in 2015, untreated oral disorders crippled over half of the world’s population (age-standardized prevalence: 48.0 percent), affecting 3.5 million individuals worldwide [ 4 , 5 ].…”

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Smoking a Dangerous Addiction: A Systematic Review on an Underrated Risk Factor for Oral Diseases

Ahmed

Arshad

Basheer

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Despite growing knowledge of the adverse effects of cigarette smoking on general health, smoking is one of the most widely prevalent addictions around the world. Globally, about 1.1 billion smokers and over 8 million people die each year because of cigarette smoking. Smoking acts as a source for a variety of oral and systemic diseases. Various periodontal issues such as increased pocket depth, loss of alveolar bone, tooth mobility, oral lesions, ulcerations, halitosis, and stained teeth are more common among smokers. This systematic review was conducted according to the guidelines from PRISMA, and research articles were retrieved from the Web database sources on 31 May 2021. The quality of research articles was ensured by the type of evidence from combined schema incorporating as schema-13 evidence type description, Cochrane health promotion and public health field (CHPPHF), and the health gains notation framework-14 screening question for quality assessment of qualitative and quantitative studies. Smokers have been found to have bleeding on probing, periodontal pockets, and clinical attachment loss compared to nonsmokers. Oral and respiratory cancers are among the most lethal known diseases caused by cigarette smoking and other commonly occurring sequelae such as stained teeth, periodontal diseases, etc.

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The Contribution of Epidemiology to Oral Health Research

Cited by 9 publications

References 28 publications

Tap water natural fluoride and parent‐reported experience of child dental caries in Japan: Evidence from a nationwide birth cohort survey

Tap water natural fluoride and parent‐reported experience of child dental caries in Japan: Evidence from a nationwide birth cohort survey

Importance of socioeconomic factors in predicting tooth loss among older adults in Japan: Evidence from a machine learning analysis

Smoking a Dangerous Addiction: A Systematic Review on an Underrated Risk Factor for Oral Diseases

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