A systematic review of risk factors during first year of life for early childhood caries

Abstract

This review confirmed that factors occurring during the first year of life affect ECC experience. Despite heterogeneity, findings indicated maternal factors influence bacterial acquisition, whereas colonization was mediated by oral health behaviours and practices and feeding habits.

Caries dental en niños de 0-5 años del municipio de Andes, Colombia. Evaluación mediante el sistema internacional de detección y valoración de caries - ICDAS

“…Se sabe que el primer año de vida es crucial en muchos aspectos y la salud bucal no es ajena a ello, por cuanto allí confluyen una serie de factores que impactan positiva o negativamente la experiencia de caries dental [26], y que pudieran verse reflejados en los indicadores. Este constituye un aspecto a tener en cuenta en las propuestas que se desarrollen para integrar la salud bucal a las políticas y programas de atención a la primera infancia, de manera que se fortalezcan las capacidades de las familias para el cuidado de la salud y se superen barreras que limitan la respuesta oportuna y pertinente a las necesidades de salud bucal de los niños y niñas en sus primeros años de vida.…”

Longitudinal study into the determining factors of dental caries in children aged 4: socio-behavioral aspects and oral health of pregnant women

“…The mother is deemed to be the person mainly responsible for the health of the family, principally in terms of the provision of care for their children 24 . As well as being able to transmit bacteria that cause caries in their children 8 , she also installs habits, models, values and attitudes 6 . Therefore, early maternal intervention can reduce the probability of early childhood caries 6 and should already be prioritized in the health services in the prenatal period In this study, the mothers' level of schooling was not associated with the presence of childhood caries, but this may be explained by the fact that the sample is very homogeneous (having similar social characteristics), i.e.…”

“…Although early childhood caries is recognized as being multifactorial, further clarification is needed on the interaction of the risk factors and the reason for some children suffering from the disease more than others. Influences in the early years of life may have a significant effect on the health of the deciduous and permanent dentitions 6 . Early identification of key factors in oral health makes it possible to carry out primary care in pregnancy and in early infancy, with the aim of preventing diseases that harm children's development from taking root 3,[7][8][9] .…”

“…There have been few studies 8,[10][11] into factors related to caries in children below the age of four and the majority [6][7][12][13][14][15][16] are designed to study the etiology of this affliction in older, pre-school children, for example. Most of the studies 3,9,[12][13][15][16][17] analyzing caries in children and their oral health condition, as well as the behavioral condition of the mother, were conducted using a crosssectional design.…”

Natural history of dental caries in very young Australian children

“…Few epidemiological studies have been conducted with children under the age of 5 years, and these are largely cross‐sectional9. The most recent Australian study reported a mean value of 1.94 teeth with caries in four‐year‐old children7, with the mean score of groups, where a large proportion of the sample had no disease (60% were caries free recording a dmft of 0), masking the true pattern and burden of disease.…”