Caries Experience and Oral Health-related Factors of Kuwaiti Preschool Children and their Mothers: A Pilot Study

Husain, Fatemah; Alanzi, Abrar

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“…On analyzing maternal influencing factors in the development of caries in their children, the multivariate analysis could only confirm an association with the condition of being an immigrant mother, (OR = 12.661). Association with other factors described in previous studies, such as the age of the mother [ 49 ], smoking habits [ 50 ], the activity of caries [ 51 ], or the consumption of sweets or snacks [ 50 ], were not confirmed.…”

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Effect of a Preventive Oral Health Program Starting during Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study Comparing Immigrant and Native Women and Their Children

García-Pola

González-Díaz

García-Martín

2021

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The objective was to evaluate whether including pregnant women in a preventive dental program prevented the appearance of caries in their children up to the age of 6, and whether the effect was similar in children of immigrant and non-immigrant women. In phase I, 90 pregnant women, 45 immigrants and 45 natives, were taught about the development and prevention of caries. In phase II the oral health of their children at the age of 6 (n = 90) was evaluated, along with a control group of children of natives and immigrants of the same age (n = 90). A survey was used to determine participants’ backgrounds and habits. A multivariate study of the results was performed using R-core software. The number of children without caries was 128 (71.1%), whereas 52 (28.9%) had caries, 15 from the protocol (16.67%) and 37 from the control group (41.11%), with statistically significant differences (p < 0.001). The mean number of caries for the children in the protocol was 0.62 ± 2 and in the control group it was 1.88 ± 2.9 (p = 0.001). In the multivariate analysis the risk of developing caries was higher for the condition of being the child of an immigrant (OR = 11.137), inadequate oral health (OR = 4.993), the children being overweight at the age of 6 (OR = 10.680), and the consumption of candies (OR = 5.042). In conclusion, the preventive protocols started during pregnancy reduced caries in participants’ children, which suggests that these protocols should be encouraged. Because immigrant children are more vulnerable to caries, they and their parents should be included in preventive programs once they arrive in the host country.

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Effect of a Preventive Oral Health Program Starting during Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study Comparing Immigrant and Native Women and Their Children

García-Pola

González-Díaz

García-Martín

2021

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“…32 Anyhow, most mothers' oral health behaviors did not show correlations with the dental status of their children in our study; similar to Husain et al study, where no relationship between the oral health behaviors of the mothers and their children was found. 44 In respect to children' oral health behaviors, the frequency of brushing teeth of children was correlated with their oral health status in the current study. It might be attributed to the fact that children' ability to clean their teeth where no correlation between children oral health behaviors and their dental caries experience, 44 but was consistent with the findings of others.…”

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“…44 In respect to children' oral health behaviors, the frequency of brushing teeth of children was correlated with their oral health status in the current study. It might be attributed to the fact that children' ability to clean their teeth where no correlation between children oral health behaviors and their dental caries experience, 44 but was consistent with the findings of others. 45,46 Improving children' oral health behaviors is an important target, because children who are introduced to good health habits in early childhood, this good behavioral approach tends to continue later into adulthood.…”

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The influence of oral health behavior and caries status of mothers on their children caries status

Barngkgei,

Manafikhi,

Hasson

et al. 2024

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Dental caries is a multifactorial disease affects large segment of population worldwide. This study aimed at evaluate the relationship between oral health behaviors including the consumption of sugar/acid diet of both mothers and their children on the caries status of the children. The relationship between the caries status of mothers and children was also evaluated. This cross-sectional study was performed in rural villages near the capital of our country. The dentition status of 57 mother-child pairs was evaluated using World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for oral health surveys. Oral health behaviors and diet assessment of both mothers and children were investigated through WHO suggested questionnaires. Pearson and Spearman correlations, independent sample t-test, and linear regression analysis were used for the statistical analysis. The Significance level was set at 0.05. Mean DMFT values were 16.6 and 1.6 for mothers and children, respectively, whereas children dmft mean value was 4.3. Children of mothers who consumed diet with high sugar and acid content had worse caries status (0.010≤P-value≤0.013). Caries status of children had weak correlation coefficients (0.2-0.4) with mothers’ caries status though statistically significant (0.008≤P-value≥0.048). Linear regression analysis revealed statistically significant models (P<0.05) with R values≤0.2. Although some oral health behaviors and sugar/acid-rich diet of both mothers and their children correlated with the caries status of the children, these correlations were generally weak to intermediate. The current study suggested that oral health behaviors enhancement of both mothers and children could be one of these activities.

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“…Dye and colleagues found that the children of mothers with untreated dental caries were three times as likely to have untreated dental caries themselves [25]. Several other investigations carried out in diverse settings relied on clinical or guardian-reported data and consistently and positively associated parents' oral health with that of their children's [26][27][28][29]. From a practical, clinical, and public health standpoint, modifiable oral health behaviors (e.g., diet and oral hygiene) [30], guardians' oral health literacy [15], and dental neglect [31] are logical targets for interventions seeking to break the intergenerational cycle of poor oral health.…”

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Guardians’ Self-Reported Fair/Poor Oral Health Is Associated with Their Young Children’s Fair/Poor Oral Health and Clinically Determined Dental Caries Experience

Jones

Simancas‐Pallares

Ginnis

et al. 2022

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In this cross-sectional, community-based study among a multi-ethnic sample of preschool-age children in North Carolina, United States, we sought to quantify the association between guardians’ self-reported oral health and their children’s oral health and determine whether race/ethnicity and education level modify these associations. We used questionnaire (n = 7852) responses about caregivers’ and their children’s oral health and clinical examination-derived (n = 6243) early childhood caries (ECC) status defined at the ICDAS ≥ 3 caries lesion detection threshold. We used multi-level mixed-effects generalized linear models to examine the associations between the guardians’ reported oral health and their children’s reported and clinically determined oral health among the entire sample and within strata of race/ethnicity, guardians’ education, and children’s dental home. The guardians’ and their children’s reported fair/poor oral health (FPOH) were 32% and 15%, respectively, whereas 54% of the children had ECC and 36% had unrestored disease. The guardians’ FPOH was strongly associated with their children’s FPOH (average marginal effect (AME) = +19 percentage points (p.p.); 95% CI = 17–21), and this association was most pronounced among Hispanics, lower-educated guardians, and children without a dental home. Similar patterns, but smaller-in-magnitude associations, were found for the guardians’ FPOH and their children’s clinically determined ECC (AME = +9 p.p.; 95% CI = 6–12) and unrestored disease (AME = +7 p.p.; 95% CI = 4–9). The study’s findings support a strong association between guardians’ and their children’s reported and clinically determined oral health and implicate ethnicity, education, and having a dental home as factors possibly modifying the magnitude of these associations.

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Caries Experience and Oral Health-related Factors of Kuwaiti Preschool Children and their Mothers: A Pilot Study

Cited by 6 publications

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Effect of a Preventive Oral Health Program Starting during Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study Comparing Immigrant and Native Women and Their Children

Effect of a Preventive Oral Health Program Starting during Pregnancy: A Case-Control Study Comparing Immigrant and Native Women and Their Children

The influence of oral health behavior and caries status of mothers on their children caries status

Guardians’ Self-Reported Fair/Poor Oral Health Is Associated with Their Young Children’s Fair/Poor Oral Health and Clinically Determined Dental Caries Experience

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