Dental Caries Experience in the Deciduous Dentition of Rural Guatemalan Children Ages 6 Months to 7 Years

Infante, Peter F.; Gillespie, George M.

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“…In a study, Sweeney et al, found the linear hypoplasia of the primary maxillary incisors to be associated with infectious episodes which occurred early in life and with low serum vitamin A [14]. Likewise, Infante and Gillespie observed a strong correlation between the degree of linear enamel hypoplasia and the caries experience in the primary teeth of undernourished Guatemalan children [15]. Many studies have observed an association between the Early Childhood Malnutrition and enamel hypoplasia in the primary teeth by using various study designs [1].…”

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Malnutrition and its Oral Outcome – A Review

Sheetal¹

2013

JCDR

101

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Malnutrition affects the oral health and a poor oral health in turn, may lead to malnutrition. This interdependent relationship sees good nutritional health, thus promoting good oral health and vice versa. Malnutrition may alter the homeostasis, which can lead to disease progression of the oral cavity, reduce the resistance to the microbial biofilm and reduce the capacity of tissue healing. It may even affect the development of the oral cavity. Protein-energy malnutrition occurs when there is a deficiency of protein, energy foods or both, which are relative to a body's need. Studies have suggested that enamel hypoplasia, salivary gland hypofunction and saliva compositional changes may be the mechanisms through which the malnutrition is associated with caries, while an altered eruption timing may create a challenge in the analysis of the age specific caries rates. This paper gives an insight on the relationship of the malnutrition and the protein-energy malnutrition with the oral health status.

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Malnutrition and its Oral Outcome – A Review

Sheetal¹

2013

JCDR

101

103

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“…Pascoe and Seow (1994) observed a similar phenomenon in Australian Aboriginal children and also found that the incidences of caries and EHP of the maxillary incisors were highly correlated. Infante and Gillespie (1976) stated that linear EHP was a predisposing factor for dental caries. In the present study, a high proportion of all deciduous maxillary central incisor caries consisted of transverse caries that were deemed to be a consequence of EHP [62.5% (5/8) in samurai children and 60.0% (6/10) in commoner children].…”

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Pathology of deciduous teeth in the samurai and commoner children of early modern Japan

Oyamada

Igawa

Kitagawa

et al. 2008

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The strict class system in place during the Edo (early modern) period in Japan is thought to have encompassed customs that differed between the samurai (ruling class) and commoners. This study found that in samurai children, deciduous caries occurred only in maxillary incisors at 0.5-2 years of age and did not occur in the mandibular incisors and canines at 3-5 years of age. Conversely, in commoner children, deciduous caries occurred in all maxillary teeth and mandibular molars at 0.5-2 years of age and in all maxillary and mandibular teeth at 3-5 years of age. In commoner children, deciduous caries was seen in tooth types that have a low incidence of deciduous caries in modern Japanese. The present results show that deciduous carious lesions appear earlier and more frequently in the commoner children compared to the samurai children, probably because of differences in lifestyle between the two groups. There was no significant difference in the incidence of enamel hypoplasia in the deciduous dentition between samurai and commoner children, suggesting that the two classes had broadly comparable nutrition. In our previous study using the same skeletal series, similar results between samurai and commoners were found with respect to caries and enamel hypoplasia prevalence of the permanent dentition. Many of the samurai adults had slick polished teeth, which we believe were caused by regular brushing of the teeth in the samurai class. Such a custom might have functioned to prevent dental caries not only in the permanent dentition, but also in the deciduous dentition. Thus, oral hygiene practices in the samurai class are thought to have functioned to prevent dental caries not only in adults but also in children.

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“…These include low birthweight [Fearne et al, 1990;Li et al, 1995] and chronic malnutrition [Enwonwu, 1973;Sweeney et al, 1971;Infante and Gillespie, 1974, 1976 and childhood disease Schour, 1941, 1942]. Mellanby [1937], Mellanby and Coumoulos [1944], and Coumoulos and Mellanby [1947] suggested vitamin D deficiency as an important factor, and this was confirmed in the clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy by Cockburn et al [1980].…”

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Malnutrition and Developmental Defects of Enamel in 2- to 6 -Year-Old Saudi Boys

Rugg-Gunn

Al-Mohammadi²,

Butler³

1998

Caries Res

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Three hundred and ninety boys aged 2, 4 or 6 years from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, took part in a survey in 1993/94. The main aims of the study were first, to identify factors related to malnutrition in young children since a study of older children from the same area 1 year before had shown malnutrition to be strongly related to prevalence of developmental defects of enamel (DDE) of permanent teeth and, second, to identify factors related to the prevalence of developmental defects of primary teeth. Enamel defects were recorded by clinical examination of the buccal surfaces of all primary teeth by 1 examiner using the DDE index. A questionnaire to parents provided information on socio-economic status, illness in the mother and child, infant feeding, trauma to teeth and toothbrushing. A 24-hour dietary record, to estimate water and milk intake, and a 24-hour urine collection were obtained for each child twice. Nutritional status was calculated from height for age using WHO methods. Multiple regression analyses revealed four variables related (p < 0.05) to malnourished status: low birth-weight, low volume of water drunk, child stopped breast- and bottle-feeding before 1 year of age, and low class urban or rural area of residence. Birth-weight was itself related to area of residence (p = 0.02), parental education (p = 0.02) and maternal illness during pregnancy (p = 0.06). Malnutrition (p < 0.001), low birth-weight (p < 0.001), childhood illness (p < 0.001), brushing of child’s teeth (p = 0.003) and swallowing toothpaste (p < 0.001) were related to the prevalence of developmental defects of primary teeth. This study indicated several independent variables which may be related to the prevalence of enamel defects in primary and permanent teeth, but longitudinal studies are required to determine which are causes and which are markers of these developmental defects.

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Dental Caries Experience in the Deciduous Dentition of Rural Guatemalan Children Ages 6 Months to 7 Years

Cited by 32 publications

References 25 publications

Malnutrition and its Oral Outcome – A Review

Malnutrition and its Oral Outcome – A Review

Pathology of deciduous teeth in the samurai and commoner children of early modern Japan

Malnutrition and Developmental Defects of Enamel in 2- to 6 -Year-Old Saudi Boys

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