Early‐life events and developmental defects of enamel in the primary dentition

Abstract

Early-life events may cause DDE. A lower Apgar score was associated with a higher prevalence of enamel defects.

Relationship between preterm birth and developmental defects of enamel: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

“…Of the remaining articles, 20 publications were included in the qualitative synthesis 9-28 and 18 of them were summarised in the quantitative synthesis. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][20][21][22][23][24][26][27][28] The Cohen kappa for the inter-reviewer agreement was 0.95 during the first-stage screening of the title and abstract and 0.98 at full-text screening, with a good agreement between the two reviewers.…”

“…Most of the articles were cohort studies (50%; n = 10), 10,12-14,19-21,25-27 followed by case-control studies (30%; n = 6) 9,11,16,24,28 and cross-sectional studies (20%; n = 4). 15,18,22,23 Those were mainly published in Brazil (35%, n = 7), 12,14,[16][17][18]23,27 Australia (10%; n = 2) 9,13 or Germany (10%; n = 2). 26,28 The year of publication ranged between 1987 9 and 2018.…”

Oral care in pregnancy

“…Farfan et al encountered findings that when pregnant rats were given alcohol at certain doses, in young rats small teeth, structural deterioration of the enamel and delayed tooth rupture were seen. Because it can cause hepatic and oral pathologies in the mother and it can indirectly affect the baby's condition (3,(21)(22)(23).…”

“…Due to bad oral health in pregnancy, pregnant women can face; premature delivery, low birth weight baby, pre-eclampsia, gingival tissue ulcerations, pregnancy granuloma, gingivitis, pregnancy tumors (epulis gravidarum), tooth swing, mouth dryness and dental erosions. The changing hormone levels in pregnancy directly affect gum problems and indirectly tooth decay (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6). Changes seen in the teeth gums: Pregnant ladies undergo hormonal balance changes during pregnancy.…”

Themed issue on child oral health

“…Aspects of fluoride are reported on by Ibiyemi et al (in Nigerian children) and by Mohd Nor et al (for Malaysian children). Developmental defects of enamel are considered, first as an exposure in Chinese children by Li et al, and then as an outcome in Brasilian children by Pinto et al . Finally, Evans et al present their protocol for Early Childhood Caries diagnosis and risk assessment.…”