FCN1 polymorphisms are not the markers of dental caries susceptibility in Polish children: A case‐control study

Abstract

Dental caries belongs to the most common oral diseases worldwide [Frencken et al., 2017]. In Poland, dental caries is of significant public health concern, because high percentage of children are affected by caries, that is, almost 76% of 12-year-olds and 92% of 15-year-old children, with the mean DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) of 2.8 and 6.1, respectively [Malmö University, 2019].Although environmental risk factors for caries were thoroughly and commonly analyzed in literature, some studies emphasize important role of genetic factors in caries susceptibility [Werneck et al., 2010;Vieira et al., 2014;Opal et al., 2015]. The substantial increase in number of papers addressing the role of genetic factors affecting the caries risk has been observed over the last