Maternal overweight and smoking: prenatal risk factors for caries development in offspring during the teenage period

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate pre- and perinatal determinants as risk factors for caries development in offspring. In this longitudinal register-based cohort study, we included all children (n = 18,142), of 13 years of age who resided in the county of Stockholm, Sweden, in 2000. The cohort was followed until individuals were 19 years of age. In total, 15,538 subjects were examined. Dental caries (decayed, missing and filled teeth/surfaces), were collected from the Public Health Care Administration in Stockholm. Data concerning pre- and perinatal factors, as well as parental socio-demographic determinants, were collected from the Swedish Medical Birth Register and Swedish National Registers at Statistics Sweden. Mean approximal caries increment (DMFSa) was 1.34 +/- 2.74. The results showed that the prenatal factors, "maternal smoking" and "maternal overweight" exhibited an increased risk of approximal caries increment, (OR 1.33; 95% CI = 1.22-1.44) and (OR 1.21; 95% CI = 1.07-1.37), respectively. Concerning maternal overweight, the excess risk enhanced in relation to the magnitude of the caries increment and maternal smoking was significant across the various DMFSa outcome cut-off levels. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the prenatal factors, maternal overweight, as well as smoking, are risk factors for approximal caries development in offspring during the teenage period.

Early childhood caries and its relationship with perinatal, socioeconomic and nutritional risks: a cross-sectional study

“…Currently, reports [25,26] show that prematurely born individuals have poor mineralization of the teeth and poorer oral health indicators, supporting the evidence of the role played by enamel defects in the development of ECC. Moreover, in a 7-year cohort study, Targino et al (2011) [24] revealed that enamel defects constitute a risk factor for the development of early childhood caries.…”

Does Secondhand Smoke Affect the Development of Dental Caries in Children? A Systematic Review

“…Fourteen studies used a case-control format [13–24,26,27], and one study used a cohort format [25] (Table 1). Nine studies focused on SHS [14–16,18,20,21,23,24,26].…”

“…Nine studies focused on SHS [14–16,18,20,21,23,24,26]. Another study focused on social variables including SHS [13,22], low birth weight [17], breastfeeding [19], and associated factors [25,27]. Studies were conducted in the United States (US) [15–17,19,27], Japan [18,21,22,24,26], eight European countries [13], the United Kingdom (UK) [14], South Africa [20], Belgium [23], and Sweden [25].…”

The Shanghai Changfeng Study: a community-based prospective cohort study of chronic diseases among middle-aged and elderly: objectives and design

“…Lifestyle factors and dietary habits are also investigated by questionnaire. Relevant EJE references can be found in [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45].…”