Oral Health of Young Children in Mississippi Delta Child Care Centers: A Second Look at Early Childhood Caries Risk Assessment

Abstract

Parental abscess and parent's report of the child's oral health-related OOL are risk indicators for poor oral health outcomes that could be used by nondental personnel to identify young children in need of early preventive intervention and dental referral

High caries prevalence and risk factors among young preschool children in an urban community with water fluoridation

“…Not all beneficial practices, however, had beneficial effects on dental caries; in this study, the frequency of tooth-brushing and/or toothbrushing with supervision did not have a positive influence on the child's caries experience. Although this agrees with some studies 27,28 , others have reported lower caries levels associated with frequent tooth-brushing 20,29 . The controversial results and conclusions may be due to acidogenicity of biofilm or poor tooth-brushing techniques of children and/or their caregivers.…”

Associations of social and behavioural factors with early childhood caries in Xiamen city in China

“…It has been shown that the family SES is closely related to the occurrence of caries 18 . In this study, we found that family income was not associated with the incidence of caries, whereas low education and less oral knowledge of parents, more number of children in the family, and rural residence were significantly related to the occurrence of caries, which is consistent with other studies 19,20 . In addition, we also found that the incidence of caries was significantly higher in private childcare providers than in public ones.…”

Association between asthma and dental caries in the primary dentition of Mexican children

“…[32] Nonetheless, for many years, the application of questionnaire has demonstrated to successfully capture highly reliable information on respiratory disease. [22] 2) The diagnosis of dental caries was made visually without use of X-rays. 3) The prevalence of nocturnal asthmatic symptoms was lower than the overall prevalence.…”

“…We chose these confounders because they demonstrated a strong association with dental caries in previous studies. [21][22][23] Sugar consumption antecedent was determined by questions on the questionnaire to which children's parents responded, on the type, quality and quantity of foods and beverages consumed by the children while they watched television, as well as the frequency with which children consumed snacks (defined as any food consumed between the main meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner). Questions documenting children's food-consumption habits and lifestyles were taken from the questionnaire applied at the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey 2006.…”