Predictors of Dental Caries Development in 1.5‐Year‐Old High‐Risk Children in the Japanese Public Health Service

Abstract

The models could not predict caries risk but may be able to predict those cases who will not develop caries.

Assessment of dental caries predictors in 6-year-old school children - results from 5-year retrospective cohort study

“…Although, there has been a significant overall decline in prevalence since the early 1970s worldwide, high disease levels have still been reported in a minority of individuals, labeled as high-caries risk individuals [5]. The distribution of caries level in certain populations is becoming increasingly skewed especially, in developing countries, which leads to the phenomena of disease polarization and increases the inequality in health [7,8]. Over time, a skewed distribution of caries prevalence has developed in many countries, with a minor proportion of 12-year-olds found with high or very high DMFT values [2].…”

Macronutrients and type 1 diabetes (revision number 6)

“…Two studies that adjust for tooth brushing indicate an association between greater consumption of sugars confectionery and greater risk of dental caries at 3.5 years and 18 months (Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996;Sakuma et al, 2007). The three other studies that adjust for tooth brushing indicate no significant association between consumption of sugars-sweetened food or sweet confectionery and dental caries (Grytten et al, 1988;Tada et al, 1999;Mariri et al, 2003).…”

“…Seven cohort studies in eleven publications were identified that presented evidence on the relationship between sugars-containing beverage consumption and the incidence of dental caries in deciduous dentition in children, all of which adjusted their results for tooth brushing (Grytten et al, 1988;Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996;Tada et al, 1999;Levy et al, 2003;Mariri et al, 2003;Sakuma et al, 2007;Ismail et al, 2008;Warren et al, 2008;Lim et al, 2008;Ismail et al, 2009). Three cohorts were reported in more than one publication: (Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996) reported on one cohort; Lim et al, 2008;Ismail et al, 2009) reported on one cohort; and (Mariri et al, 2003;Levy et al, 2003) reported on one cohort.…”

“…An association is indicated between greater consumption of sugars-containing beverages and increased dental caries incidence in deciduous dentition in five cohort studies (Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996;Levy et al, 2003;Mariri et al, 2003;Sakuma et al, 2007;Ismail et al, 2008;Warren et al, 2008;Lim et al, 2008;Ismail et al, 2009). The two other cohort studies observe no significant association between sugars-containing beverage consumption and the development of dental caries at 36 months (Grytten et al, 1988) or between-meal sweet drink intake and 18 months dental caries increment in deciduous dentition (Tada et al, 1999).…”

“…Eleven cohort studies were identified that presented evidence on the relationship between the amount of sugars-containing foods and/or sugars confectionery consumed and the incidence of dental caries in deciduous dentition in children, five of which adjusted their results for tooth brushing (Grytten et al, 1988;Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996;Tada et al, 1999;Levy et al, 2003;Mariri et al, 2003;Sakuma et al, 2007) and six of which did not (Persson et al, 1985;Wilson & Ashley, 1989;Holbrook, 1993;Holbrook et al, 1995;Pienihakkinen et al, 2004;Law & Seow, 2006) Two cohorts were reported in more than one publication: (Grindefjord et al, 1995;Grindefjord et al, 1996) reported on one cohort; and (Mariri et al, 2003;Levy et al, 2003) reported on one cohort. The data on measures of dietary exposure, caries incidence/prevalence and risk assessment methods were insufficiently comparable to enable a meta-analysis to be performed.…”