Some social predictors of caries experience

King, Joan M.; Pitter, A.F.V.; Edwards, Helen

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“…Thus, children of mothers who received little formal education present with colonies of Streptococcus mutans 10 earlier than those of mothers who studied for longer periods. They also present higher prevalence of caries 9,11,13,18,22,23 and poor oral hygiene 21 and ingest foods rich in sucrose more often 20,22,23 . However, the influence of mothers on the dietary habits of their children seems to decrease with time, probably due to other social and familial factors involved in the children's diet 24 .…”

Section: Parents' Formal Education and Cariesmentioning

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“…The correlation between bottle-feeding and the presence of a particular type of caries, usually termed nursing-bottle caries, has been widely reported 18,27,30 . Several authors associated bottle-feeding at night with nursing-bottle caries 2,14,18,25,27 and it has been observed that the length of time of feeding influences the prevalence and severity of the disease 5,13,14,30 . Furthermore, FRAIZ 6 (1993) stated that the nursing bottle is an important vehicle for sugar ingestion in childhood, since most foods ingested through it contain sugar.…”

Section: Bottle-feeding and Cariesmentioning

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Study of the factors associated with dental caries in children who receive early dental care

Fraiz

Walter

2001

Pesqui. Odontol. Bras.

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The present study investigated the factors associated with the development of dental caries in preschool children who receive regular dental care and follow-up. The research was carried out at the Baby Clinic, Londrina State University, and comprised two hundred preschool children, whose ages ranged from 24 to 48 months, as well as their mothers, who had already taken part in a dental program at the Baby Clinic during, at least, the previous twelve months. Regarding oral hygiene habits, there was no significant difference between the preschool children who presented with caries and those who did not present with caries. However, the presence of visible bacterial plaque on the upper incisors was strongly associated with the presence of dental caries. Other factors associated with the presence of caries were: period of formal education of the father or of both parents equal or inferior to 8 years, high sugar consumption and bottle-feeding during sleep. In the studied population, the dietary pattern is still the main cause of carious lesions. In addition, the presence of visible bacterial plaque on the labial surface of the upper incisors must be considered as an important clinical sign, often associated with inadequate patterns of diet and oral hygiene.

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Section: Parents' Formal Education and Cariesmentioning

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Section: Bottle-feeding and Cariesmentioning

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Study of the factors associated with dental caries in children who receive early dental care

Fraiz

Walter

2001

Pesqui. Odontol. Bras.

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“…Dental caries prevalence (1)(2)(3)(4) and activity (5)(6)(7)(8)(9) are found to be related to sociodetnographic factors. They are found to be also linked to salivary flow rate and buffer capacity (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), as well as to chemical and microbial content of the saliva (13,14).…”

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Oral health in adolescents from a small French town

Weissenbach¹,

Chau

Benamghar

et al. 1995

Comm Dent Oral Epid

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In France, caries are more prevalent in rural areas than in large cities. This study analyzed the relationship between number of oral health indices and some known risk factors (toothbrushing, sugar consumption, saliva components) and sociodemographic factors in adolescents from a small town. The sample included 112 children aged 12-14 in the north-east of France. School marks was found to be better linked with dental caries indices than the socio-occupational category of parents: gingival index (GI), DMFS, DMFT and caries severity (CS) significantly increased with decreasing school marks; oral plaque was related to socio-occupational of parents. The analysis using the regression method showed that the variance explained by the various factors studied was modest (between 23 and 30%) for GI, initial caries sites (IS), DS, DMFS, DMFT and CS, and was small for plaque (5%) and calculus (3%). This would be due in part to the wide dispersion of these indices. The sex had a non-significant regression coefficient for all oral health indices investigated. For GI, only mutans streptococci (MS) and plaque had a significant regression coefficient. Calculus was explained by any factor considered. Only MS had a significant part in plaque. IS was explained by MS, toothbrushing and age. For DS, only toothbrushing, MS and sweet drinks during meals had a significant part. DMFS and DMFT were explained only by MS and age. CS was explained by MS, age, salivary buffer pH, salivary flow rate, and toothbrushing.

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“…One may be the practice of giving drinks in feeding bottles during the daytime but after the age of weaning. This has been demonstrated in the past and was shown to be a significant risk factor in the same study (King et al 1983;Holt et al 1996). Recommendations to prevent dental disease were recently re-emphasized by the Health Education Authority (1996).…”

Section: The Weaning Diet and Cariesmentioning

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Weaning and dental health

Holt

1997

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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Some social predictors of caries experience

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Study of the factors associated with dental caries in children who receive early dental care

Study of the factors associated with dental caries in children who receive early dental care

Oral health in adolescents from a small French town

Weaning and dental health

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