Dietary Patterns and Severe Early Childhood Caries in a Sample of Young Low-Income Children

The relationship between dental caries and mutans streptococci (ms) in children and their mothers is a key factor in the prevention of early childhood caries. Changes in early childhood caries over time in Mexican children have not been well documented. Objective: to compare the dental caries indices and presence of ms in 3- to 5-year-old children and their mothers in two surveys, the first one carried out in 1996 and the second one in 2007. Study design: cross-sectional study. Results: The first survey included 102 mother-child dyads and the second 103. Dental caries index dmfs was 7.17 (± 10.9) and 4.58 (± 7.1) in the first and second survey, respectively (p<0.05). Ms levels were higher in 1996 than in 2007 (p<0.001). The prevalence of Severe Early Childhood Caries (SECC) was 42.2% and 34.95% in first and second surveys, respectively,(p>0.05). Children with SECC showed higher counts of ms than children without this condition. A high caries index in mothers was associated with higher caries experience in their children. Conclusion: the compassions of the surveys indicated a decline in dental caries indices over an 11-year period. High caries experience in the mother had a negative impact on the oral condition of the child.

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Dietary Intake and Severe Early Childhood Caries in Low-Income, Young Children

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ◽

10.1016/j.jand.2013.03.014 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 113 (8) ◽

pp. 1057-1061 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

E. Whitney Evans ◽

Catherine Hayes ◽

Carole A. Palmer ◽

Odilia I. Bermudez ◽

Steven A. Cohen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Young Children ◽

Dietary Intake ◽

Low Income ◽

Early Childhood Caries ◽

Severe Early Childhood Caries ◽

Childhood Caries

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Magnetic Bead-Based Salivary Peptidome Profiling Analysis for Severe Early Childhood Caries

Caries Research ◽

10.1159/000360868 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 63-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Yan Si ◽

Shuang Ao ◽

Weijian Wang ◽

Feng Chen ◽

Shuguo Zheng

Keyword(s):

Mass Spectrometry ◽

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Caries ◽

Expression Profiles ◽

Salivary Protein ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Diagnostic Model ◽

Peptide Mass ◽

Severe Early Childhood Caries ◽

Childhood Caries

Objective: To investigate the differential salivary protein expression profiles between children with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) and caries-free (CF) children at the age of 3 years. Methods: We used matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) combined with weak cation exchange magnetic beads, and peptide mass fingerprints were created by scanning mass spectrometry signals. Salivary samples from 20 children were analyzed (10 for each group). Results: Eleven protein peaks were significantly different (p < 0.05) between the two groups. Eight of these peaks were higher in the S-ECC group and three were higher in the CF group. To establish a diagnostic model for discrimination between the two groups, we chose three peptides (3,186.2, 3,195.8 and 3,324.8 Da) that exhibited the best fitted curve, by which the two groups were better separated when compared with other combinations. Conclusions: The salivary biomarkers identified revealed significant differences between the CF and the S-ECC group. Our results provide novel insight into the salivary protein profile of preschool-age children with dental caries and may lead to the development of a new strategy for screening high-risk populations.

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Dental Treatments under the General Anesthesia in a Child with Keratitis, Ichthyosis, and Deafness Syndrome

Case Reports in Dentistry ◽

10.1155/2013/618468 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Sera Sımsek Derelioglu ◽

Yücel Yılmaz ◽

Sultan Keles

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Case Report ◽

General Anesthesia ◽

Early Childhood Caries ◽

Sensorineural Deafness ◽

Oral Symptoms ◽

Severe Early Childhood Caries ◽

Childhood Caries

KID syndrome is a rare genodermatosis characterized by keratitis, ichthyosis, and sensorineural deafness. Although the dermatological, ophthalmologic, and sensorineural defects are emphasized in the literature, oral and dental evaluations are so superficial. In this case report, dental and oral symptoms of a three year and five months old boy with KID syndrome, suffering severe Early Childhood Caries (s-ECC) and dental treatments done under General Anesthesia (GA) were reported.

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