Inclusion of initial caries lesions in a population-based sample of Brazilian preschool children: Impact on estimates and treatment needs

The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of initial noncavitated caries lesions on cavitated caries increment in preschool children. A 2-year cohort study was designed to include the participants of a survey on dental caries performed in 2010. Preschool children (12-59 months old) were examined for dental caries and classified as children with no caries lesions, with only initial lesions, with at least 1 moderate caries lesion, and with extensive lesions. Socioeconomic data were also collected. After 2 years, 466 children were re-examined (follow-up rate of 72.9%) only for cavitated lesions. Association between caries incidence at 2 levels of severity and caries experience and other variables was evaluated using hierarchical Poisson regression analysis. The children with moderate and extensive caries lesions at baseline presented a higher risk of presenting both outcomes than the children with no caries lesions. Nevertheless, the children with only initial lesions had a higher risk of developing at least 1 new cavitated carious lesion, but not for a more severe increment in caries. Subgroup analysis stratified by the children's age showed that the influence of the presence of initial caries lesions on cavitated caries increment was only observed in children aged 12-35 months. In conclusion, although the presence of moderate and extensive lesions at baseline is a significant predictor for cavitated caries increment after 2 years in preschool children at all ages, the presence of only initial caries lesions is also associated, but with less severe caries incidence.

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Influence of initial caries lesions on quality of life in preschool children: a 2-year cohort study

Community Dentistry And Oral Epidemiology ◽

10.1111/cdoe.12217 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. n/a-n/a ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Renata S. Guedes ◽

Thiago M. Ardenghi ◽

Chaiana Piovesan ◽

Bruno Emmanuelli ◽

Fausto M. Mendes

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Initial Caries ◽

Caries Lesions

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Fixation Preference and Visual Acuity Testing in a Population-based Cohort of Preschool Children with Amblyopia Risk Factors

Ophthalmology ◽

10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.08.031 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 116 (1) ◽

pp. 145-153 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Susan A. Cotter ◽

Kristina Tarczy-Hornoch ◽

Erin Song ◽

Jesse Lin ◽

Mark Borchert ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Visual Acuity ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Population Based ◽

Visual Acuity Testing ◽

Fixation Preference

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Prevalences of primary headache symptoms at school-entry: a population-based epidemiological survey of preschool children in Germany

The Journal of Headache and Pain ◽

10.1007/s10194-006-0325-z ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 331-340 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

G. G. Ostkirchen ◽

F. Andler ◽

F. Hammer ◽

K. D. Pöhler ◽

E. Snyder-Schendel ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Primary Headache ◽

Epidemiological Survey ◽

Population Based ◽

School Entry

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Population-based hypertension screening in preschool children

Kardiovask Med ◽

10.4414/cvm.2008.01346 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 11 (09) ◽

pp. 290-292

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Population Based ◽

Hypertension Screening

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Elimination disorders and anxious-depressed symptoms in preschool children: a population-based study

European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry ◽

10.1007/s00787-013-0468-9 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Monika Equit ◽

Anna-Maria Klein ◽

Katrin Braun-Bither ◽

Stefan Gräber ◽

Alexander von Gontard

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Population Based ◽

Population Based Study ◽

Depressed Symptoms

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Prevalence of amblyopia and its association with refraction in Chinese preschool children aged 36–48 months

British Journal of Ophthalmology ◽

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-310083 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 102 (6) ◽

pp. 767-771 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Dan Huang ◽

Xuejuan Chen ◽

Hui Zhu ◽

Hui Ding ◽

Jing Bai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Visual Acuity ◽

Multivariate Analysis ◽

Preschool Children ◽

Eastern China ◽

Population Based ◽

Eye Disease ◽

Refractive Errors ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Population Based Study ◽

Disease Study

PurposeTo determine the prevalence of amblyopia and its association with refraction in Chinese preschool children.MethodsThe Yuhuatai Pediatric Eye Disease Study, a cross-sectional, population-based study, was conducted in children aged 36–48 months in Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, China, in 2015. Visual acuity was measured in 1695 eligible children.ResultsOf the 1695 subjects, manifested amblyopia was detected in 25 children (1.47%, 95% CI 0.90% to 2.05%), including 11 and 14 with bilateral and unilateral amblyopia, respectively. Amblyopia prevalence did not differ by gender (p=0.77). Significant refractive errors were found in 22 (88.0%) of children with amblyopia, and strabismus was found in 6 (24.0%) children with amblyopia. In multivariate analysis, amblyopia was significantly associated with hyperopia (≥+2.00 dioptres (D); OR 8.81, 95% CI 3.27 to 23.69, p<0.0001), astigmatism (≥2.00 D; OR 17.90, 95% CI 6.78 to 47.21, p<0.0001) and anisometropia (≥2.00 D; OR 5.87, 95% CI 1.52 to 22.77, p<0.05).ConclusionsThe prevalence of amblyopia in children 36–48 months old in Eastern China was 1.47%. The refractive error is a major risk factor for amblyopia.

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