Study on the Relationship between Affected Dental Caries of Deciduous Teeth and Physical Development in 3-year-old Children in Tokyo

The prevalence of dental caries and obesity is high as both raise significant health problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dental caries, the number of salivary colonies forming units of Mutans Streptococci (MS) and Lactobacillus (LB), and the nutritional status in a group of children from Transylvania. This observational study used a sample of 154 school children, aged 9 to 12 years. The prevalence of caries was measured using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth index for deciduous teeth (dmft index) and for permanent teeth (DMFT index). Height and weight were assessed for each subject, and their body mass index (BMI) percentile was calculated. Salivary levels of Mutans Streptococci (MS) and Lactobacillus (LB) were determined using the CRT Bacteria Test from Ivoclar Vivadent. In our study, we found a positive association between the BMI percentile, MS count, LB count, tooth brushing frequency, and the incidence of dental caries in children aged 9 to 12 years old. Future preventive programs should include nutrition control in order to prevent both the apparition of dental caries and obesity in children.

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The Relationship of Caries of Deciduous Teeth and Physical Development of Preschool Children Living in Countryside

Lviv clinical bulletin ◽

10.25040/lkv2015.023.042 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2-3 (10-11) ◽

pp. 42-45

Author(s):

K. Musij-Sementsiv ◽

Keyword(s):

Preschool Children ◽

Physical Development ◽

Deciduous Teeth ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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A study on the relationship among changes in the eruption order of the first permanent teeth, results of craniofacial measurement and dental caries of deciduous teeth.

Japanese Journal of Health and Human Ecology ◽

10.3861/jshhe.54.240 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 54 (5) ◽

pp. 240-245 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hiroko NAKAO ◽

Masako SHIMURA ◽

Hideyasu AOYAMA ◽

Teiji MIURA

Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Permanent Teeth ◽

Deciduous Teeth ◽

The Relationship

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A study of the relationship between community characteristics and dental caries in deciduous teeth.

JOURNAL OF DENTAL HEALTH ◽

10.5834/jdh.37.273 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 273-282 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hiroshi KISHI ◽

Toru TAKIGUCHI ◽

Shihoko SAKUMA ◽

Akihito TSUTSUI ◽

Kin-ichi HORII ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Deciduous Teeth ◽

Community Characteristics ◽

The Relationship

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Further studies of the relationship of personality variables to dental caries

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e517622009-001 ◽

1953 ◽

Author(s):

John H. Manhold

Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Personality Variables ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

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sCD14 Level in Saliva of Children and Adolescents with and without Dental Caries, a Hurdle Model

Children ◽

10.3390/children8080679 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 679

Author(s):

Gaia Pellegrini ◽

Marcello Maddalone ◽

Matteo Malvezzi ◽

Marilisa Toma ◽

Massimo Del Fabbro ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dental Caries ◽

Innate Immune ◽

Hurdle Model ◽

Soluble Cd14 ◽

Clear Cut ◽

Carious Lesions ◽

Decayed Tooth ◽

Group A ◽

The Relationship ◽

Control Study

Objective: Soluble CD14 (sCD14) plays an important role in the innate immune response of the oral cavity. The investigation of this biomarker for detection of carious lesions is an even more actual procedure due to its non-invasiveness and the ease of withdrawal. The purpose of the present observational case-control study was to evaluate whether the quantification of sCD14 in children and adolescent’s saliva can discriminate healthy subjects from those suffering from tooth decay. Materials and Methods: 164 subjects (6 to 17 years) were selected and divided into 2 groups: those with at least 1 decayed tooth were assigned to group Decayed (n = 82) and those free from dental caries to group Healthy (n = 82). The amount of salivary soluble CD14 was quantified. Results: Mean salivary soluble CD14 was 28.3 ± 10.8 μg/mL in the Healthy group and 22 ± 9.6 μg/mL in the Decayed group. A hurdle model was applied to the data to estimate both the probability of having carious lesions and their number in relation to sCD14 levels. sCD14 was strongly associated (p < 0.01) with an inverse relation to both the probability of having caries and their number (falling rate of 5% per unit CD14 μg/mL). Conclusions: This data confirms the relationship between sCD14 and the presence of dental caries. However, there is no clear cut off level between healthy and unhealthy subjects, so it is currently not possible to use sCD14 as a biomarker to determine the risk of decays.

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Reducing Unnecessary Sleep Disruption for Neonatal Patients

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care ◽

10.1177/2327857913021029 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 154-159

Author(s):

Swaroop Rajaraman ◽

Thomas Ferris

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Neonatal Intensive Care ◽

Physical Development ◽

Sleep Disruption ◽

Future Research ◽

Metropolitan Hospital ◽

The Relationship ◽

Wake State ◽

Do So

This research addresses a major issue that is receiving growing attention in neonatal intensive care: the importance of uninterrupted sleep to promote healthy cognitive and physical development for NICU patients. This issue is addressed by targeting classic human factors problems with alarms in critical care environments. The focus of this research is in the intersection between alarm problems and problems related to unnecessary disruption of patients’ sleep. An observational study is currently underway at a major metropolitan hospital to document the relationship between alarms and sleep/wake state, highlighting characteristics of alarms and contexts when sleep is disrupted due to clinically insignificant/inactionable alarms and also when nurses’ response to the alarms leads to them intentionally waking the patients when it is unnecessary to do so. Methods for this work are discussed in detail, and preliminary anecdotal findings suggest that apnea and bradycardia are some of the more problematic alarms for unnecessary sleep disruption. Future research plans to address these and other problematic alarms are also discussed.

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Relationship between Body Mass Index and Tooth Decay in a Population of 3–6-Year-Old Children in Iran

International Journal of Dentistry ◽

10.1155/2015/126530 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-5 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Leila Shafie Bafti ◽

Maryam Alsadat Hashemipour ◽

Hamidreza Poureslami ◽

Zeinab Hoseinian

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Analytical Study ◽

Deciduous Teeth ◽

Tooth Decay ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Dmft Index ◽

The Mean ◽

Iranian Children ◽

The Relationship

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between BMI and tooth decay in a population of Iranian children. In this cross-sectional descriptive/analytical study, 1482 children were selected from kindergartens and preschool centers in Kerman, Iran. The children underwent examination of deciduous teeth (using the dmft index) after determination of height and weight for calculation of BMI. The relationship between BMI (after adjustment for age) and dmft was determined using Poisson’s regression model. The mean of dmft in children with normal BMI was 1.5-fold that in subjects with extra body weight. Age had a significant effect on dmft. In addition, dmft was higher in boys compared to girls. The results of the present study showed that caries rate in the deciduous teeth of 3–6-year-old children decreases with an increase in body weight.

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