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Caries prevalence in 2-year-old children in the city of Zurich

Menghini, G; Steiner, M; Thomet, E; Roos, Malgorzata; Imfeld, Thomas (2008). Caries prevalence in 2-year-old children in the city of Zurich. Community Dental Health, 25(3):154-160.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To establish caries prevalence in 2-year-olds in the city of Zurich; and to investigate the relationship between caries prevalence and dietary habits, and oral hygiene practices in native children and children with immigrant background. METHOD: 1,000 randomly selected 2-year-olds were invited to participate in a clinical examination, at which parents were interviewed about the child's oral hygiene and dietary habits. Caries diagnosis was based on visual inspection of all tooth surfaces and included both initial (d1) and cavitated (d2) lesions. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions for two subgroups of children (children of Swiss and foreign-born mothers) were performed in order to assess the association between predictor variables and caries. RESULTS: 771 children were examined (participation rate 78%; mean age 2.4 years (age range 2.06-2.90 years)). Although the majority (94%) was born in Switzerland, 61% of children had immigrant backgrounds (mother not born in Switzerland). Cavitated teeth (d2mft) were observed in 12.6% of children (95% CI: 10.4-15.1%). Caries including initial lesions (dl2mft) affected 25.3% of children (95% CI: 22.4-28.5%). There were 34 (4.4%) children with severe caries (all maxillary incisors cavitated). For children with caries, the mean d2mft was 4.3 (+/- 2.8). Children with foreign-born mothers (mothers not born in Switzerland) exhibited a significantly higher caries prevalence than those with Swiss-born mothers (17.4% versus 5.0% with d2mft > 0). CONCLUSIONS: Children with foreign-born mothers exhibited significantly higher caries prevalence rates than those with Swiss-born mothers. Poor oral hygiene and night-time bottle use were identified as risk indicators for caries in all children. Further risk indicators identified in children of foreign-born mothers were a preference for sugar-containing non-milk drinks, no pacifier use, child's age and male gender.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:04 Faculty of Medicine > Center for Dental Medicine > Clinic of Conservative and Preventive Dentistry
04 Faculty of Medicine > Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI)
Dewey Decimal Classification:610 Medicine & health
Scopus Subject Areas:Health Sciences > General Dentistry
Health Sciences > Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Language:English
Date:September 2008
Deposited On:05 Jan 2009 14:04
Last Modified:01 Nov 2024 02:39
Publisher:FDI World Dental Press
ISSN:0265-539X
Additional Information:Weitere Kontakt-Email (Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine): bibliothek@ifspm.uzh.ch
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1922/CDH_2158Menghini07
Official URL:http://www.cdhjournal.org/view.php?journal_id=17
PubMed ID:18839721

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