Longitudinal study of caries, cariogenic bacteria and diet in children just before and after starting school
作者:
W. Peter Holbrook,
Inga B. Árnadóttir,
Ichiro Takazoe,
Dowen Birkhed,
Göran Frostell,
期刊:
European Journal of Oral Sciences
(WILEY Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 103,
issue 1
页码: 42-45
ISSN:0909-8836
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1111/j.1600-0722.1995.tb00009.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: aetiology;dental caries;diet;epidemiology;Iceland
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
Fifty 5‐yr‐old preschool children living in Akranes, a small community in West Iceland known to have a high caries prevalence, were investigated with respect to caries, salivary counts of mutans streptococci and lactobacilli and consumption of cariogenic foods. Fifteen months later, after being in school for half a year, 43 of the 50 children were reexamined and investigated as before. Mean dmfs scores rose from 7.1 to 9.0. but the scores including initial caries rose from 9.7 to 15.3. Mutans streptococci were carried by 84% of children on both occasions with a mean count 2.1 and 3.6 × 105cfu/ml. Lactobacillus carriage increased from 29 to 38% and the mean count from 5.1 to 13 × 103cfu/ml at 6 yr. The frequency of consumption of sugar‐containing foods increased from 4.2 to 5.2 intakes per day and between‐meal snacks rose from 3.0 to 3.7 per day. Children classified as “misusing” sugar were 59% at 5 yr and 83% at 6 yr. The mean caries score at 6 yr for children “misusing” sugar was 10.7 but only 2.0 for those not misusing sugar. Thus the deterioration in dental health appears, in these children, to be associated with the increased consumption of sweets and other cariogenic between‐meal snacks af
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