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- Title
Impacts of undernutrition and maternal oral health status on dental caries in Korean children aged 3‐5 years.
- Authors
Kim, Han‐Na; Kwon, Yong‐Bong; Lee, Jung‐Ha; Kim, Jin‐Bom
- Abstract
Introduction: The association between nutrition and oral health has been studied in the elderly. This study aimed to examine the impacts of undernutrition and the mothers' socioeconomic and oral health statuses on the incidence of dental caries in Korean preschool children. Methods: Data of 610 children aged 3‐5 years and their mothers who underwent oral examinations and responded to the questionnaires in the 6th KNAHNES were used. Caries prevalence was measured by dft and dt among the primary teeth in children and DMFT among mothers. Dietary reference intake values were used to evaluate nutritional status, a nutritional quality index and the mean nutrient adequacy ratio. Complex sample correlation analysis was performed by using children's dft and dt statuses as dependent variables. Multilevel linear regression was applied to investigate the impacts of undernutrition and mothers' socioeconomic and oral health status on children's dft and dt statuses. Statistical significance was set as P <.05. Results: Factors significantly related to dft in children were age and food. Food insecurity was the only factor significantly associated with dt in children. Children's sex and mother's DMFT were likely to be relevant to dft in children. Children's age and a nutritional quality index value less than 1 were also likely to be relevant to the dt of children. Conclusions: Children with an undernourished status had a higher caries experience. A comprehensive community dental health promotion programme should be developed to prevent the incidence of dental caries in vulnerable undernourished children.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; MOTHERS; CLUSTER sampling; ORAL health; COMMUNITY dental services; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SURVEYS; T-test (Statistics); MALNUTRITION; CENTERS for Disease Control &; Prevention (U.S.); CHI-squared test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; RESEARCH funding; DENTAL caries in children; DENTAL auxiliary personnel
- Publication
International Journal of Dental Hygiene, 2020, Vol 18, Issue 4, p369
- ISSN
1601-5029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/idh.12460