Publications by authors named "Agatha W van Meijeren-van Lunteren"
Objectives: To investigate whether timing, accumulation and trajectories of poverty are associated with dental caries in young adolescents.
Methods: The study was conducted within the Generation R Study, which is an ongoing population-based prospective cohort study conducted in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This study included 2653 children.
Background: Even though dietary sugars are the most important nutrient for caries development, the disease process is dependent on other dietary practices. The intake of individual nutrient components cannot be evaluated separately from the overall diet which includes other nutrients, foods and habits. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the association between adherence to dietary guidelines and dental caries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Oral conditions are of high prevalence and chronic character within the general population. Identifying the risk factors and determinants of oral disease is important, not only to reduce the burden of oral diseases, but also to improve (equal access to) oral health care systems, and to develop effective oral health promotion programs. Longitudinal population-based (birth-)cohort studies are very suitable to study risk factors on common oral diseases and have the potential to emphasize the importance of a healthy start for oral health.
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- Previous research indicated that extended breastfeeding could raise the risk of dental caries, but most studies were conducted outside Europe and overlooked key factors like socioeconomic status and diet.
- This study, part of the Generation R Study in Rotterdam, included 4,146 children and examined the impacts of different feeding practices on dental health while considering variables like family income and sugar intake.
- The findings revealed that prolonged breastfeeding (beyond 12 months) and nocturnal bottle-feeding significantly increased the likelihood of dental caries in children at 6 years old, independent of socioeconomic and dietary factors, highlighting the need for healthcare professionals to advise against these practices.
Background: To understand determinants of oral health inequalities, multilevel modelling is a useful manner to study contextual factors in relation to individual oral health. Several studies outside Europe have been performed so far, however, contextual variables used are diverse and results conflicting. Therefore, this study investigated whether neighbourhood level differences in oral health exist, and whether any of the neighbourhood characteristics used were associated with oral health.
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