Objectives: The aim was to identify caries risk factors in 1-year-olds predicting dentine caries in 6-year-olds.
Materials And Methods: Caries risk assessment was performed in 804 one-year-olds. Their parents answered a questionnaire, regarding family factors, general health, food habits and oral hygiene.
Acta Odontol Scand
November 2016
Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) risk factors are suspected to vary between regions with different caries prevalence.
Aim: Identify ECC risk factors for 1-year-olds predicting dentin caries at 3 years of age in a region with low caries prevalence.
Design: Caries risk was assessed by dental hygienist or dental assistant in 779 one-year-olds.
Background: Mutans streptococci (MS) are closely related to the development of dental caries and are usually established in the oral cavity during early childhood. The aim of the study was to identify factors associated with the presence of MS in Swedish 1-year-olds.
Methods: Parents completed a questionnaire on different caries-associated factors and an oral bacterial sample was collected from 1,050 (526 boys, 524 girls) 1-year-olds.