Prevalence of hypomineralised second primary molars and molar incisor hypomineralisation in patients with cleft lip and/or palate.

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of hypomineralised second primary molars (HSPM) and molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) in cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of intraoral photographs of CL/P patients was done. All patients born between 2000 and 2011, and visiting the cleft team of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, were included.

Type of Cleft and Socioeconomic Determinants for Increased Caries Risk Among Young Patients With Cleft Lip and/or Palate.

This study aimed to identify the predictive role of cleft type, ethnicity, adoption status, spoken language at home and parental education level on the caries risk in the primary dentition of patients with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P). This knowledge is used to make an estimate on increased caries risk in young patients with CL/P. A retrospective analysis of data concerning dental caries and basic characteristics of patients with CL/P was done.

Poverty Dynamics and Caries Status in Young Adolescents.

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.

Self-perceived oral health and orofacial aesthetics of cleft patients.

Purpose: To evaluate the self-perceived oral health and aesthetics of the dentition and jaw in patients with different types of oral cleft, measured by patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). Additionally, to compare the results of the PROMs between cleft lip and or/palate (CL/P) patients and non-affected controls.

Methods: 420 CL/P patients treated at the cleft team of the Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, were included, and 138 non-cleft patients were recruited as control-group.

Oral microbiota of adolescents with dental caries: A systematic review.

Objective: This systematic review summarizes the current knowledge on the association between the oral microbiota and dental caries in adolescents.

Design: An electronic search was carried out across five databases. Studies were included if they conducted research on generally healthy adolescents, applied molecular-based microbiological analyses and assessed caries status.

"Ethnic disparities in the prevalence of Molar-Incisor-Hypomineralisation (MIH) and caries among 6-12-year-old children in Catalonia, Spain".

Aim: To study the prevalence of MIH and caries in 6- and 12-year-old schoolchildren and their association with ethnic disparities and other relevant factors.

Background: In recent years, there has been uneven improvement in school children's oral health, highlighting inequalities in access to dental care and health outcomes, particularly among ethnic minorities. The most prevalent oral disease in childhood, caries, is preventable, as its risk factors are well known.

Evaluation and recommendations of the oral health, oral function, and orofacial aesthetics-related measures of the ICHOM Standard Set for Cleft Lip and Palate.

This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of outcome measures for the orofacial domain included in the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Standard Set for Cleft Lip and Palate (ICHOM-SCS). In this multicentre study involving two cleft centres, suggestions to optimize the type and timing of outcome measures were made based on data and clinical experience. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) (CLEFT-Q Jaw, Teeth, Eating/Drinking; Child Oral Health Impact Profile-Oral Symptoms Scale (COHIP-OSS)) and clinical outcome measures (caries experience and dental occlusion) data were collected retrospectively for age 5, 8, 10, 12, 19, and 22 years.

[Caries in cleft patients: aetiology, prevalence, prevention, and treatment].

The caries prevalence in patients with cleft lip and/or palate is higher in both the deciduous and permanent dentition, compared to non-cleft patients. Inadequate oral hygiene is one of the main causes. Additional, individualized advice concerning diet and oral hygiene, such as the additional advice of the Ivoren Kruis (Dutch association of dental hygienists), is of great importance.

Adherence to dietary guidelines and dental caries among children: a longitudinal cohort study.

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.

Oral and craniofacial research in the Generation R study: an executive summary.

Objectives: 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.

Caries Preventive Interventions and Oral Health Inequalities: A Scoping Review.

Introduction: Dental caries remains one of the most prevalent but preventable diseases among children worldwide and especially affects children with a lower socioeconomic status or ethnic minority background. It is important that all groups of children are reached by preventive interventions to reduce oral health inequalities. So far, it is unknown whether children from different social and ethnic groups benefit equally from potentially effective oral health interventions.

Associations Between Prenatal, Perinatal, and Early Childhood Vitamin D Status and Risk of Dental Caries at 6 Years.

Background: Previous studies have suggested that insufficient concentrations of vitamin D are associated with dental caries in primary teeth, but evidence remains inconclusive.

Objectives: We assessed the longitudinal associations between prenatal, perinatal, and early childhood serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations [25(OH)D] and the risk of dental caries in 6-year-old children.

Methods: This research was conducted within the Generation R Study, a large, multi-ethnic, prospective cohort study located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Neighbourhood characteristics and children's oral health: a multilevel population-based cohort study.

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.

Caries experience among children born after a complicated pregnancy.

Objectives: Behavioural and lifestyle factors, as oral hygiene and diet, are well-established risk factors in the pathogenesis of dental caries, though displaying large differences in susceptibility across individuals. Since enamel formation already starts in utero, pregnancy course and outcome may eventually play a role in enamel strength and caries susceptibility. Therefore, we studied the association between history of pregnancy complications and the caries experience in their six-year-old children.

Effectiveness of the new mandatory mouthguard use and orodental injuries in Dutch field hockey.

Up to 68% of field hockey players have experienced at least one orodental injury in their sport career. Therefore, the Royal Dutch Hockey Association (KNHB) made mouthguard use mandatory for field hockey players during competition and training from August 2015 onwards.This study evaluates the effects of the new regulations on mouthguard use and the occurrence of injuries in Dutch field hockey.

Impact of orthodontic treatment need and deviant occlusal traits on oral health-related quality of life in children: A cross-sectional study in the Generation R cohort.

Introduction: Many studies have investigated the impact of orthodontic treatment need (OTN) on children's oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL). However, few studies have explored the impact of deviant occlusal traits on OHRQOL regarding the severity of OTN. This cross-sectional study aims to address this gap in the literature.

Ethnic background and children's oral health-related quality of life.

Purpose: Ethnic background is known to be related to oral health and socioeconomic position (SEP). In the context of patient-centered oral health care, and the growing number of migrant children, it is important to understand the influence of ethnic background on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Therefore, we aimed to identify the differences in children's OHRQoL between ethnic groups, and the contribution of oral health status, SEP, and immigration characteristics.

The role of accelerated dental development on the occurrence of aberrant dental traits that indicate malocclusion.

Background: Timing of dental development might help orthodontists to optimize initiation of treatment and to prevent and intercept dental misalignment. This study examines the association between timing of dental development and aberrant dental traits such as crowding, impaction, and hypodontia.

Methods: This study was performed using 4446 ten-year-old children from a multiethnic birth cohort, the Generation R Study.

Oral health among Dutch elite athletes prior to Rio 2016.

Objectives: Elite athletes are at high risk for poor oral health. A screening program to assess oral health and create dental awareness can improve oral health among elite athletes but has not been performed in the Netherlands before. We summarize the first results from such a screening conducted in Dutch elite athletes of the Nederlands Olympisch Committee*Nederlandse Sport Federatie (NOC*NSF, Dutch Olympic Committee).

Deviating dental arch morphology in mild coronal craniosynostosis syndromes.

Objectives: To determine whether the intramaxillary relationship of patients with Muenke syndrome and Saethre-Chotzen syndrome or TCF12-related craniosynostosis are systematically different than those of a control group.

Material And Methods: Forty-eight patients (34 patients with Muenke syndrome, 8 patients with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, and 6 patients with TCF12-related craniosynostosis) born between 1982 and 2010 (age range 4.84 to 16.

Does dental caries affect dental development in children and adolescents?

Although a link between dietary changes, caries, and dental development has been observed, the literature provides little insight about this relationship. The aim of our study was to investigate the association between dental caries and dental development in a clinical sample of Albanian children and adolescents. In total, 118 children and adolescents, born between 1995 and 2004 and aged 6-15 years, were included.

Subphenotyping and Classification of Cleft Lip and Alveolus in Adult Unoperated Patients: A New Embryological Approach.

Objective: Previously, a new embryological classification was introduced subdividing oral clefts into fusion and/or differentiation defects. This subdivision was used to classify all subphenotypes of cleft lip with or without alveolus (CL±A). Subsequently, it was investigated whether further morphological grading of incomplete CLs is clinically relevant, and which alveolar part is deficient in fusion/differentiation defects.

Ancestry and dental development: A geographic and genetic perspective.

Objective: In this study, we investigated the influence of ancestry on dental development in the Generation R Study.

Methods: Information on geographic ancestry was available in 3,600 children (1,810 boys and 1,790 girls, mean age 9.81 ± 0.