Folayan Morenike O, Sowole Christiana A, Owotade Foluso J, Sote Elizabeth
Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2010 Summer;34(4):297-301. doi: 10.17796/jcpd.34.4.pjp25217558072up.
This study investigated the association between breastfeeding, bottle feeding, night feeding, age, and sex of the child on the caries experience.
Information was collected from the mothers of preschool children. Information included the age of the child, sex of the child, form of breastfeeding (whether exclusive, almost exclusive or mixed), duration of breastfeeding, night feeding habits of the child, and duration and content of bottle feeding. Intraoral examination was done to assess the dmft. The impact of the variables on the caries experience (rampant caries, no caries and the dmft) was then assessed.
The duration of breast feeding (p = 0.002), and form of breast feeding (p = 0.03) were significant predictors of the dmft. The dmft was highest in children who were breastfed for longer than 18 months and highest for children who were exclusively breastfed. There is a strong association between rampant caries and duration of breast feeding only (p < 0.001). The risk of having rampant caries increases by 10% (p = 0.012) with every month increase in the duration of breastfeeding.
The duration of breastfeeding increased the risk for rampant caries in preschool children in Nigeria. The longer the duration, the higher the risk for caries.
本研究调查了母乳喂养、奶瓶喂养、夜间喂养、儿童年龄和性别与龋齿经历之间的关联。
从学龄前儿童的母亲那里收集信息。信息包括儿童的年龄、性别、母乳喂养方式（是否纯母乳喂养、几乎纯母乳喂养或混合喂养）、母乳喂养持续时间、儿童的夜间喂养习惯以及奶瓶喂养的持续时间和内容。进行口腔内检查以评估乳牙龋失补牙数（dmft）。然后评估这些变量对龋齿经历（猖獗龋、无龋和dmft）的影响。
母乳喂养持续时间（p = 0.002）和母乳喂养方式（p = 0.03）是dmft的显著预测因素。母乳喂养超过18个月的儿童dmft最高，纯母乳喂养的儿童dmft最高。猖獗龋仅与母乳喂养持续时间之间存在强关联（p < 0.001）。母乳喂养持续时间每增加一个月，患猖獗龋的风险增加10%（p = 0.012）。
在尼日利亚，母乳喂养持续时间增加了学龄前儿童患猖獗龋的风险。持续时间越长，患龋风险越高。
