Department of Public Health Dentistry, PDM Dental College and Research Institute, Sarai Aurangabad, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India.
Int J Paediatr Dent. 2011 Sep;21(5):382-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-263X.2011.01141.x. Epub 2011 Jun 14.
Children who have caries in their primary teeth in infancy or toddlerhood tend to develop dental caries in their permanent dentition. Although risk indicators are helpful in identifying groups at risk, they give little information about the causes of difference in caries experience.
To identify the association between maternal risk factors and early childhood caries among 3- to 5-year-old schoolchildren of Moradabad City, Uttar Pradesh, India.
A total of 150 child-mother pairs participated in the study. The maternal risk factors were assessed by a pretested questionnaire. After obtaining the consent, the mothers and their children were clinically examined for dental caries using Radike criteria (1968). Saliva was collected from all the participating mothers for assessing the Streptococcus mutans level.
Significant differences were found in mothers' caries activity, high level of S. mutans, educational level, socioeconomic status, frequency of maternal sugar consumption, and their child's caries experience (P < 0.001).
Differences between children's situations in these underlying factors play out as consequential disparities in both their health and the health care they receive.
婴儿期或幼儿期患有乳牙龋齿的儿童，其恒齿往往也会发生龋齿。尽管风险指标有助于识别高危人群，但它们几乎无法提供有关龋齿经历差异原因的信息。
在印度北方邦莫拉达巴德市，确定 3 至 5 岁学童的母体危险因素与幼儿龋齿之间的关联。
共有 150 对母子参与了这项研究。母体危险因素通过预测试问卷进行评估。在获得同意后，使用 Radike 标准（1968 年）对母亲及其子女进行了龋齿临床检查。从所有参与的母亲中收集唾液，以评估变形链球菌水平。
母亲的龋齿活动、高水平的变形链球菌、教育水平、社会经济地位、母亲糖的消费频率以及其子女的龋齿经历均存在显著差异（P<0.001）。
这些潜在因素中儿童状况的差异导致了他们在健康和所接受的医疗保健方面的差异。
