Studies on a Community Dental Health Program for Preschool Children 3. Relationship between prevalence of dental caries and frequency of consultation and mother's age at childbirth

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  • Arita Kenji
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Yamauchi Rie
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Fukutome Remi
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Tomotake Masako
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Yamaguchi Kimiko
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Kimura Natsuko
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Kuribayashi Nobuyuki
    Student of The University of Tokushima, School of Dentistry
  • Morikawa Tomiaki
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School
  • Nishino Mizuho
    Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School

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  • 地域乳幼児歯科保健管理に関する研究-第3報乳幼児期の健診回数および母親の年齢と齲蝕罹患状態の関連性について-

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the prevalence of dental caries in children three and a half years old and the frequency of consultation of dental health program and the age of the mother at childbirth. Two hundred and fifty pairs of mother and child who had four consultations for children at the ages one and a half years, two years, two and a half years, and three years; and 412 pairs of mother and child who had one consultation for children at the age one and a half years were examined.<BR>The mother and child pairs were sorted into four groups according to the age of the mother at childbirth; G 1: 22 years and below, G 2: 23-28 years, G 3: 29-34 years, and G 4: 35 years and over.<BR>The results were as follows:<BR>1) In children three and a half years old, caries prevalence and mean df score in the four consultation group were 29.6% and 1.14 teeth, and those in the one consultation group were 51.9% and 4.88 teeth, respectively. Caries prevalence and mean df score in the four consultation group were significantly lower than those in the one consultation group (p<0.001).<BR>2) In the one consultation group for children three and a half years old, caries prevalence in G 1 was 75.0% and it was significantly higher than G 2, G 3 and G 4.<BR>3) In the four consultation group for children three and a half years old, caries prevalence and mean df score were not significantly different between each age group of the mother. In each group of the mother, the caries prevalence and mean df score of the four consultation group were lower than those of the one consultation group.<BR>These results suggest that the age of the mother is a caries risk factor, but, a dental health program with frequent consultation including topical application of acidulated phosphate fluoride (APF) decreases the effect of the age of the mother.

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