Dental caries and its relationship to bacterial infection, hypoplasia, diet, and oral hygiene in 6- to 36-month-old children

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 295-306

  Milgrom, Peter ^a   Riedy, C A ^a   Weinstein, P ^a   Tanner, A C R ^b   Manibusan, L ^c   Brass, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Health   (Northern Mariana Islands)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Diet; Prevalence; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOTTLE FEEDING; CARIOGENIC DIET; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; DENTAL PLAQUE; DIET, CARIOGENIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICRONESIA; ORAL HYGIENE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0034243416     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2000.280408.x     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Caufield PW, Cutter GR, Dasanayake AP. Initial acquisition of mutans streptococci by infants: evidence for a discrete window of infectivity. J Dent Res 1993;72:37-45.
2. Newbrun E. Current concepts of caries etiology. In: Cariology. 3rd ed., Quintessence Publishing Co., Inc: Chicago, 1989. p. 29.
3. Tanzer JM. On changing the cariogenic chemistry of coronal plaque. J Dent Res 1989;68(Spec Iss):1576-87.
4. Tinanoff N, editor. Proceedings of the Conference on Early Childhood Caries, 1997 Oct 18-19; Bethesda (MD), US. Bethesda; 1998.
5. Suher T, Savara BS, Dickson JP. A case report of rampant dental caries at 11 months of age. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1953; 6: 882-5.
6. Lunt RC, Law DB. A review of the chronology of the eruption of deciduous teeth. J Am Dent Assoc 1974;89:872-9.
7. Carlsson J, Grahnén H, Jonsson G. Lactobacilli and streptococci in the mouth of children. Caries Res 1975;9:333-9.
8. Berkowitz RJ, Turner J, Green P. Primary oral infection of infants with Streptococcus mutans. Arch Oral Biol 1980;25:221-4.
9. van Houte J, Yanover L, Brecher S. Relationship of levels of the bacterium Streptococcus mutans in saliva of children and their parents. Arch Oral Biol 1981;26:381-6.
10. van Houte J, Gibbs G, Butera C. Oral flora of children with nursing bottle caries. J Dent Res 1982;61:382-5.
11. Berkowitz RJ, Turner J, Hughes C. Microbial characteristics of the human dental caries associated with prolonged bottle feeding. Arch Oral Biol 1984;29:949-51.
12. Milnes AR, Bowden GHW. The microflora associated with developing lesions of nursing caries. Caries Res 1985;19:289-97.
13. Brown JP, Junner C, Liew V. A study of Streptococcus mutans levels in both infants with bottle caries and their mothers. Aust Dent J 1985;30:96-8.
14. Loesche WJ, Rowan J, Straffon LH, Loos PJ. Association of Streptococcus mutans with human dental decay. Infect Immun 1975;11:1252-60.
15. Holbrook WP, de Soet JJ, de Graaff. Prediction of dental caries in preschool children. Caries Res 1993; 24(Suppl):44-52.
16. van Houte J. Role of micro-organisms in caries etiology. J Dent Res 1994;73:672-81.
17. Milnes AR. Description and epidemiology of nursing caries. J Public Health Dent 1996;56(1):64-8.
18. Rugg-Gunn AJ, Edgar WM. Sugar and dental caries: A review of the evidence. Comm Dent Health 1984;1:85-92.
19. Sheiham A. Sucrose and dental caries. Nutr Health 1987;5(1-2):25-9.
20. Li Y, Navia JM, Bian JY. Caries experience in deciduous dentition of rural Chinese children 3-5 years old in relation to the presence or absence of enamel hypoplasia. Caries Res 1996;30(1):8-15.
21. Seow WK. Biological mechanisms in early childhood caries. Comm Dent Oral Epidemiol 1998;26(Suppl 1):8-27.
22. Seow WK. Clinical diagnosis of enamel defects: pitfalls and practical guidelines. Int Dent J 1997;47:173-82.
23. Socransky SS, Smith C, Martin L, Paster BJ, Dewhirst FE, Levin AE. "Checkerboard" DNA-DNA hybridization. BioTechniques 1994;17:788-93.
24. Tanner A, Maiden MF, Macuch PJ, Murray LL, Kent RLJ. Microbiota of health, gingivitis, and initial periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol 1998;25:85-98.
25. Evens CC. Snacking patterns as a risk factor for early childhood caries (dissertation). Seattle (WA): University of Washington; 1997.
26. Gibbons RJ, van Houte, J. Selective bacterial adherence to oral epithelial surfaces and its role as an ecological determinant. Infect Immun 1971;3:567-73.
27. Gibbons RJ, van Houte, J. Bacterial adherence in oral microbial ecology. Ann Rev Med 1975;26:121-36.
28. Edwardsson D, Mejare B. Streptococcus milleri (Guthof) and Streptococcus mutans in the mouths of infants before and after tooth eruption. Arch Oral Biol 1978;23:811-4.
29. Berkowitz RJ, Jordan HV, White G. The early establishment of Streptococcus mutans in the mouths of infants. Arch Oral Biol 1975;20:171-4.
30. Catalanotto FA, Shklair IL, Keene HJ. Prevalence and localization of Streptococcus mutans in infants and children. J Am Dent Assoc 1975;91:606-9.
31. Stiles HM, Meyers R, Brunelle JA, Wittig AB. Occurrence of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguis in the oral cavity and feces of young children. In: Stiles HM, Loesche WJ, O'Brien TC, editors. Microbial aspects of dental caries, vol. 1. London: Information Retrieval; 1976. p. 187-99.
32. Kononen E, Asikainen S, Saarela M, Karjalainen J, Jousimies-Somer H. The oral gram-negative anaerobic microflora in young children: longitudinal changes from edentulous to dentate mouth. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1994;9:136-41.
33. Kononen E, Saarela M, Karjalainen J, Jousimies-Somer H, Alaluusua S, Asikainen S. Transmission of oral Prevotella melaninogenica between a mother and her young child. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1994;9:310-4.
34. Karn TA, O'Sullivan DM, Tinanoff N. Colonization of mutans streptococci in 8- to 15-month-old children. J Public Health Dent 1998;58(3):248-9.
35. Mohan A, Morse DE, O'Sullivan DM, Tinanoff N. The relationship between bottle usage/content, age, and number of teeth with mutans streptococci colonization in 6-24-month-old children. Comm Dent Oral Epidemiol 1998;26:12-20.
36. Reisine S, Douglass J. Psychosocial and behavioral issues in early childhood caries. Comm Dent Oral Epidemiol 1998;26(Suppl 1):32-44.
37. Burt B, Eklund SA, Morgan KJ, Larkin FE, Guire KE, Brown LO, et al. The effects of sugar intake and frequency of ingestion on dental caries increment in a three-year longitudinal study. J Dent Res 1988;67(11):1422-9.
38. Kalsbeek H, Verrips GH. Consumption of sweet snacks and caries experience of primary school children. Caries Res 1994;28:477-83.
39. Grindefjord M, Dahllof G, Wikner S, Hojer B, Modeer T. Prevalence of mutans streptococci in one-year-old children. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1991;6:280-83.
40. Hunt RJ. Behavioral and sociodemographic risk factors for caries. In: Bader J, editor. Risk assessment in dentistry. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina; 1990. p. 29-34.
41. Edelstein B, Tinanoff N. Screening preschool children for dental caries using a microbial test. Pediatr Dent 1989;11:129-32.
42. Holm AK. Education and diet in the prevention of caries in the preschool child. J Dent 1990;18:308-14.
43. Garcia-Closas R, Garcia-Closas M, and Serra-Majem L. A cross-sectional study of dental caries, intake of confectionery and foods rich in starch and sugars, and salivary counts of Streptococcus mutans in children in Spain. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:1257-63.
44. Rugg-Gunn AJ, Hackett AF, Appleton DR, Jenkins GN, Eastoe JE. Relationship between dietary habits and caries increment assessed over two years in 405 English school children. Arch Oral Biol 1984;29:983-92.
45. Li Y, Navia JM, Caulfield PW. Colonization by mutans streptococci in the mouths of 3- and 4-year old Chinese children with or without enamel hypoplasia. Arch Oral Biol 1994;39(12):1057-62.