Public Health Department Reports Findings in Oral Research (Factors associated with the development of dental defects acquired in the extrauterine environment)

2019 OCT 30 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Oral Research have been published. According to news reporting out of Sao Luis, Brazil, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “This study aimed to analyze the association of sociodemographic, child health, healthcare service, and access indicators with developmental defects of enamel (DDE) acquired outside the uterus, based on gestational factors. A cohort of births was carried out, and 982 children aged 12 to 30 months were examined.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Public Health Department, “A total of 1,500 women were followed up as of the 5th month of gestation, and the child’s gestational age was evaluated at follow-up. The clinical examination was performed as recommended by the World Health Organization, and defects were classified using the modified DDE index. Six models were considered: presence of DDE (Model 1) or opacities (Model 4), number of teeth with DDE (Model 2) or opacities (Model 5), and incidence rate of DDE (Model 3) or opacities (Model 6). Associations were estimated by relative risk (RR) in Poisson regression models. In the adjusted analysis, the mother’s lowest education level was associated with the highest occurrence of DDE in Models 1 (RR=26.43; p=0.002), 2 (RR=9.70; p=0.009), and 3 (RR=5.63; p=0.047). Breastfeeding for over 12 months (RR=0.45; p=0.030) and recent use of anti-infection drugs (RR=0.20; p=0.039) had a protective effect on DDE (Model 1). The factors associated with the highest incidence of opacities were not having health insurance (RR=2.00; p=0.043) (Model 5), and belonging to a family of poor social class (RR=4.67; p=0.007) (Model 6). Children in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability have a higher risk of presenting extrauterine DDE.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Breastfeeding was a protection factor for DDE development.”

For more information on this research see: Factors associated with the development of dental defects acquired in the extrauterine environment. Pesquisa Odontologica Brasileira = Brazilian Oral Research, 2019;33():e094.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.R.O. Pinho, Universidade Federal do Maranhao - UFMA, Public Health Division, Pos-Graduate Program in Public Health, Sao Luis, Maranhao, Brazil. Additional authors for this research include E.BAF. Thomaz, C.CC. Ribeiro, C.MC. Alves and A.AMD Silva.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1590/1807-3107bor-2019.vol33.0094. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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