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P Ollila

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PubMed1998

Prolonged pacifier-sucking and use of a nursing bottle at night: possible risk factors for dental caries in children.

At the baseline of this cohort study we determined risk factors for colonization of oral lactobacilli and candida in a group of children (n = 166) whose mean age was 2.5 years. The results showed that pacifier-sucking and the use of a nursing bottle at night increase the occurrence of both salivary lactobacilli and candida. In the present study these children were followed for 2 years, and the progression of caries was recorded with particular reference to the etiologic factors measured before. The results of the logistic regression analysis showed prolonged pacifier-sucking (> or = 24 months) to be a significant risk factor for caries development in children, with a rather high relative risk (RR) of 3.5 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.5-8.2; P= 0.003). Prolonged use of a nursing bottle at night (> or = 24 months) was also a risk factor, but less significant than pacifier-sucking (RR, 2.6; CI, 1.1-6.4; P= 0.03). On the grounds of this study we conclude that prolonged pacifier-sucking (> or = 2 years) and use of a nursing bottle at night are risk factors for dental caries in children.

Bottle Feeding↗
PubMed1997

Risk factors for colonization of salivary lactobacilli and Candida in children.

We analyzed the occurrence of salivary lactobacilli and Candida in a sample of 166 children aged 1-4 years (mean, 2.5 years) in relation to possible risk factors for colonization of the microbes. The risk factors examined were sucking habits, feeding habits, symptoms of respiratory infections, and antibiotic therapy at the time of sampling. Lactobacilli occurred in 18% of the children's saliva, and Candida in 24%. In the logistic modeling the variables most strongly associated with the occurrence of lactobacilli were pacifier-sucking (relative risk (RR), 2.9; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.1-7.0; P = 0.01) and antibiotic therapy (RR, 4.6; CI, 1.2-16.9; P = 0.01). The association between positive Candida test and use of a pacifier was also significant (RR, 4.8; CI, 2.1-10.7; P = 0.0001). The results of the study suggest that the use of a pacifier increases the occurrence of both salivary lactobacilli and Candida. It could therefore be a factor influencing caries susceptibility and activity in children.

Anti-Bacterial Agents↗
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Incidence of dental caries in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is related to the therapy used.

Dental caries is an infectious disease and it may be harmful for children suffering from leukemia. DMFS, DMFT scores of forty-five children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were significantly higher than in healthy age-and-sex-matched controls after cessation of therapy. The children with CNS irradiation had higher DMFT (7.13 than children with only chemotherapy (3.4) and the controls (1.8). Lifelong caries incidence showed that children with ALL had 2.7 new caries lesions per year during the therapy compared to the 1.1 (p < 0.05) new lesions in controls. More detailed analysis of permanent anterior teeth at the age of twelve years showed that all patient groups had more filled anterior teeth than controls (p < 0.001); and children with bone marrow transplantation had significantly more fillings than the other two groups.

Adolescent↗