Dental caries in a cohort of very young American Indian children

John J Warren; Katherine W O Kramer; Kathy Phipps; Delores Starr; Deborah V Dawson; Teresa Marshall; David Drake

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00372.x

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Dental caries in a cohort of very young American Indian children

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Dental caries in a cohort of very young American Indian children

John J Warren, Katherine W O Kramer, Kathy Phipps, Delores Starr, Deborah V Dawson, Teresa Marshall and David Drake

Journal of public health dentistry, Vol.72(4), pp.265-268

2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00372.x

PMCID: PMC3509261

PMID: 23017107

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Abstract

This paper reports the prevalence and severity of caries in a group of 16-month-old American Indian children. The study is an ongoing longitudinal study of risk factors for caries in children from a Northern Plains Tribal community. Children were examined for caries and risk factor data collected at approximately 1, 4, 8, 12, and 16 months of age. Surface-specific caries data were collected and the presence of precavitated "white spot" lesions was recorded at the subject level. The mean age was 15.4 months for the sample of 232 children. Caries prevalence was 31.9 percent, while an additional 29.3 percent had white spot lesions only. Mean dmfs was 1.57, and ranged from 0 to 44 surfaces. Nearly 3 percent of all erupted tooth surfaces were affected and maxillary central incisors had the highest prevalence of caries (22 percent). Among the very youngest children, dental caries prevalence was very high among these American Indian children.

DMF Index

Indians, North American - statistics & numerical data

Patient Acuity

Prevalence

Humans

Midwestern United States - epidemiology

Child, Preschool

Female

Male

Dental Caries - ethnology

Longitudinal Studies

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Title: Subtitle: Dental caries in a cohort of very young American Indian children
Creators: John J Warren - Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1010, USA. john-warren@uiowa.edu
Katherine W O Kramer
Kathy Phipps
Delores Starr
Deborah V Dawson
Teresa Marshall
David Drake
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of public health dentistry, Vol.72(4), pp.265-268
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00372.x
PMID: 23017107
PMCID: PMC3509261
ISSN: 0022-4006
eISSN: 1752-7325
Grant note: R01-DE017736 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017736 / NIDCR NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 2012
Academic Unit: Preventive and Community Dentistry; Endodontics; Biostatistics; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
Record Identifier: 9983917785002771

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