Journal article
Evidence of Early Emergence of the Primary Dentition in a Northern Plains American Indian Population
JDR Clinical and Translational Research, Vol.3(2), pp.161-169
04/2018
DOI: 10.1177/2380084418756054
PMCID: PMC5858651
PMID: 29568802
Abstract
The purposes of this study were to describe primary tooth emergence in an American Indian (AI) population during the first 36 mo of life to compare 1) patterns of emergence between male and female children and 2) tooth emergence between these AI children and other U.S. ethnic groups. Data were derived from a birth cohort of 239 AI children from a Northern Plains tribe participating in a longitudinal study of early childhood caries, with examination data at target ages of 8, 12, 16, 22, 28, and 36 mo of age (±1 mo). Patterns of emergence in AI children were characterized and sex comparisons accomplished with interval-censored survival methodology. Numbers of erupted teeth in AI children at each age were compared via Kruskal-Wallis tests against those in children of the same age, as drawn from a cross-sectional study of dental caries patterns in Arizona; these comparisons were based on the dental examinations of 547 White non-Hispanic and 677 Hispanic children. Characterization of time to achievement of various milestones—including emergence of the anterior teeth, the first molars, and the complete primary dentition—provided no evidence of sex differences among AI children. AI children had significantly more teeth present at 8 mo (median, 3) than either White non-Hispanic ( P < 0.0063) or Hispanic ( P < 0.0001) children (median, 2 each). This was also true at 12 mo ( P < 0.001; medians, 8 vs. 6 and 7, respectively) and 16 mo ( P < 0.001; medians, 12 vs. 11 each). Less pronounced differences were seen at 22 mo ( P < 0.0001). White non-Hispanic and Hispanic children did not differ at any time considered ( P > 0.05). These results provide evidence of earlier tooth emergence in AI children than in the other 2 ethnicities. Although the underlying etiology of the severity of early childhood caries in AI children is likely to be multifactorial, earlier tooth emergence may be a contributing factor. Knowledge Transfer Statement: The findings of this study have practical implications for practitioners providing childhood oral health care to ethnic groups with early tooth emergence. It may be important to provide parents with information on toothbrushing, dentist visits, and other practices supportive of good oral health as early as possible to protect their children’s primary dentition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evidence of Early Emergence of the Primary Dentition in a Northern Plains American Indian Population
- Creators
- D.V Dawson - Indian Health Service, South DakotaD.R Blanchette - Indian Health Service, South DakotaJ.M Douglass - Indian Health Service, South DakotaN Tinanoff - Indian Health Service, South DakotaK.W.O Kramer - Indian Health Service, South DakotaJ.J Warren - Indian Health Service, South DakotaK.R Phipps - Indian Health Service, South DakotaD.E Starr - Indian Health Service, South DakotaT.A Marshall - Indian Health Service, South DakotaT.R Mabry - Indian Health Service, South DakotaK Pagan-Rivera - Indian Health Service, South DakotaJ.A Banas - Indian Health Service, South DakotaD.R Drake - Indian Health Service, South Dakota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- JDR Clinical and Translational Research, Vol.3(2), pp.161-169
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; Sage CA: Los Angeles, CA
- DOI
- 10.1177/2380084418756054
- PMID
- 29568802
- PMCID
- PMC5858651
- ISSN
- 2380-0844
- eISSN
- 2380-0852
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2018
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Endodontics; Biostatistics; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9983917674702771
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