Factors associated with mutans streptococci among young WIC-enrolled children

Karin Weber-Gasparoni; Bryce M Goebel; David R Drake; Katherine W O Kramer; John J Warren; Johnmarshall Reeve; Deborah V Dawson

doi:10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00335.x

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Factors associated with mutans streptococci among young WIC-enrolled children

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Factors associated with mutans streptococci among young WIC-enrolled children

Karin Weber-Gasparoni, Bryce M Goebel, David R Drake, Katherine W O Kramer, John J Warren, Johnmarshall Reeve and Deborah V Dawson

Journal of public health dentistry, Vol.72(4), pp.269-278

2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00335.x

PMID: 22506597

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Abstract

The objective of this study is to assess relationships between the presence or absence of mutans streptococci (MS) and other covariates in children aged 12-49 months. Data were analyzed using baseline information from 411 children enrolled in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) who participated in a psychoeducational study in Iowa. Children were assessed for MS using a semiquantitative method (RODAC plates). Dental examinations using d(1) d(2) .(3) criteria and presence of visible plaque on incisors and molars were completed. Mothers completed a series of detailed questionnaires regarding their child's oral health, their socioeconomic status, their child's dietary/oral hygiene habits, and beverage consumption, among other behaviors. Bivariate relationships with the presence of MS were assessed and followed by multivariable modeling using logistic regression (alpha = 0.05). MS was present in 144 children (35 percent). Bivariate relationships with MS presence were identified for multiple covariates that included demographic characteristics, type of beverage consumption, dental caries, and plaque measures. Multivariate logistic regression modeling suggested that MS presence in children was positively associated with nonwhite race of the child, number of teeth present, presence of cavitated lesions, proportion of teeth with plaque, and lower levels of maternal education. The presence of MS was associated with greater caries and plaque scores and with low maternal education and nonwhite racial background.

United States

Food Assistance - organization & administration

Poverty

Humans

Risk Factors

Streptococcus mutans - isolation & purification

Child, Preschool

Infant

Logistic Models

Educational Status

Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical

Oral Hygiene - methods

Mothers

Dental Plaque - microbiology

Iowa

Oral Hygiene - utilization

Streptococcus sobrinus - isolation & purification

Dietary Sucrose - adverse effects

Female

Nutritional Status

Odds Ratio

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Title: Subtitle: Factors associated with mutans streptococci among young WIC-enrolled children
Creators: Karin Weber-Gasparoni - Pediatric Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1001, USA. karin-weber@uiowa.edu. Karin
Bryce M Goebel
David R Drake
Katherine W O Kramer
John J Warren
Johnmarshall Reeve
Deborah V Dawson
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of public health dentistry, Vol.72(4), pp.269-278
Publisher: United States
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2012.00335.x
PMID: 22506597
ISSN: 0022-4006
eISSN: 1752-7325
Grant note: The authors would like to thank Ann H. Saba for her contributions as study coordinator, Bonny Olson for her work with the bacterial samples, and the Davenport WIC clinics for their support of this project. This study was supported by the NIDCR grant 5 R21 DEO16483-02 and the University of Iowa College of Dentistry Research Seed Grant.
Language: English
Date published: 2012
Academic Unit: Preventive and Community Dentistry; Endodontics; Biostatistics; Pediatric Dentistry; Dental Research
Record Identifier: 9983917684802771

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