Trial reportJournal of dental research2013
Cluster-randomized trial of infant nutrition training for caries prevention.
Trial report in Journal of dental research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood caries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions with pregnant women, new mothers and other primary caregivers for preventing early childhood caries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Dental caries prevention strategies among children and adolescents with immigrant - or low socioeconomic backgrounds- do they work? A systematic review.BMC oral health · 2018Pooled it
- Educational interventions in health services and oral health: systematic review.Revista de saude publica · 2018Pooled it
- Integrating Maternal and Children's Oral Health Promotion into Nursing and Midwifery Practice- A Systematic Review.PloS one · 2016Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The Porto Alegre Early Life Nutrition and Health Study.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2014Trial
- Review Regarding the Impact of Breastfeeding on Early Childhood Caries.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Pattern of caries lesions and oral health-related quality of life throughout early childhood: A birth cohort study.European journal of oral sciences · 2022Article
- Added Sugar and Oral Health: A Position Paper of the Brazilian Academy of Dentistry.Frontiers in oral health · 2022Review
- Community-based interventions to reduce dental caries among 24-month old children: a pilot study of a field trial.BMC oral health · 2021Article
- Early-Life Patterns of Sugar Consumption and Dental Caries in the Permanent Teeth: A Birth Cohort Study.Caries research · 2021Article
- Oral Health Birth Cohort Studies: Achievements, Challenges, and Potential.Journal of dental research · 2020Article
- Effectiveness of preventive dental programs offered to mothers by non-dental professionals to control early childhood dental caries: a review.BMC oral health · 2019Review
- Family Health Strategy associated with increased dental visitation among preschool children in Brazil.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2018Article
- Feeding frequency in infancy and dental caries in childhood: a prospective cohort study.International dental journal · 2018Article
- Pediatric Dental-Focused Interprofessional Interventions: Rethinking Early Childhood Oral Health Management.Dental clinics of North America · 2017Review
- Oral health-related quality-of-life scores differ by socioeconomic status and caries experience.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2017Article
- Community-based population-level interventions for promoting child oral health.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Review
- Preventing Childhood Caries: A Review of Recent Behavioral Research.Journal of dental research · 2016Review
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to estimate the caries impact of providing training in infant feeding guidelines to workers at Brazilian public primary care clinics. In a cluster-randomized controlled trial (n = 20 clinics), health care workers either were trained in guidelines for infant nutrition, stressing healthful complementary feeding, or were assigned to a 'usual practices' control, which allowed for maternal counseling at practitioner discretion. Training occurred once; the amount of counseling provided to mothers was not assessed. Eligible pregnant women were enrolled to follow health outcomes in their children. Early childhood caries (ECC) was measured at age three years (n = 458 children). The overall reductions in ECC (relative risk, 0.92; 95%CI, 0.75, 1.12) and severe ECC (RR, 0.87; 95%CI, 0.64, 1.19) were not statistically significant. There was a protective effect among mothers who remained exclusively at the same health center (S-ECC RR, 0.68; 95%CI, 0.47, 0.99) and among those naming the health center as their principal source of feeding advice (S-ECC RR, 0.53; 95%CI, 0.29, 0.97). Health care worker training did not yield a statistically significant reduction in caries overall, although caries was reduced among children of mothers more connected to their health centers.
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