Trial reportBMC public health2013
Associations between oral health-related impacts and rate of weight gain after extraction of pulpally involved teeth in underweight preschool Filipino children.
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Evaluation of the Relationship Between Dental Caries-related Pain and Inflammation and Growth Parameters in Preschool Children
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Body mass index and dental caries in young people: a systematic review.BMC pediatrics · 2019Pooled it
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- Oral health care among children in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Association of Dental Caries and Anthropometric Measures among Primary School Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Assessing the Association Between Nutritional Status, Caries, and Gingivitis in Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study.Global pediatric health · 2021Article
- Oral health status and caries trend among 12-year old Palestine refugee students: results from the UNRWA's oral health surveys 2011 and 2016.BMC oral health · 2019Article
- Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR.BMC pediatrics · 2018Article
- Stepped wedge cluster randomised trials: a review of the statistical methodology used and available.BMC medical research methodology · 2016Review
- Early Childhood Caries, Mouth Pain, and Nutritional Threats in Vietnam.American journal of public health · 2015Article
- Clinical consequences of untreated dental caries in German 5- and 8-year-olds.BMC oral health · 2015Article
- Children's oral health-related quality of life and associated factors: Mid-term changes after dental treatment under general anesthesia.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2015Article
- Effects of Dental Rehabilitation under General Anesthesia on Children's Oral-Health-Related Quality of Life: Saudi Arabian Parents' Perspectives.Dentistry journal · 2014Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundSevere dental caries in young children is associated with underweight and failure to thrive. One possible mechanism for severe caries affecting growth is that the resulting pain and discomfort influences sleeping and eating, and that affects growth and weight. The objective of this study was to assess whether rate of weight gain after extraction of severely decayed teeth in underweight preschool Filipino children was related to reductions in oral health-related impacts and dental pain from severe dental caries affecting eating and sleeping.
methodsData are from the Weight Gain Study, a stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial where underweight Filipino children with severe dental decay had their pulpally involved teeth extracted. Day care centers were randomly divided into two groups; A and B. Group A children received treatment first and Group B children were treated four months after Group A. Clinical oral examinations used WHO criteria and the pufa-index. Self-reported oral health-related impacts and anthropometric measurements were collected for both groups at baseline, four months after treatment of Group A children and four months after treatment of Group B children. Weight-for-age z-scores were calculated using 2006 and 2007 WHO standards. Data were converted to a one-group pre-test post-test study design, where all children received treatment. Associations between changes in oral health-related impacts and weight-for-age z-scores after dental treatment were assessed.
resultsData on 145 children (mean age 61.4 months) were analyzed. There was a significant association between oral health-related impacts and rate of weight gain after extraction of pulpally involved teeth (p=0.02). Children free of impacts on sleeping related to having severely decayed teeth extracted gained significantly more weight compared to children who reported sleeping problems after dental treatment (p<0.01).
conclusionsAfter extraction of severely decayed teeth in underweight Filipino children, levels of oral health-related impacts were associated with rate of weight gain. Decreases in oral health impacts on sleeping appeared to be most strongly associated with weight gain.
trial registrationISRCTN: ISRCTN90779069.
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