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ArticlePloS one2014

Pre- and postnatal determinants of deciduous molar hypomineralisation in 6-year-old children. The generation R study.

Marlies E C Elfrink, Henriette A Moll, Jessica C Kiefte-de Jong, Vincent W V Jaddoe, Albert Hofman, Jacob M ten Cate, Jaap S J Veerkamp

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marlies E C ElfrinkDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Henriette A MollDepartment of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jessica C Kiefte-de JongDepartment of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; The Generation R Study Group Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Vincent W V JaddoeDepartment of Pediatrics, Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; The Generation R Study Group Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Albert HofmanDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Centre - Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jacob M ten CateDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Jaap S J VeerkampDepartment of Cariology, Endodontology and Pedodontology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Erasmus MC - Sophia Children’s Hospital · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDeciduous Molar Hypomineralisation (DMH) and Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation (MIH) are common developmental disturbances in pediatric dentistry. Their occurrence is related. The same determinants as suggested for MIH are expected for DMH, though somewhat earlier in life. Perinatal medical problems may influence the prevalence of DMH but this has not been studied sufficiently.

objectiveThis study aimed to identify possible determinants of DMH in a prospective cohort study among 6-year-old children. STUDY

designThis study was embedded in the Generation R Study, a population-based prospective cohort study from fetal life until young adulthood. The the data were used to identify the determinants of DMH. Clinical photographs of clean, moist teeth were taken with an intra-oral camera in 6690 children (mean age 6.2 years; 49.9% girls). Data on possible determinants that had occurred during pregnancy and/or the child's first year of life were on the basis of manual standardized measurements (like length and weight) and questionnaires. Multivariate analyse with backward and forward selection was performed.

resultsA number of factors in the pre-, peri- and postnatal phase were found to be associated with DMH. After multivariate logistic regression analyses, Dutch ethnic background, low birth weight, maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy, and fever episodes in the first year of the child's life were found to play a role in the development of DMH in 6-year-old children.

conclusionThis study shows that Dutch ethnicity, low birth weight, alcohol consumption by the mother during pregnancy and any fever in the first year of the child's life are associated with DMH. Not only childhood factors but also prenatal lifestyle factors need to be taken into account when studying determinants for DMH.

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