Trial reportClinical oral investigations2015
Association of caries increment in preschool children with nutritional and preventive variables.
Trial report in Clinical oral investigations, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Caries prevention in permanent teeth - basic recommendations of the German S 3 guideline.Clinical oral investigations · 2026Guideline
- Impact of unhealthy food and beverage consumption on children's risk of dental caries: a systematic review.Nutrition reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Case Control and Cohort Studies.Pediatric dentistry · 2019Pooled it
- Hydroxyapatite-Fluoride Toothpastes on Caries Activity: A Triple-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.International dental journal · 2025Trial
- Long-term effect of intensive prevention on dental health of primary school children by socioeconomic status.Clinical oral investigations · 2018Trial
- Obesity and Dental Caries: A State-of-the-Art Review of Shared Risk Factors, Biological Mechanisms and Current Evidence.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Caries Index and Salivary Factors in Children: A Case-Control Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Early childhood caries sequelae and relapse rates in an Australian public dental hospital.International journal of paediatric dentistry · 2023Article
- Caries Experience and Increment in Children Attending Kindergartens with an Early Childhood Caries Preventive Program Compared to Basic Prophylaxis Measures-A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Children Caries Risk Factors: A Narrative Review of Nutritional Aspects, Oral Hygiene Habits, and Bacterial Alterations.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Dietary Patterns and Oral Health Behaviours Associated with Caries Development from 4 to 7 Years of Age.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Risk Factors Associated with Carious Lesions in Permanent First Molars in Children: A Seven-Year Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Implementation and evaluation of an interdisciplinary preventive program to prevent early childhood caries.Clinical oral investigations · 2019Article
- Positive association between sugar consumption and dental decay prevalence independent of oral hygiene in pre-school children: a longitudinal prospective study.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2018Article
- Effect of supervised brushing with fluoride gel during primary school, taking into account the group prevention schedule in kindergarten.Clinical oral investigations · 2017Observational
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesThe aim of the present study was to evaluate the influence of various risk factors on dental caries increment in deciduous teeth of preschool children over 2.5 years. MATERIALS AND
methodsA longitudinal study was carried out in kindergartens in two German counties in Northern Hesse. At baseline examination in 2006-2007, the mean age of the children was 3.5 years. Caries experience was recorded according to WHO standards. Information about feeding practices during early childhood and preventive measures were collected by a structured questionnaire for each child.
resultsThree hundred ninety-five (69.8%) of the 566 children showed no caries increment. A caries increase of 1 to 10 dmf-teeth was exhibited by 171 children (30.2%). The mean dmf-t increment amounted to 0.75. The bivariate analysis revealed that the consumption of sugary food and beverages had a negative impact on oral health. Early start of toothbrushing, use of fluoridated children's toothpaste, and frequent toothbrushing exerted a positive influence on dental health. Stepwise backward logistic regression analysis confirmed that a high social status has a significant positive impact on dental health (p = 0.028), whereas the consumption of sugary food and beverages was significantly associated with a higher dental caries increment (p = 0.004).
conclusionObviously, it is not possible to limit the caries increment in children of low socioeconomic status as successfully as in children of high socioeconomic status. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: There must be a stronger focus on families of low socioeconomic status when preventive measures are performed on groups or individuals.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.