ArticleCaries research2017
Identification of Caries Risk Determinants in Toddlers: Results of the GUSTO Birth Cohort Study.
Article in Caries research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.
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
21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early childhood caries at its start: oral health disparities in Thai toddlers.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Smoking-Associated DNA Methylation and Offspring Caries Experience: Findings from the GUSTO Study.Journal of dental research · 2026Article
- Parental and Caregiver Characteristics and Early Childhood Oral Health: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Maternal Psychological Well-Being and Caries Experience in 3-Year-Old Offspring: Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) Study.Caries research · 2026Article
- The effect of folic acid or multivitamin containing folic acid supplementation during pregnancy on enamel structure of deciduous teeth: an ultrastructural and microanalytical study.Head & face medicine · 2025Article
- Oral Health Conditions of Preschool Children Among Birth Cohort Studies: A Scoping Review.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2025Article
- A scoping review on early childhood caries and inequalities using the Sustainable Development Goal 10 framework.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Model to explain dental visit for children aged 0 to 5: Scoping review of birth cohorts.PloS one · 2025Article
- Mediation Effect of Dental Caries in the Relationship between Parental Locus of Control and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life.Caries research · 2025Article
- Early childhood caries, obesity and anthropometric measurements: Is there a relationship?Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Prepregnancy BMI, gestational weight gain and offspring caries experience: Avon longitudinal study of parents and children.PloS one · 2022Article
- Childhood Factors and Dental Caries in the Permanent Dentition: Findings of an 8-Year Study Under a Nationwide School Dental Service.International dental journal · 2021Article
- Dietary Patterns and Oral Health Behaviours Associated with Caries Development from 4 to 7 Years of Age.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Article
- Influence of a programme for prevention of early childhood caries on early orthodontic treatment needs.Clinical oral investigations · 2020Article
- Caries Risk Prediction Models in a Medical Health Care Setting.Journal of dental research · 2020Article
- Infant dietary patterns and early childhood caries in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Deep Artificial Neural Networks for the Diagnostic of Caries Using Socioeconomic and Nutritional Features as Determinants: Data from NHANES 2013⁻2014.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- A Case⁻Control Study of Socio-Economic and Nutritional Characteristics as Determinants of Dental Caries in Different Age Groups, Considered as Public Health Problem: Data from NHANES 2013⁻2014.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Fluoride Use in Health Care Settings: Association with Children's Caries Risk.Advances in dental research · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify risk determinants leading to early childhood caries (ECC) and visible plaque (VP) in toddlers. Data for mother-child pairs participating in the Growing Up in Singapore towards Healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) birth cohort were collected from pregnancy to toddlerhood. Oral examinations were performed in 543 children during their clinic visit at 24 months to detect ECC and VP. Following logistic regression, ECC and VP were jointly regressed as primary and secondary outcomes, respectively, using the bivariate probit model. The ECC prevalence was 17.8% at 2 years of age, with 7.3% of children having a VP score >1. ECC was associated with nighttime breastfeeding (3 weeks) and biological factors, including Indian ethnicity (lower ECC rate), higher maternal childbearing age and existing health conditions, maternal plasma folate <6 ng/mL, child BMI, and the plaque index, while VP was associated with psychobehavioral factors, including the frequency of dental visits, brushing frequency, lower parental perceived importance of baby teeth, and weaning onto solids. Interestingly, although a higher frequency of dental visits and toothbrushing were associated with lower plaque accumulation, they were associated with increased ECC risk, suggesting that these established caries-risk factors may be a consequence rather than the cause of ECC. In conclusion, Indian toddlers may be less susceptible to ECC, compared to Chinese and Malay toddlers. The study also highlights a problem-driven utilization pattern of dental services (care sought for treatment) in Singapore, in contrast to the prevention-driven approach (care sought to prevent disease) in Western countries.
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.