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ArticleJournal of public health dentistry2019

Survival analysis of caries incidence in African-American school-aged children.

Tariq S Ghazal, Steven M Levy, Noel K Childers, Knute D Carter, Daniel J Caplan, John J Warren, Justine L Kolker

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Article in Journal of public health dentistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Risk Factors of Dental Caries in the Thai Population: The Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tariq S GhazalDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Steven M LevyDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Noel K ChildersDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Knute D CarterDepartment of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Daniel J CaplanDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
John J WarrenDepartment of Preventive and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
Justine L KolkerDepartment of Operative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
University of Iowa · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Epidemiology of Dental Caries and Immunity in ChildrenR01DE016684 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHILDERS, NOEL K · 2006 to 2013
$6.8M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE016684
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo conduct an assessment of time-dependent covariates related to dental caries of the permanent dentition among a low socioeconomic status, understudied cohort of children, incorporating time-dependent covariates through the application of extended Cox proportional hazards modeling.

methodsThis study modeled the time to first cavitated dental caries in permanent teeth among school-aged children and assessed factors associated with this event. A cohort of 98 low socioeconomic status African-American children with mean age of 5.85 years at baseline was recruited in Uniontown, Alabama and followed prospectively for 6 years. None of these children had dental caries on permanent teeth at baseline, and oral examinations were performed annually. Caries-free survival curves were generated to describe time to event (having first decayed, filled, or missing permanent surface). Bivariate and multivariable extended Cox hazards modeling was used to assess the relationships between time-dependent and time-independent covariates and time to event.

resultsTwenty-eight children (28.6 percent) had their first permanent tooth caries event during the 6-year follow-up. Multivariable results showed that greater consumption of water was associated with lower dental caries hazard, while previous primary tooth caries experience was associated with greater dental caries hazard after adjustment for frequency of consumptions of milk, added-sugar beverages, and 100 percent juice.

conclusionsThere was a global/overall significant caries protective effect of water consumption during the school-age period of child development.

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Dental CariesAlabamaBlack or African AmericanChildChild, PreschoolDMF IndexHumansIncidenceSurvival Analysisdental caries in children.epidemiologypublic dental healthsurvival analysis

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PMID30238461
PMCPMC6420363
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