ArticleJournal of public health dentistry2020
Diet quality and dental caries in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
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- Role of nutrition in prevention of dental caries in children and adolescents: a systematic review.BMC oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary intake and meal patterns among young adults with high caries activity: a cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2022Trial
- The association between cariogenic diet and dental caries in the Azar cohort population: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Diet Quality and Physical Activity and Their Association with BMI and Dental Caries Among High School Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between flavonoids intake and dental caries in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study from the NHANES database.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Effect of dietary patterns on dental caries among 12-15 years-old adolescents: a cross-sectional survey.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Association between diet quality and untreated dental caries: results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Nutrition research and practice · 2023Article
- Adherence to dietary guidelines and dental caries among children: a longitudinal cohort study.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Evaluation of Dietary Habits, Type A Behavior Pattern and Its Relationship with Oral Health Status in Dental Undergraduate Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Dietary Patterns and Risk of a New Carious Lesion Postpartum: A Cohort Study.Journal of dental research · 2022Article
- Social support and dental caries experience: Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos Sociocultural Ancillary Study.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesFermentable carbohydrate is universally recognized as the major dietary risk factor for dental caries. We assessed the broader relationship between diet quality and dental caries in a diverse Latinx adult population.
methodsIn a cross-sectional probability sample, 14,517 dentate men and women in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) received a dental examination and completed two 24-hours dietary recalls and a food propensity questionnaire. The 2010 Alternative Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) assessed diet quality and the National Cancer Institute method predicted usual intake of the 11 dietary components that comprise the AHEI. Dental caries experience was quantified using the decayed, missing and filled surfaces (DMFS) index. Covariates included sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics. Survey multivariable-adjusted linear regression models quantified the relationship of 2010 AHEI score, and its 11 components, with DMFS.
resultsIn multivariable-adjusted models, each 10-unit increase in diet quality score was associated with 2.5 fewer (95% confidence interval: -3.4, -1.6) DMFS. The relationship was pronounced among foreign-born individuals, who comprised three-quarters of the sample, irrespective of their length of US residence, but was not apparent among U.S.-born individuals. Greater intake of sugar-sweetened beverage and fruit juice was positively associated with dental caries, whereas vegetables (excluding potatoes); whole grains; and omega-3 fats were inversely associated with dental caries, independent of covariates and the other dietary components (all P < 0.05).
conclusionsAn association between diet quality and dental caries was restricted to foreign-born Latinix and was not limited to the adverse impact of sugar-sweetened drinks.
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