ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Developmental Enamel Defects (DDE) and Their Association with Oral Health, Preventive Procedures, and Children's Psychosocial Attitudes towards Home Oral Hygiene: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Prevalence of developmental defects of enamel in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of Vitamin D on Developmental Defects of Enamel (DDE) in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Oral health status in children with chronic kidney disease, kidney transplantation, and nephrotic syndrome: a cross-sectional study.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
- An Investigation into the Prevalence of Enamel Hypoplasia in an Urban Area Based on the Types and Affected Teeth.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Correlation between tooth decay and insulin resistance in normal weight males prompts a role for myo-inositol as a regenerative factor in dentistry and oral surgery: a feasibility study.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2024Article
- Developmental enamel defects and their relationship with caries in adolescents aged 18 years.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Developmental Enamel Defects in Children from the Southern Region of Ecuador.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- 3D Morphometric Analysis of Human Primary Second Molar Crowns and Its Implications on Interceptive Orthodontics.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- General Health, Systemic Diseases and Oral Status in Adult Patients with Coeliac Disease.Nutrients · 2020Observational
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Abstract
backgroundDevelopmental enamel defects (DDE) exert significant effects both on esthetics and occlusal function and prevention should be the general clinical approach to DDE. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was, therefore, to detect, within a pediatric sample, any significant association between DDE and children's psychosocial attitudes towards home oral hygiene, as well as potential associations between primary preventive procedures and DDE.
methods394 schoolchildren (197 males and 197 females, 8.9 ± 1.4 years) underwent an intra-oral examination; they were then interviewed with a brief questionnaire.
results5-6% and 12-14% of participants had, respectively at least one molar and one incisor affected by DDE. In general, no associations were observed in the examined clinical categories (caries and other oral health indices). A strong relationship was found between the presence of molar DDE and children's positive vs. negative psychosocial attitudes towards home oral hygiene.
conclusionsThe probability of finding DDE in our sample of examined children was approximately more than doubled for children with negative psychosocial attitudes towards home oral hygiene, than for children with positive attitudes towards home oral hygiene.
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