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Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case-control and cross-sectional study.
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- Effects of size at birth on health, growth and developmental outcomes in children up to age 18: an umbrella review.Archives of disease in childhood · 2023Pooled it
- Early childhood caries intervention in Aboriginal Australian children: Follow-up at child age 9 years.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Dental caries incidence in infants with abnormal birth weight for gestational age: a longitudinal study in the Japan Environment and Children's Study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2026Article
- The prevalence and associated factors of early childhood caries in 3- to 5-year-old children in Shaanxi Province, China: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- Association Between Infant-Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries: A Clinical and Epidemiological Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Environmental Determinants of Early Childhood Caries: A Narrative Synthesis of Observational Evidence and Implications for Global Policy.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
- Introduction of fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages before 6 months of age and early childhood caries at 3.5 years: the ELFE cohort study.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Evaluation of possible associated factors for early childhood caries: are preterm birth and birth weight related?BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Predicting Dental Caries in Young Children in Primary Health Care Settings.Journal of dental research · 2023Article
- Do preterm-born children and adolescents have greater need for dental care as compared to full term-born controls?BMC oral health · 2022Article
- Association between Bifidobacterium and Scardovia Wiggsiae and caries-related factors in severe early childhood caries and caries-free Thai children: a quantitative real-time PCR analysis and a questionnaire cross-sectional study.European archives of paediatric dentistry : official journal of the European Academy of Paediatric Dentistry · 2022Article
- Association Between Early Childhood Caries and Obesity among Preschool Children.Oral health & preventive dentistry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the most prevalent chronic infectious diseases in children. The effective prevention and treatment are heavy burdens and study hotspots for pediatric dentists. Many studies had investigated the relationship between preterm, low birth weight (LBW) and ECC; however, the results were inconsistent. The present study was conducted with an evidence-based study to figure out the relationship between preterm, LBW and ECC for the first time. After searching the database, case-control and cross-sectional studies relevant to the relationship between preterm, LBW and ECC up to December 2019 were included. The data about odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were extracted and calculated with STATA 14.0 Software. A total of 22 studies were included in this meta-analysis, 9 studies of which did not only explore the relationship between ECC with preterm, but also study the relationship between ECC and LBW, 7 studies of which explored the relationship between preterm and ECC, and 6 studies of which studied the relationship between LBW and ECC. The meta-analysis results showed that the preterm increased the risk of ECC (OR = 1.59, 95% CI: 1.36-1.87) significantly. There was no difference between LBW and normal birth weight in the incidence of ECC (OR = 1.12, 95% CI: 0.94-1.33). The meta-analysis results of adjustment OR about LBW were similar to the crude OR (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 0.71-1.57). This meta-analysis indicated that preterm increased the risk of ECC significantly; however, LBW was not a risk factor for ECC.
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