ArticleInternational dental journal2022
Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries in Korean Preschool Children.
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- Association of Breastfeeding and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Age-Stratified Association Between CPI Screening Categories and Caries Experience in the Permanent Dentition of Children and Adolescents from Southwest Romania: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Clinical Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Review Regarding the Impact of Breastfeeding on Early Childhood Caries.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Breastfeeding and early tooth eruption as predictors of dental caries occurrence throughout childhood.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Association between first 2 years' feeding practices and early childhood caries: a birth cohort study in Shanghai.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Cross-sectional survey on dental caries among preschool children in Guangzhou city in 2022.BMJ open · 2025Article
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- Polymicrobial detection and salivary metabolomics of children with early childhood caries.PeerJ · 2025Article
- Association between early childhood caries and anthropometric growth and nutritional status in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aimed to investigate the association between feeding practices and early childhood caries using representative Korean national survey data.
methodsData of 2772 children (aged 1-3 years) from the fourth to seventh Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (2007-2018) were analysed. Data on decayed-filled teeth (dft) were obtained, and early childhood caries was determined as dft ≥1. Chi-squared test was performed to examine the experiencing of dental caries by participant characteristics, whilst analysis of variance was performed to compare the difference in dft values amongst the 3 groups (breast-feeding, mixed-feeding, and formula-feeding groups). Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the association between feeding practice and early childhood caries.
resultsComparison of the mean dft values amongst the 3 groups showed the highest value in the breast-feeding group. Multiple logistic regression analysis results showed that the likelihood of experiencing dental caries was significantly lower in the mixed-feeding group than in the breast-feeding group, whereas no significant difference was seen between the formula-feeding and breast-feeding groups. The likelihood of early childhood caries was higher in the group that introduced weaning food at ≥6 months than that at 4- to 6-month age, whilst the introduction of cow's milk and use of nutritional supplements had no significant association with the likelihood of early childhood caries.
conclusionsBreast-feeding and delayed introduction of weaning food were associated with a higher likelihood of early childhood caries.
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