ArticleBMC oral health2025
Effect of early tooth eruption on the development of dental caries in children: a cross-sectional study.
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- Primary tooth emergence in young children is associated with a stress biomarker.Journal of developmental origins of health and disease · 2026Article
- Effects of intergenerational parent-child separation on early eruption of permanent molar and telomere length: a cross-sectional study among Chinese children aged 3-6 years.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of ectopic eruption of permanent first molars in a group of children aged 5-8 years in Ankara, Türkiye: a retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC oral health · 2025Observational
- Prenatal maternal salivary hormones and timing of tooth eruption in early childhood: a prospective birth cohort study.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence on the association between early tooth eruption and a high incidence of dental caries is scarce and mixed. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the relationship between the timing of tooth eruption and development of dental caries in 229 children from six dental clinics in Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
methodsThis was a descriptive, cross-sectional study involving 229 children from six dental clinics in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted in fluoridated area. Information regarding a child's age, sex, relevant medical history, maternal diseases, and medications administered during pregnancy was collected through in-person interviews. The eruption time of the first primary tooth was the main exposure variable, representing the potentioal predicator, whereas the decayed, missing, and filled surface (World Health Organization dmfs index) scores of primary teeth were the outcome variables, as they provided the necessary outcome measurements for assessing dental caries. Caries examinations were conducted by five calibrated dentists, and the dmfs scores were calculated. Analyses were conducted using Spearman correlation, and additional analyses were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test.
resultsMost participants started teething at the age of 6 months (29.7%; mean, 7.81 ± 2.59 months; range, 4-17 months), and no statistically significant correlations were found between the dental caries experience and time of eruption of the first tooth in the oral cavity.
conclusionsThese results provide further evidence on the weak association between dental caries and early tooth eruption. However, further prospective, longitudinal, and randomised studies with a large sample are necessary to validate these findings.
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