ArticleCaries research2026
Socio-Environmental Typologies and Incidence of Dental Caries from Childhood to Adolescence among Youth in Montreal: The QUALITY Cohort.
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<p>Introduction: Leveraging data from a cohort study of Quebec youth with a family history of obesity, this study aimed to (i) identify neighbourhood socio-environmental typologies in childhood and (ii) estimate their associations with the incidence of dental caries in adolescence.
methodsWe used baseline (2005-2008) and second follow-up (2012-2015) data from the ongoing QUALITY cohort study in Montreal, Canada, which included 512 children aged 8-10 years with ≥1 biological parent with obesity at baseline. Based on prior literature and data availability, we selected three key neighbourhood-level indicators - social disorder, social deprivation, and material deprivation - measured in both school and residential settings. Latent class analysis was used to derive the socio-environmental typologies by combining social disorder, social deprivation, and material deprivation of the social environment in school and residential neighbourhoods. The outcome was dental caries incidence, assessed as the change in the Decayed, Missing, Filled Surface index. Negative binomial regression was performed to estimate incidence ratios (IRs) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsOnly three neighbourhood socio-environmental typologies were identified. Type 1 neighbourhoods: high social disorder, high social deprivation, and low material deprivation; type 2 neighbourhoods: median social disorder, median social deprivation, and median material deprivation; type 3 neighbourhoods: low social disorder, low social deprivation, and high material deprivation. Compared to type 1, the IRs (95% CIs) were 0.9 (0.6-1.2) for type 2 and 0.8 (0.6-1.1) for type 3.
conclusionNeighbourhoods with lower social disorder and social deprivation may offer a protective effect against dental caries in youth. </p>.
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