An exploratory study of maternal diabetes and offspring use of dental services-Northern Ireland national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A small number of literature has posited a link between prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus and an increased risk of developmental defects in the enamel of offspring. However, the evidence remains inconclusive.

Aims

This study examined the relationship between the diabetes status of mothers and the use of dental services by offspring to that pregnancy.

Material and methods

Anonymised data from a cohort of mothers who carried a child to term in Northern Ireland between 2012 and 2017 and service use by the child were taken from administrative databases from March 2015 to September 2021. Descriptive statistics, differences in means and regression analyses were used to examine the relationship between service use and maternal diabetes status, c

SUBMITTER: Salami A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10085974 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature