Subtypes of early childhood caries predict future caries experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test whether postulated subtypes of early childhood caries (ECC) are predictive of subsequent caries experience in a population-based cohort of Swedish children.

Methods

The study included children aged between 3 and 5 years at study entry with dental records available for at least 5 years of follow-up. Dental record data were retrieved from the Swedish Quality Registry for Caries and Periodontal disease (SKaPa) for the initial and follow-up visits. Participants who had ECC at study entry were assigned to one of five ECC subtypes (termed classes 1-5) using latent class modelling of tooth surface-level caries experience. Subsequent experience of caries was assessed using the decayed, missing and filled surfaces indices (dmfs/DMFS) at follow-up visits, and compar

SUBMITTER: Gormley A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10102252 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature