Deciduous teeth from the New Hampshire birth cohort study: Early life environmental and dietary predictors of dentin elements.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sparse research exists on predictors of element concentrations measured in deciduous teeth.

Objective

To estimate associations between maternal/child characteristics, elements measured in home tap water during pregnancy and element concentrations in the dentin of shed deciduous teeth.

Methods

Our analysis included 152 pregnant person-infant dyads followed from the second trimester through the end of the first postnatal year from the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study. During pregnancy and early infancy, we collected dietary and sociodemographic information via surveys, measured elements in home tap water, and later collected naturally exfoliated teeth from child participants. We measured longitudinal deposition of elements in dentin using LA-ICP-MS. Multivari

SUBMITTER: Bauer JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748168 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature