title: [A cohort study on dental caries in infants].
abstract: A cohort study was performed to determine what techniques are effective in dental caries prevention in infants. Subjects were 878 children aged 18 months, who visited the Gifu-shi Central Public Health Center to receive the medical health check and who were found to be dental caries free. The subjects received both 18 months and 3 years old dental health examinations which included data on incidence of dental caries and oral hygiene conditions (plaque score). Information on the children's between-meals eating habits and mother aided daily tooth brushing habits were obtained from their mothers. Caries incidence was 31.5% and 43.3% in children with good and poor oral hygiene conditions, 30.9% and 38.5% in children with and without daily brushing habits, and 41.0% and 29.2% in children with and without between-meals eating habits, respectively. Logistic regression analysis indicated that oral hygiene conditions and eating habits between meals were more important than mother aided daily tooth brushing.
authors.affiliation: Gifu-shi Central Public Health Center.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kani
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007564:Japan; D016015:Logistic Models; D009910:Oral Hygiene