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Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Dental caries is one of the most common diseases of childhood. Evidence suggests that malnutrition and vitamin deficiency may increase the risk to dental caries. AIM: This study aimed to determine the relationship between vitamin D and dental caries experience in children and whether vit...

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Autores principales: El Shiekh, Manal Ahmed, Hanafy, Rasha Mohamed Hatem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10251533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37296472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03065-0
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description BACKGROUND: Dental caries is one of the most common diseases of childhood. Evidence suggests that malnutrition and vitamin deficiency may increase the risk to dental caries. AIM: This study aimed to determine the relationship between vitamin D and dental caries experience in children and whether vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for tooth decay. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on 51 Egyptian children, aged from three to five years and diagnosed from Abo El-Resh Children’s Hospital as ‘Sufficient’, ‘Insufficient’ or ‘Deficient’ in vitamin D. Children were divided into 3 equal groups. A structured questionnaire, formed of four sections, was answered by the parents. Dental examination was performed under natural daylight. Caries index (dmf), for each group, was calculated then compared. The study was conducted from July 2019 to January 2020. Associations between dmf and different variables were assessed using independent t-test. Correlation between age and dmf was assessed using Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient. Multiple linear regression model was used to study the effect of different variables on caries. RESULTS: There was a weak positive correlation between age and dmf scores (β = 2.00; 95%CI, 0.73:3.26). Children playing outside experienced higher dmf (β = 1.29; 95%CI, -0.35:2.94) than those with no outside play. Children with 25(OH) D below 20 ng / ml had the highest dmfs (β = 1.01; 95%CI, -0.74:2.76). There was a significant association with teeth brushing; children not brushing their teeth showed significantly higher dmf (β = -2.21; 95%CI, -4.14:-0.28) than their counterparts. There were no significant associations of sex (β = -1.05; 95%CI, -2.68:0.59), fluoride tablets intake (β = 2.19; 95%CI, -1.25:5.63), dental visits (β = -1.43; 95%CI, -3.09:0.23), mothers’ vitamin D intake during pregnancy (β = 0.71; 95%CI, -1.13:2.56), snacking (β = -1.18; 95%CI, -4.62:2.26) and parental education (β = 0.62; 95%CI, -1.18:2.42) with caries experience among the study population. CONCLUSION: Vitamin D deficiency does not seem to be associated with dental caries experience of 3–5 years old Egyptian children. Out of the indicator variables, age and tooth brushing contributed significantly to the occurrence of dental caries among the study population.
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spelling pubmed-102515332023-06-10 Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study El Shiekh, Manal Ahmed Hanafy, Rasha Mohamed Hatem BMC Oral Health Research BACKGROUND: Dental caries is one of the most common diseases of childhood. Evidence suggests that malnutrition and vitamin deficiency may increase the risk to dental caries. AIM: This study aimed to determine the relationship between vitamin D and dental caries experience in children and whether vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for tooth decay. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on 51 Egyptian children, aged from three to five years and diagnosed from Abo El-Resh Children’s Hospital as ‘Sufficient’, ‘Insufficient’ or ‘Deficient’ in vitamin D. Children were divided into 3 equal groups. A structured questionnaire, formed of four sections, was answered by the parents. Dental examination was performed under natural daylight. Caries index (dmf), for each group, was calculated then compared. The study was conducted from July 2019 to January 2020. Associations between dmf and different variables were assessed using independent t-test. Correlation between age and dmf was assessed using Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient. Multiple linear regression model was used to study the effect of different variables on caries. RESULTS: There was a weak positive correlation between age and dmf scores (β = 2.00; 95%CI, 0.73:3.26). Children playing outside experienced higher dmf (β = 1.29; 95%CI, -0.35:2.94) than those with no outside play. Children with 25(OH) D below 20 ng / ml had the highest dmfs (β = 1.01; 95%CI, -0.74:2.76). There was a significant association with teeth brushing; children not brushing their teeth showed significantly higher dmf (β = -2.21; 95%CI, -4.14:-0.28) than their counterparts. There were no significant associations of sex (β = -1.05; 95%CI, -2.68:0.59), fluoride tablets intake (β = 2.19; 95%CI, -1.25:5.63), dental visits (β = -1.43; 95%CI, -3.09:0.23), mothers’ vitamin D intake during pregnancy (β = 0.71; 95%CI, -1.13:2.56), snacking (β = -1.18; 95%CI, -4.62:2.26) and parental education (β = 0.62; 95%CI, -1.18:2.42) with caries experience among the study population. CONCLUSION: Vitamin D deficiency does not seem to be associated with dental caries experience of 3–5 years old Egyptian children. Out of the indicator variables, age and tooth brushing contributed significantly to the occurrence of dental caries among the study population. BioMed Central 2023-06-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10251533/ /pubmed/37296472 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03065-0 Text en © This is a U.S. Government work and not under copyright protection in the US; foreign copyright protection may apply 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Hanafy, Rasha Mohamed Hatem
Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
title Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
title_full Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
title_short Relationship between vitamin D status and caries experience in a group of Egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
title_sort relationship between vitamin d status and caries experience in a group of egyptian children: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10251533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37296472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03065-0
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