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Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents
Despite improvements in the prevalence of dental caries, disparities are still observed globally and in the U.S. This study examined whether community water fluoridation (CWF) reduced dental caries disparities in permanent teeth of 10- to 19-year-old schoolchildren in North Carolina. We used cross-s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32204333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062020 |
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author | Matsuo, Go Aida, Jun Osaka, Ken Rozier, Richard Gary |
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description | Despite improvements in the prevalence of dental caries, disparities are still observed globally and in the U.S. This study examined whether community water fluoridation (CWF) reduced dental caries disparities in permanent teeth of 10- to 19-year-old schoolchildren in North Carolina. We used cross-sectional data representing K-12 schoolchildren in North Carolina (NC) public schools. A poisson regression model was used to determine whether the association between children’s parental educational attainment and the prevalence of dental caries of children differed by children’s lifetime CWF exposure. We analyzed data on 2075 students. Among the children without any CWF exposure in their life, statistically significant caries disparities by parental educational attainment were observed. Compared to the children of parents with more than high school education, the relative risk for those with a parent with a high school education was 1.16 (95% CI = 1.01, 1.33) and those with less than a high school education was 1.27 (95% CI = 1.02, 1.60). In contrast, these disparities were not observed among children exposed to CWF throughout their lives. Socioeconomic disparities in dental caries were not observed among 10–19-year-old schoolchildren with lifetime CWF exposure. CWF seemed to reduce dental caries disparities. |
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spelling | pubmed-71752252020-04-28 Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents Matsuo, Go Aida, Jun Osaka, Ken Rozier, Richard Gary Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Despite improvements in the prevalence of dental caries, disparities are still observed globally and in the U.S. This study examined whether community water fluoridation (CWF) reduced dental caries disparities in permanent teeth of 10- to 19-year-old schoolchildren in North Carolina. We used cross-sectional data representing K-12 schoolchildren in North Carolina (NC) public schools. A poisson regression model was used to determine whether the association between children’s parental educational attainment and the prevalence of dental caries of children differed by children’s lifetime CWF exposure. We analyzed data on 2075 students. Among the children without any CWF exposure in their life, statistically significant caries disparities by parental educational attainment were observed. Compared to the children of parents with more than high school education, the relative risk for those with a parent with a high school education was 1.16 (95% CI = 1.01, 1.33) and those with less than a high school education was 1.27 (95% CI = 1.02, 1.60). In contrast, these disparities were not observed among children exposed to CWF throughout their lives. Socioeconomic disparities in dental caries were not observed among 10–19-year-old schoolchildren with lifetime CWF exposure. CWF seemed to reduce dental caries disparities. MDPI 2020-03-19 2020-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7175225/ /pubmed/32204333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062020 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Matsuo, Go Aida, Jun Osaka, Ken Rozier, Richard Gary Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents |
title | Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents |
title_full | Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents |
title_fullStr | Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents |
title_short | Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents |
title_sort | effects of community water fluoridation on dental caries disparities in adolescents |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32204333 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17062020 |
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