A prospective study of a caries prevention program in pregnant women and their children five and six years of age.
ASDC J Dent Child
; 68(3): 191-5, 152, 2001.
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A preventive dental program (PDP) instituted in pregnant women and comprising an educational and a preventive part was evaluated when their children were five and six years of age. Dental caries was examined in sixty-seven mother-child pairs belonging to the program and in sixty-nine control mother-child pairs. In the five-year-old children 87 percent of the PDP group were caries free compared with the 50 percent in the control group. Comparable figures for six-year-old children were 89 percent and 62 percent in the PDP and control group, respectively. The mean dft of the PDP children five and six years of age was 0.4 and 0.2, respectively, versus 1.3 and 1.4 for the control children. The differences in caries-free status and caries prevalence were statistically significant. In conclusion, the preventive dental program which started in pregnant women and continued in the mothers and their children were highly effective for a long-term reduction of dental caries.
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Assunto principal:
Higiene Bucal
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Cuidado Pré-Natal
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Educação em Saúde Bucal
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Odontologia Preventiva
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Cárie Dentária
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Chile
Idioma:
En
Revista:
ASDC J Dent Child
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Chile
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos