Prevalence of Approximal Caries in Posterior Teeth in 15-Year-Old Swedish Teenagers in Relation to Their Caries Experience at 3 Years of Age
- 1 August 2007
- journal article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Caries Research
- Vol. 41 (5), 392-398
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000104798
Abstract
The aim of the present investigation was to study the prevalence of approximal caries lesions and fillings in posterior teeth at 15 years of age in a prospectively followed Swedish population (n = 568), with special reference to their caries experience at the age of 3 years. Only approximal surfaces were recorded, since all children in the Community of Jönköping have had fissure sealing performed on all caries-free permanent molars. At 15 years of age, the mean number of approximal tooth surfaces with initial caries lesions (D(i)a), manifest caries lesions and fillings (D(m)Fa) and total caries experience and fillings (D(i + m)Fa)--recorded on bitewing radiographs--was 2.78 , 0.45 and 3.23, respectively. One third of the adolescents had no approximal caries or fillings; the D(i)a constituted 86% of the D(i + m)Fa. Children with manifest caries at 3 years of age had a higher risk of developing approximal caries in their permanent teeth than caries-free children at the same age (41 vs. 17%). Furthermore, children who were caries-free at 3 years of age were more likely to remain caries-free at 15 years of age compared to children with manifest caries (37 vs. 17%). All these differences were statistically significant (p < 0.001). Additionally, early childhood caries experience (developed before 3 years of age) had a greater predictive value than late childhood caries experience (developed between 3 and 6 years of age) concerning approximal caries at 15 years of age.Keywords
This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- Childhood Residential Mobility and Multiple Health Risks During Adolescence and AdulthoodArchives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2005
- Effect of Caries Experience in Primary Molars on Cavity Formation in the Adjacent Permanent First MolarCaries Research, 2005
- Behavioural and Demographic Factors during Early Childhood and Poor Dental Health at 10 Years of AgeCaries Research, 2005
- Changes in Dental Caries 1953–2003Caries Research, 2004
- Evidence for reversal of the caries decline among Norwegian childrenInternational Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2002
- Predicting Caries in Permanent Teeth from Caries in Primary Teeth: An Eight-year Cohort StudyJournal of Dental Research, 2002
- Usefulness of a psychometric questionnaire in exploring parental attitudes in children's dental careActa Odontologica Scandinavica, 2001
- Incidence and Progression of Approximal Caries from 11 to 22 Years of Age in Sweden: A Prospective Radiographic StudyCaries Research, 1999
- Impact of diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of dental caries in Norwegian children aged 5, 12 and 18 yearsCommunity Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 1998
- A Magnifying Viewer for Photofluoro-Graphic FilmsActa Radiologica, 1953