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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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home envir<strong>on</strong>ment can be determinants <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> childhood health and well-being during early<br />

childhood.<br />

A total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 135 infants underwent a dental screening examinati<strong>on</strong> at an average age<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 16.1 m<strong>on</strong>ths. Since this l<strong>on</strong>gitudinal cohort study involved a c<strong>on</strong>siderable proporti<strong>on</strong><br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Aboriginal participants it provides a unique snapshot <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> enamel<br />

hypoplasia and incidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ECC in this populati<strong>on</strong> in the Winnipeg regi<strong>on</strong>. Not<br />

surprising, teeth showing the greatest prevalence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> DDEs were the primary maxillary<br />

incisors as incisors are the <strong>on</strong>ly erupted teeth at this age. Approximately <strong>on</strong>e-fifth <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

infants examined had evidence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> enamel hypopolasia in their primary teeth. An<br />

epidemiological study partnering with a northern Manitoba First Nati<strong>on</strong> reported that<br />

50% <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the preschool cohort had obvious signs <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> hypoplastic enamel. 22 A study<br />

involving Australian Indigenous preschool children reported that virtually all children<br />

(98%) had at least <strong>on</strong>e tooth affected by an enamel defect, either an opacity or<br />

hypoplasia. 29 On average, children in that study had at least four primary teeth with<br />

hypoplasia. 29 Another study by the same investigator reported a much lower prevalence<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> DDE; <strong>on</strong>ly 20% <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this small sample <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Aborigine were affected. 30 This is closer to the<br />

prevalence reported in this prospective Canadian birth cohort study.<br />

A total <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 31 infants (23.0%) were determined to have ECC when using cavitated<br />

lesi<strong>on</strong>s as the definiti<strong>on</strong> for caries. When incipient (i.e. white spot) lesi<strong>on</strong>s were included,<br />

49 infants were found to have ECC. New efforts have attempted to standardize caries<br />

diagnosis, classificati<strong>on</strong>, and reporting for epidemiological purposes. 31<br />

The newly<br />

proposed Internati<strong>on</strong>al Caries Detecti<strong>on</strong> and Assessment System (ICDAS) allows for<br />

early incipiencies be recorded as decay. 32<br />

Although these incipient lesi<strong>on</strong>s may be<br />

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