A scoping review on the association between early childhood caries and life on land: The Sustainable Development Goal 15.

Autor: Foláyan MNO; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.; Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.; Africa Oral Health Network, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Schroth RJ; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada., Duangthip D; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Al-Batayneh OB; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Department of Orthodontics, Pediatric and Community Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.; Preventive Dentistry Department, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan., Virtanen JI; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway., Sun IG; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China., Arheiam A; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya., Feldens CA; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Universidade Luterana Do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil., El Tantawi M; Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.; Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.; Africa Oral Health Network, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Jul 11; Vol. 19 (7), pp. e0304523. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 11 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304523
Abstrakt: Background: The Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG15) deals with protecting, restoring, and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, halting and reversing land degradation, combating desertification and halting biodiversity loss. The purpose of this scoping review was to map the current evidence on the association between SDG 15 and Early Childhood Caries (ECC).
Methods: This scoping review was reported in accordance with the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses extension for scoping reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines. Formal literature searches were conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus in March 2023 using key search terms. Studies with the criteria (in English, with full text available, addressing component of life on land, focusing on dental caries in humans, with results that can be extrapolated to control ECC in children less than 6 years of age) were included. Retrieved papers were summarised and a conceptual framework developed regarding the postulated link between SDG15 and ECC.
Results: Two publications met the inclusion criteria. Both publications were ecological studies relating environmental findings to aggregated health data at the area level. One study concluded that the eco-hydrogeological environment was associated with human health, including caries. The other reported that excessive calcium was associated with the presence of compounds increasing groundwater acidity that had an impact on human health, including caries. The two ecological studies were linked to SDG 15.1. It is also plausible that SDG 15.2 and SDG 15.3 may reduce the risk for food insecurity, unemployment, gender inequality, zoonotic infections, conflict and migration; while SDG 15.4 may improve access to medicinal plants such as anticariogenic chewing sticks and reduction in the consumption of cariogenic diets.
Conclusions: There are currently no studies to support an association between ECC and SDG15 although there are multiple plausible pathways for such an association that can be explored. There is also the possibility of synergistic actions between the elements of soil, water and air in ways that differentially affect the risk of ECC. Studies on the direct link between the SDG15 and ECC are needed. These studies will require the use of innovative research approaches.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2024 Foláyan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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