Effects of Community Water Fluoridation on Dental Caries Disparities in Adolescents
| Autor: | Ken Osaka, Go Matsuo, R.G. Rozier, Jun Aida |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male Adolescent Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education lcsh:Medicine Dental Caries Article 03 medical and health sciences symbols.namesake Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine prevention Environmental health Fluoridation parasitic diseases North Carolina Prevalence Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Poisson regression Water fluoridation Child Socioeconomic status School education Permanent teeth health disparities business.industry DMF Index lcsh:R Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health 030206 dentistry Health Status Disparities Educational attainment Health equity community water fluoridation Dentition Permanent stomatognathic diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Relative risk symbols oral health Female business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 6, p 2020 (2020) Volume 17 Issue 6 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 1661-7827 |
| Popis: | 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&rsquo s parental educational attainment and the prevalence of dental caries of children differed by children&rsquo 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&ndash 19-year-old schoolchildren with lifetime CWF exposure. CWF seemed to reduce dental caries disparities. |
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