Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This cross-sectional clinical study examines maternal diet habits and child feeding practices in relation to the mother-child bacterial makeup.Mother-child dyads of cariesfree children in four age cohorts between 0-18 years were included in this study.Mothers answered a 65-question survey on their own eating habits as well as child feeding and oral hygiene practices.Children and mothers also provided a saliva and plaque sample for analysis of microbial colonies.A total of sixty mother-child pairs were identified and included in the study.Of the 60 pairs, 11 were predentate infants, 20 had only primary teeth, 14 were in the mixed dentition state, and 15 had all permanent teeth.All but two diet variables showed no statistical difference between the mothers in each group at a level of significance of p<0.05.ANOVA analysis of the average s-OTU count showed the predentate group had a significantly lower bacterial diversity than the other groups (p<0.05).ANOVA analysis of the Bray-Curtis Similarity Index of the mother/child dyads showed no statistically significant difference between the groups (p<0.05).On average, this similarity index showed that each child shared on average about 50% of their salivary microbial profile with their mother.These differences are attributed to the different stages of dentition development as well as the impact of both vertical and horizontal transmission.iii Dedication This document is dedicated to my husband, Mark and to my Dad, Mom, sister, and brother who supported me through all the years.without their support.First, I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Sarat Thikkurissy for being my thesis advisor.He not only assisted in the development and completion of this project, but helped remind me to maintain a balance between my academic and personal responsibilities.In addition, I would like to thank Dr. Purnima Kumar for her constant positivity and encouragement along the way.She was a great colleague and I am thankful for the relationship we developed throughout this process.Matthew Mason was also an integral part of this project.He performed most of the bacterial analysis and took the time out of his extremely busy schedule to be sure I understood everything.I am grateful for the understanding of Dr. Homa Amini who
Author: Stephanie Chambers Furlong
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Periodontics
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2725465902