Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Aim: To demonstrate the relationship between diet and dental caries in preschool children with or without cleft lip and palate (CLP). Material and Methods: The participants included 142 children from 3 to 5 years old. The number of children with CLP was 91, and those without CLP were 51. The type of the study was analytical, comparative, and cross-sectional. The sampling was non-probabilistic for convenience, and the study variables were diet and dental caries. The study used the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) questionnaire to get data on diet and the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft) index for dental caries. Results: The study found that participants with clefts had a higher prevalence of dental caries (86.8%) than those without (78.4%). Regarding inadequate diet, both groups presented a significant association with dental caries (p=0.036); cleft children who consumed sugar-free dairy products had less dental caries than those dmft did not (p=0.023). Conclusions: In cleft children, inadequate diet had a significant association with dental caries having a great association with sugary dairy products.
Source: Journal Of Oral Research
Authors: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Mariela Romero-Velarde, Ana Aliaga-Mariñas, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Rafael Morales-Vadillo, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru., Alejandro Vásquez-Gonzales, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Gloria Cruz-Gonzales, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Lucy Chiong-Lam, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Tania Suyo-Chauca, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Edgardo Sandoval-Cáceda, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru., Janet-Ofelia Guevara-Canales, Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Lima, Peru., Dalila Vargas-Garcia, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru.
Language: English
Subfield: Periodontics
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7124171469
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