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| Title |
Association between estimated fluoride intake and dental caries prevalence among 5-year-old children in Korea
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| Published in |
BMC Oral Health, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12903-015-0153-0 |
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| Authors |
Min-Ji Kim, Han-Na Kim, Eun-Joo Jun, Jung-Eun Ha, Dong-Hun Han, Jin-Bom Kim |
| Abstract |
The purposes of this study were to estimate the fluoride intake from food and drink in 5-year-old Korean children, and to measure the association between estimated fluoride intake and dental caries prevalence. The study involved a secondary analysis of raw data from the 4(th) Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES; 2007-2009). The study subjects were 167 boys and 147 girls aged 5 years who had undergone both physical and nutritional examination as part of the survey. The KNHANES comprised a health questionnaire, a physical examination, and a nutritional examination. The nutritional examination of KNHANES consisted of 3 parts: a dietary life survey, a food-frequency questionnaire, and a food intake investigation. The food intake investigation used the 24-h recall method, with information being provided by the children's parents. On the basis of this information, we evaluated the fluoride content in a total of 310 food items using the hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDS)-facilitated diffusion method, modified using Taves' microdiffusion method. As part of the KNHANES survey, oral examinations were conducted at a mobile examination centre by trained dentists using dental mirrors under a fluorescent light. These examinations were performed using methods proposed by the World Health Organization. The dietary fluoride intake of 5-year-old Korean children was estimated to be 0.35 mg/day, or 0.016 mg/kg/day. The "decayed or filled surfaces" (dfs) indices of primary teeth were higher in children who had a lower dietary intake of fluoride. There was a significant inverse association between dietary fluoride intake and the prevalence of dental caries. The inverse association between dietary fluoride intake levels and prevalence of dental caries implies that the introduction of community caries prevention programmes may be beneficial. Such programmes would include water fluoridation and a fluoride supplementation programme. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 1 | 11% |
| South Africa | 1 | 11% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Unknown | 5 | 56% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 78% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 22% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 69 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 10% |
| Researcher | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 17% |
| Unknown | 32 | 46% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 41% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 1% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 4 | 6% |
| Unknown | 30 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 April 2023.
All research outputs
#6,621,987
of 25,611,630 outputs
Outputs from BMC Oral Health
#384
of 1,809 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#95,326
of 400,979 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Oral Health
#10
of 29 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,611,630 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 1,809 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 5.1. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its peers.
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