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Biological vs. Psychophysiological Risk(s) for the Pathway Determinants of Early-childhood-caries
Objectives: The potential influence of early childhood-caries (ECC) on psychomotor development remains elusive, with which the different cohorts of pre-school kindergarteners aged 4-to-6-yr via dmft and (co)-variables on their growth and development measures were explored for a new hypothesis.
Methods: To evaluate the risks of ECC on psychomotor development, the bi-township cross-sectional analyses was designed to assess the kindergarteners from the urban cities vs. rural townships of southern (n=433) and central Taiwan (n=353) with lower vs. higher dmft rates were employed for analyses. The demographic, dietary and hygiene records, summed dmft scores and amended comprehensive scales (CCDI/MCDI) for psychomotor development were collected to compute their co-relationships, where children with parents’ consents and pre-test power-analyses were used for the justified recruits. One-way ANOVA vs. multiple linear-regression and Chi-square analyses were set off to compare the differences of variables between age, gender & dmft vs. the relationship among co-variables and CCDI measures to address the potential risks, respectively.
Results: The data yielded that there were both positive relationships among all 4-to-6-yr kindergarteners with higher ECC (i.e., when dmft ≥4 & 5, etc.), but not with lower (<3) or very high (>9) ones, and the psychomotor development (i.e., expressive language, comprehension-concept & personal social; p >0.00126 - <0.0257), where oral hygiene was independently involved over time. A similar trend on dmft (scored >6.88±5.17) and CCDI on the psychomotor deficiency was comparatively identified in rural township with significantly higher caries experience.
Conclusions: Our findings, when fully revealed, will be critical to dental/medical professional, as ECC may give rise to child’s psychomotor deficiency. Herein, we proposed a new working hypothesis of ECC for the growing children (i.e., behaviors or/and environmental measures), where the biological vs. psycho-physiological risks of the pathway determinants will be presented and discussed accordingly.
Methods: To evaluate the risks of ECC on psychomotor development, the bi-township cross-sectional analyses was designed to assess the kindergarteners from the urban cities vs. rural townships of southern (n=433) and central Taiwan (n=353) with lower vs. higher dmft rates were employed for analyses. The demographic, dietary and hygiene records, summed dmft scores and amended comprehensive scales (CCDI/MCDI) for psychomotor development were collected to compute their co-relationships, where children with parents’ consents and pre-test power-analyses were used for the justified recruits. One-way ANOVA vs. multiple linear-regression and Chi-square analyses were set off to compare the differences of variables between age, gender & dmft vs. the relationship among co-variables and CCDI measures to address the potential risks, respectively.
Results: The data yielded that there were both positive relationships among all 4-to-6-yr kindergarteners with higher ECC (i.e., when dmft ≥4 & 5, etc.), but not with lower (<3) or very high (>9) ones, and the psychomotor development (i.e., expressive language, comprehension-concept & personal social; p >0.00126 - <0.0257), where oral hygiene was independently involved over time. A similar trend on dmft (scored >6.88±5.17) and CCDI on the psychomotor deficiency was comparatively identified in rural township with significantly higher caries experience.
Conclusions: Our findings, when fully revealed, will be critical to dental/medical professional, as ECC may give rise to child’s psychomotor deficiency. Herein, we proposed a new working hypothesis of ECC for the growing children (i.e., behaviors or/and environmental measures), where the biological vs. psycho-physiological risks of the pathway determinants will be presented and discussed accordingly.
