Oral health of 3-year-old children and their parents after 29 months of child-focused antiatherosclerotic dietary intervention in a prospective randomized trial

Caries Research
S KarjalainenO Simell

Abstract

A long-term prospective, randomized dietary intervention to prevent exposure of children to the known atherosclerosis risk factors (the STRIP baby project) was started when the age of the children was 7 months. The aim of this substudy was to analyze the oral effects of the dietary intervention in the children and their parents when the children had reached the age of 3 years. Every fifth family of the main study was invited to this substudy (n = 179). Those studied (n = 148) represented well the intervention and the control groups and both genders in terms of intake of saturated fatty acids, the dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid (PUFA/SAFA) ration and serum cholesterol and HDL cholesterol concentrations. Though no difference was found in sucrose consumption between the intervention and the control groups, the intervention children received relatively (in E%) more energy from carbohydrates than the control children (p < 0.005), used absolutely (in g) and relatively (in E%) less fat (p < 0.05) and had a higher PUFA/SAFA ratio in their diet (p < 0.001). Of the 3-year-old children 93% were caries free, and dental decay was a prevalent in the intervention as in the control children. Control children brushed...Continue Reading

Citations

Feb 13, 2004·Acta Odontologica Scandinavica·Peter LingströmCarina Källestål
Oct 21, 2014·Journal of Oral Diseases·Benjamin W Chaffee, Ashley Cheng
Mar 16, 2012·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Rebecca HarrisAngela Ashcroft
Nov 21, 2019·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·Elisha RiggsJudith C Gomersall
May 18, 2000·International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry·S KarjalainenO Simell

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