1. Women are more susceptible to caries but individuals born with clefts are not
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Alexandre R. Vieira, Erin K. Rose, Michelle McMeans, Somnya Narayanan, Renato Menezes, Flávia M. de Carvalho, Juan C. Mereb, Mary L. Marazita, Shilpa Jain, Judith M. Resick, Jorge S. Lopez-Camelo, Iêda M. Orioli, Fernando A. Poletta, Carla A. Brandon, Ariadne Letra, Eduardo E. Castilla, and Aditi Jindal
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Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y DE LA SALUD ,Article Subject ,Ciencias de la Salud ,Disease ,Limited access ,03 medical and health sciences ,purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3 [https] ,0302 clinical medicine ,Caries ,medicine ,Epidemiología ,Women ,Craniofacial ,General Dentistry ,Ciencias Exactas ,caries ,0303 health sciences ,Geographic area ,business.industry ,congenital anomalies ,030305 genetics & heredity ,030206 dentistry ,Dental care ,3. Good health ,lcsh:RK1-715 ,lcsh:Dentistry ,Ciencias Médicas ,purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https] ,Caries experience ,business ,Research Article ,Clefts - Abstract
The identification of individuals at a higher risk of developing caries is of great interest. Isolated forms of cleft lip and palate are among the most common craniofacial congenital anomalies in humans. Historically, several reports suggest that individuals born with clefts have a higher risk for caries. Caries continues to be the most common infectious noncontagious disease worldwide and a great burden to any health system. The identification of individuals of higher susceptibility to caries is of great interest. In this paper, we assessed caries experience of 1,593 individuals from three distinct populations. The study included individuals born with clefts, their unaffected relatives, and unrelated unaffected controls that were recruited from areas with similar cultural pressures and limited access to dental care. DMFT/dmft scores were obtained, and caries experience rates were compared among the three groups in each geographic area. Individuals born with clefts did not present higher caries experience in comparison to their unaffected relatives or unrelated unaffected controls. Women tend to present higher caries rates in comparison to men. Our work provides strong evidence that individuals born with clefts are not at higher risk to caries; however, women tend to have more severe caries experience., Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Celular
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- 2011