Risk factors associated to the caries lesions progression in primary teeth and to caries incidence in permanent teeth in the childhood to adolescence transition: a 10-year cohort study

• Grant number: 19/27593-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2020
• End date: March 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Dentistry - Pediatric Dentistry
• Principal Investigator: Fausto Medeiros Mendes
• Grantee: Bruna Brondani
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia (FO). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 21/10537-8 - Influence of social inequalities on dental caries and oral health related quality of life during the transition from childhood to adolescence: a 10-year cohort study, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Dental caries is considered the oral health disease that provokes the greatest burden to the human population in the world, with alarming prevalence figures in all age ranges. When the disease is non treated, it leads to consequences in both dentitions, such as negative impact on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL). The evaluation of risk factors, as to predict the occurrence of new caries lesions, as to prognoses the progression of lesions already present, is important to direct an individual approach in order to prevent major problems related to dental caries. Nevertheless, few studies followed-up the persons from the childhood to the adolescence, limiting the comprehension of the disease in this transition period. Thus, the aim of this study consists in evaluating the progression of carious lesions in primary teeth and the caries incidence in permanent teeth, assessing the risk factors for these two outcomes in a cohort study with 10 years of follow-up, focusing the childhood to adolescence transition. This investigation will be carried out in Santa Maria (RS), using a sample of a cohort that started in 2010. In this year, 639 children from 1 to 5 years old were examined in relation to the presence of dental caries, considering different stages of severity and activity of the caries lesions. These children were reexamined after 2 years and 7 years. Now, children from this cohort will be contacted, and the children who were found and that the parents agreed with the participation in this phase of the study, will be reevaluated regarding the dental caries. Demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral factors will be collected again through a structured questionnaire applied to the parents and/or legal guardians. OHRQoL will be evaluated with the instrument Child Perceptions Questionnaire 11-14 (CPQ11-14). The outcome variables will be the caries lesions progression in the primary teeth, evaluated after 7 years and eventually, after 10 years, and the caries incidence on permanent teeth, evaluated after 7 and 10 years of follow-up. The negative impact on the OHRQoL will be other outcome. Multilevel Poisson regression models will be derived to evaluate the association of explanatory variables and progression of caries lesions in primary teeth, as well as other variables evaluated in the earlier waves of the study and outcomes related to caries incidence and OHRQoL, estimating relative risk values and 95% confidence intervals. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BRONDANI, BRUNA; KNORST, JESSICA KLOCKNER; TOMAZONI, FERNANDA; COSTA, MARINA DUTRA; VARGAS, ANDRESSA WEBER; NORONHA, THAIS GIODA; MENDES, FAUSTO MEDEIROS; ARDENGHI, THIAGO MACHADO. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioural and psychosocial factors related to oral health in adolescents: A cohort study. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, v. 31, n. 4, p. 539-546, JUL 2021. (19/27593-8)

MARINA DUTRA CÓSTA; BRUNA BRONDANI; JESSICA KLÖCKNER KNORST; FAUSTO MEDEIROS MENDES; THIAGO MACHADO ARDENGHI. Number of dentists in the neighborhood and incidence of dental caries in the children permanent dentition. Brazilian Dental Journal, v. 33, n. 4, p. 103-112, 2022-08-26. (19/27593-8)

REYES, L. TOLEDO; KNORST, J. K.; ORTIZ, F. R.; BRONDANI, B.; EMMANUELLI, B.; GUEDES, R. SARAIVA; MENDES, F. M.; ARDENGHI, T. M.. Early Childhood Predictors for Dental Caries: A Machine Learning Approach. JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH, v. 102, n. 9, p. 8-pg., 2023-05-29. (19/27593-8)

ZEMOLIN, NICOLE ADRIELLI MONTEIRO; RAUBER, EVERTON DANIEL; BRONDANI, BRUNA; KNORST, JESSICA KLOCKNER; MENDES, FAUSTO MEDEIROS; ARDENGHI, THIAGO MACHADO. Impact of licit and illicit substances on the oral health-related quality of life in adolescents. ORAL DISEASES, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2023-03-21. (19/27593-8)

COSTA, NATALIA C.; KNORST, JESSICA K.; BRONDANI, BRUNA; MENEGAZZO, GABRIELE R.; MENDES, FAUSTO M.; ARDENGHI, DIEGO M.; ARDENGHI, THIAGO M.. Early childhood factors in the development of oral health behaviours in adolescence: A structural equation modelling approach. COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2022-04-16. (19/27593-8)

KNORST, JESSICA KLOCKNER; BRONDANI, BRUNA; TOMAZONI, FERNANDA; VARGAS, ANDRESSA WEBER; COSTA, MARINA DUTRA; GODOIS, LEONARDO DA SILVA; MENDES, FAUSTO MEDEIROS; ARDENGHI, DIEGO MACHADO; ARDENGHI, THIAGO MACHADO. COVID-19 pandemic reduces the negative perception of oral health-related quality of life in adolescents. QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, v. 30, n. 6, JAN 2021. (19/27593-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BRONDANI, Bruna. Dental caries and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life from childhood to adolescence: evidence from a 10-year cohort study. 2024. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia (FO/SDO) São Paulo.