Bruce A. Dye|Clemencia M. Vargas|Jessica J. Lee|Laurence S. Magder|Norman Tinanoff
Assessing the Relationship Between Children's Oral Health Status and That of Their Mothers
National Center for Health Statistics|National Center for Health Statistics|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center|National Center for Health Statistics|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center|National Center for Health Statistics|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center|National Center for Health Statistics|University of Maryland, Baltimore|Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
authors conducted study describe relationship oral health young children mothersusing data third national health nutrition examination survey related birth certificatelinked file authors compiled sample 1184 motherchild pairs children aged 2 6 years authors performed logistic cumulative logistic regression analyses using childrens caries experience untreated caries status dependent variables evaluated mothers untreated caries status tooth loss status along covariates including age raceethnicity poverty statuschildren mothers high levels untreated caries three times likely odds ratio 35 95 percent confidence interval ci 2062 higher levels caries experience treated untreated dental caries compared children whose mothers untreated caries similar relationship observed mothers tooth loss caries experience among children children mothers high levels tooth loss three times likely 33 95 percent ci 1864 higher levels caries experience compared children mothers tooth loss mothers moderate tooth loss 23 95 percent ci 1535mothers oral health status strong predictor oral health status children