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Birth-Weight, Pregnancy Term, Pre-Natal and Natal Complications Related to Child’s Dental Anomalies

  • Prokocimer T1
  • Amir E1
  • Blumer S1
  • Peretz B1,*,

1the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

DOI: 10.17796/1053-4628-39.4.371 Vol.39,Issue 4,July 2015 pp.371-376

Published: 01 July 2015

*Corresponding Author(s): Peretz B E-mail: bperetz@post.tau.ac.il

Abstract

This cross-sectional study was aimed at determining whether certain pre-natal and natal conditions can predict specific dental anomalies. The conditions observed were: low birth-weight, preterm birth, pre-natal & natal complications. The dental anomalies observed were: enamel defects, total number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (total DMFT), disturbances in the tooth shape and disturbances in the number of teeth. Study design: Out of more than 2000 medical files of children aged 2-17 years old which were reviewed, 300 files met the selection criteria. Information recorded from the files included: age, gender, health status (the ASA physical status classification system by the American Society of Anesthesiologists), birth week, birth weight, total DMFT, hypomineralization, abnormal tooth shape, abnormal number of teeth and hypoplasia. Results: Twenty one children out of 300 (7%) were born after a high-risk pregnancy, 25 children (8.3%) were born after high-risk birth, 20 children (6.7%) were born preterm - before week 37, and 29 children (9.7%) were born with a low birth weight (LBW) - 2500 grams or less. A relationship between a preterm birth and LBW to hypomineralization was found. And a relationship between a preterm birth and high-risk pregnancy to abnormal number of teeth was found. No relationship was found between birth (normal/high-risk) and the other parameters inspected. Conclusion: Preterm birth and LBW may predict hypomineralization in both primary and permanent dentitions. Furthermore, the study demonstrated that preterm birth and high-risk pregnancy may predict abnormal number of teeth in both dentitions.

Keywords

Low birth weight, pregnancy, dental anomalies, caries

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Prokocimer T, Amir E,Blumer S, Peretz B. Birth-Weight, Pregnancy Term, Pre-Natal and Natal Complications Related to Child’s Dental Anomalies. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2015. 39(4);371-376.

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