Helene Borghild Sæthre-Sundli

• Sæthre-Sundli, Helene Borghild; Wang, Nina Johanne & Wigen, Tove Irene (2020). Do enamel and dentine caries at 5 years of age predict caries development in newly erupted teeth? A prospective longitudinal study. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica. ISSN 0001-6357. 78(7), p. 509–514. doi: 10.1080/00016357.2020.1739330. Full text in Research Archive

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• Sæthre-Sundli, Helene Borghild; Wang, Nina Johanne & Wigen, Tove Irene (2018). Caries development in Norwegian Children aged 5 to 12 years. Show summary

  Children in Norway are offered all dental services free of charge. Aim: To describe caries prevalence in children aged 5 and 12 years and to explore caries development from 5 to 12 years. Methods: All 7002 children born in 2002 in one Norwegian county were invited to attend for a dental examination when they were 5 years old and were offered a re-examination at 12 years of age. Data were collected by clinical examinations and extracted from dental records. Caries was recorded as enamel caries (grades d1 and d2) and dentine caries (grades d3 to d5). At age 5 years, caries was registered in primary teeth, and at 12 years, only caries in permanent teeth was registered. A dentist and dental hygienists in the community dental services performed the examinations. Inter- and intra-examiner agreements were assessed by Cohen’s kappa and showed substantial to almost perfect agreements. Informed consent was obtained from parents and the study approved by an ethics committee (notification 2013/1881). Results: 5623 children were examined at 5 years of age of whom 3282 were re-examined at 12 years of age. At age 5 years, 510 (15%) of the children had dentine caries, and at age 12 years 1060 (32%) of the children had dentine caries. Enamel caries was registered in 689 (21%) of the children at age 5 years and 1542 (47%) at age 12 years. The longitudinal results showed that 1998 (61%) of the children had no caries at both ages. Of children that were caries free at age 5 years, 774 (24%) developed caries from 5 to 12 years of age. Children with caries at both ages had more surfaces with caries 3.1 (SD 2.6) than other children 2.2 (SD 1.8) at age 12 years (p<0.05). Conclusions: In the population studied, the majority had no caries. Children with caries at 5 years developed more caries between 5 and 12 years of age than other children. The results indicate that the dental care offered to children in this period failed to prevent these children from developing caries.

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