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Background: Oral colonization starts at birth by vertical transmission.
Objective: To determine whether mode of delivery influences the oral colonization of infants
and contributes to the risk of childhood dental caries.
Methods: A systematic review was conducted in the electronic database Web of Science
for articles published from January 1995 to December 2015 by using a set of keywords.
Results: From 2,644 citations identified through electronic search, ten studies met the
inclusion criteria. According to the studies mode of delivery influences oral microbial density,
oral microbial profile and the timing of oral colonization by cariogenic microbiota. However,
there are no consistent results concerning either the prevalence of children harboring
cariogenic microbiota or the prevalence of early childhood caries by mode of delivery.
Conclusion: Mode of delivery influences early oral colonization. However, it seems
that other determinants rather than mode of delivery could be major contributors to the
development of early childhood caries.
Keywords: Early childhood caries, early oral colonization, acquisition of oral microflora,
mode of delivery
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Keywords
Early childhood caries Early oral colonization Acquisition of oral microflora Mode of delivery
Citation
Antão, Celeste; Teixeira, Cristina; Gomes, Maria José (2016). Effect of mode of delivery on early oral colonization and childhood dental caries: a systematic review. In 3rd PNAE Congress on Paediatric Nursing 2016 Beyond Borders: Best Practice in Nursing Children and Young People. Porto
Publisher
Paediatric Nursing Associations of Europe by RCNi, part of the Royal College of Nursing Group, available online through Nursing Children and Young People at ncyp.rcni.com