Path Model of Risk Factors for Age at Primary Tooth Eruption: A Cohort Study of Preterm and Term Infants
Bianca S. Tavares, Jéssica M. Bittencourt, Joana Ramos-Jorge, Saul M. Paiva, Jhonathan Lopes-Silva, Cristiane B. Bendo · 2025
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Description
Bianca Tavares and co-authors followed babies born early and at term to see what shapes the age of the first tooth in 2025. Many factors have been linked to late tooth eruption. The team tested a path model that joins birth traits with social and health conditions.
The cohort held forty-three preterm and forty-eight full-term infants, checked each month from at least four months of age. Mothers answered questions on social background and health habits. Babies born early had a higher risk of later first teeth, by both plain age and age corrected for early birth. Gestational age also carried the effect of social and health conditions, which reached tooth timing through it.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bianca S. Tavares, Jéssica M. Bittencourt, Joana Ramos-Jorge, Saul M. Paiva, Jhonathan Lopes-Silva, Cristiane B. Bendo |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |