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Andreas Dobloug¹, Jostein Grytten¹

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The family significantly influences children's dental health, with sibling's oral health status impacting others. This highlights the family's crucial role in shaping lifelong dental well-being.

Keywords:

caries epidemiology public health statistics study design

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Genetics and Family Studies

Background:

Family environment significantly impacts sibling dental caries development.
Previous research has not quantified the family's contribution to caries variation.

Purpose of the Study:

To quantify the correlation of dental caries between siblings.
To investigate if this correlation varies by family size, maternal education, marital status, and country of birth.

Main Methods:

Utilized a large dataset of 409,766 children (6-18 years) and 181,551 mothers.
Employed random-effects regression and intraclass correlation coefficients to analyze caries prevalence in permanent teeth.
Linked electronic dental records with Norwegian population statistics.

Main Results:

Between-family variability accounted for 13-29% of the variance in dental caries.
Intraclass correlation coefficients remained consistent across subpopulations with varying maternal characteristics.
A significant family effect on dental caries was identified.

Conclusions:

The family environment plays a substantial role in shaping children's dental health outcomes.
Positive changes in one sibling's dental health were associated with improvements in their sibling's dental health.