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. 2018 Jan 19;8(1):1248.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-19821-0.

Degree of severity of molar incisor hypomineralization and its relation to dental caries

A Negre-Barber  1 , J M Montiel-Company  2 , M Catalá-Pizarro  1 , J M Almerich-Silla  1
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Degree of severity of molar incisor hypomineralization and its relation to dental caries

A Negre-Barber et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Molar incisor hypomineralization is a developmental defect of dental enamel associated with rapid caries progression. In order to discover whether molar incisor hypomineralization predisposes to dental caries, a cross-sectional cohort study was conducted in a sample of 414 children aged between eight and nine years. It was found that 24.2% of the children presented molar incisor hypomineralization. Of these, 72% had a mild form and 28% a severe form. Caries prevalence was greater among the children with severe form (60.7%) than in those with mild form (43.1%) or no molar incisor hypomineralization (45.5%). The caries indices were higher in out molar incisor hypomineralization (1.18) or with mild form (1.08). The tooth-surface caries ratio was significantly higher in surfaces with severe hypomineralization than in those with no hypomineralization or mild hypomineralization. A linear regression model showed that cariogenic food intake and the presence of severe molar incisor hypomineralization were significantly associated with DMFS. Consequently, an association was found to exist between dental caries and the presence of surfaces affected by severe molar incisor hypomineralization, which should be considered a risk factor within the multifactorial etiology of caries.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Tooth-surface caries ratio by hypomineralization level for each MIH group.
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