Associations of household income and parental education with early childhood caries: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Lower household income and parental educational attainment were consistently associated with a higher risk of ECC from early childhood. Mediation analyses using oral health behaviors assessed at age 2 indicated that these behaviors explained a small proportion of the observed socioeconomic disparities, suggesting a small contribution of individual behaviors to early-life socioeconomic inequalities in ECC.

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Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
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2026-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.1265/ehpm.25-00358
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Dental Health and Care Utilization
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Lower household income and parental educational attainment were consistently associated with a higher risk of ECC from early childhood. Mediation analyses using oral health behaviors assessed at age 2 indicated that these behaviors explained a small proportion of the observed socioeconomic disparities, suggesting a small contribution of individual behaviors to early-life socioeconomic inequalities in ECC.

Environmental Health and Preventive MedicineVol. 31(0)
Osaka University of Comprehensive Children Education (JP), Global Policy Institute (US), University of the Ryukyus University Hospital (JP), The University of Osaka (JP)
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