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Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition | 5/2015 02 UK NEWS IMPRINT PUBLISHER: Torsten OEMUS GROUPEDITOR/MANAGINGEDITORDTAP&UK: Daniel ZIMMERMANN newsroom@dental-tribune.com CLINICALEDITOR: Magda WOJTKIEWICZ ONLINEEDITOR: Claudia DUSCHEK ASSISTANTEDITORS: Anne FAULMANN, Kristin HÜBNER COPYEDITORS: Sabrina RAAFF, Hans MOTSCHMANN PRESIDENT/CEO: Torsten OEMUS CFO/COO: Dan WUNDERLICH MEDIASALESMANAGERS: Matthias DIESSNER Peter WITTECZEK Maria KAISER Melissa BROWN Weridiana MAGESWKI Hélène CARPENTIER Antje KAHNT MARKETING&SALESSERVICES: Nicole ANDRAE ACCOUNTING: Karen HAMATSCHEK BUSINESSDEVELOPMENT: Claudia SALWICZEK EXECUTIVEPRODUCER: Gernot MEYER ADPRODUCTION: Marius MEZGER DESIGNER: Franziska DACHSEL INTERNATIONALEDITORIALBOARD: Dr Nasser Barghi, Ceramics, USA Dr Karl Behr, Endodontics, Germany Dr George Freedman, Esthetics, Canada Dr Howard Glazer, Cariology, USA Prof.DrI.Krejci,ConservativeDentistry,Switzerland Dr Edward Lynch, Restorative, Ireland Dr Ziv Mazor, Implantology, Israel Prof. Dr Georg Meyer, Restorative, Germany Prof. Dr Rudolph Slavicek, Function, Austria Dr Marius Steigmann, Implantology, Germany PublishedbyDTI. 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The publishers also do not assume responsibility for product names or claims,orstatementsmadebyadvertisers.Opinions expressed by authors are their own and may not reflect those of DentalTribune International. Scan this code to subscribe our weekly Dental Tribune UK e-newsletter. By DTI SEATTLE, USA/LONDON, UK: New research has related chronic ma- ternal stress to a higher prevalence of cavities among children. The study, which was conducted by re- searchers at King's College London and the University of Washington, further showed that chronic stress levels also influenced mothers’ care-taking behaviors, such as breast-feeding, dental visits, and giving breakfast daily. While this is not the first study to associate maternal exposure to stress with childhood cavities, it is the first to examine the relation- ship using biological markers of chronic stress, an incident known as allostatic load (AL). In order to measure the impact of maternal stressonchildren'soralhealth,the researchers analysed data from 716 US mothers of children aged twotosix.Datawastakenfromthe 1988–1994 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The investigators noted that even though the data used was rela- tively old, the public availability of the file allowed for a unique opportunity to analyze mother– child pairs from a large US study sample. The findings showed that caries wasmorecommonamongchildren whose mothers had two or more biological markers of AL compared with no such markers—44.2 per cent vs. 27.9 per cent. They further identified that maternal AL was associated with socio-economic status, affecting care-taking behav- iors, such as breast-feeding, dental visits, and giving breakfast daily. “Motherswithlowerincomewere significantlylesslikelytobreastfeed or to have taken their child to the dentist in the prior year. They were also less likely to feed their child breakfastthanhigherincomecoun- terparts. It is important to better understand the dynamics of these links, so that we might develop effective public health programs andinterventions,”Dr.WaelSabbah, a senior lecturer at the Dental Insti- tuteatKing’sCollege,remarked. In the study, mothers who had oneormoremarkersofALweresig- nificantly less likely to breast-feed than those with a normal AL level. This behavior was found to affect caries prevalence in children, as dentalcavitieswerealmosttwiceas common among children whose mothers did not breast-feed than those whose mothers did—62.9 per cent vs. 37.1 per cent. “This study uniquely highlights the importance of considering the influence of socioeconomic status and maternal stress on children’s oral health through mothers’ struggles to adopt healthy pat- terns that are major predictors of dental cavities, such as brushing herchildren'steethregularly,main- taining healthy dietary habits and taking regular visits to the den- tist for preventive care,” Erin E. Masterson, a PhD student from the schools of Public Health and Dentistry at the University of Washington, said. “Policythataimstoimproveden- tal health, particularly the preva- lence of cavities among children, should include interventions to improvethequalityoflifeofmoth- ers. Chronic maternal stress as a potential risk factor is something we need to consider, in addition to the widerimplications of maternal wellbeing, social, and psychologi- cal environment on dental health,” Sabbah concluded. The study, titled “Maternal Allo- static Load, Caretaking Behaviors, and Child Dental Caries Experi- ence”, was published online ahead of print on Sept. 17 in the American Journal of Public Health. Maternalstresslinkedtohigher caries prevalence in children By DTI LONDON, UK: Former President of the British Orthodontic Society Dr Allan R. Thom is the new Pres- ident of the World Federation of Orthodontists (WFO), the organ- isation announced on the last day of its 2015 international con- gress in London. He is the first orthodontist from the UK to as- sume the presidency of the spe- cialist body, which represents 110 orthodontic societies around the globe. Thomistakingovertherolefrom Dr Roberto Justus from Mexico, who has headed the WFO for the last five years. In his first speech, he said that under his presidency the WFO will help young dentists and those living in areas of civil unrest to play a more active role in the organisation. “There must be strong support for our present fellows and elected representatives in these countries who are trying to maintain both a service and high standards for patients under challenging condi- tions,”he said. Thom’s term as president will end in 2020. An expert witness from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, Thom has been a consultant ortho- dontistandauthorofclinicalbooks for over 30 years. Among other things, he helped to establish an orthodontic service in Malta when working as a consultant adviser to the country’s health department. He has also served on the WFO’s Executive Committee for over a decade. First Brit to assume presidency of world’s largest ortho body Thom (right) with his predecessor Dr Roberto Justus. 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