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J Dent Res. 1993 Jan;72(1):37-45.
Initial acquisition of mutans streptococci by infants: evidence for a discrete window of infectivity.
Caufield PW1, Cutter GR, Dasanayake AP.
Abstract
Oral bacterial levels of 46 mother-child pairs were monitored from infant birth up to five years of age so that the acquisition of mutans streptococci (MS) by children could be studied. The initial acquisition of MS occurred in 38 children at the median age of 26 months during a discrete period we designated as the "window of infectivity". MS remained undetected in eight children (17%) until the end of the study period (median age of 56 mo). The levels of both MS and lactobacilli in saliva of mothers of children with and without MS were not significantly different. Comparisons between a caries-active cohort colonized by MS (nine of 38) and children without detectable MS revealed similar histories in terms of antibiotic usage, gestational age, and birth weight. Interestingly, half of the children between the ages of one and two years who were not colonized by MS were attended by caretakers other than the mother, while all of the caries-active children during this same time period were cared for by their mothers; the difference was statistically significant. Here we report for the first time that MS is acquired by infants during a defined period in the ontogeny of a child. Support for the notion of a discrete window of infectivity comes from other sources, including animal models.
厚生労働省の健康施策
(2013年健康日本21(第二次)の告示)
・国民の健康増進の推進に関する厚生労働省の基本的な方向な下記の4項目である。
1) 健康寿命の延伸と健康格差の縮小
2) 生活習慣病の発症予防と重症化予防の徹底(NCDの予防)
3) 社会生活を営むために必要な機能の維持
4) 健康を支え、守るための社会環境の整備
上記の一から四を実現するため、国民の健康を増進を形成する基本要素となる栄養・食生活、身体活動・運動、休養、飲酒、喫煙および歯・口腔の健康に関する生活習慣の改善が重要である(平成二十四年 小宮山厚生労働大臣 厚生労働省告示第四百三十号)。
① 萌出したばかりの歯は摩耗していないので溝が深いむし歯は細菌が出す酸によって、歯が溶けてしまう疾患です。
② シーラントで溝を予防的に埋めます
③ シーラントによって細菌が入りづらくなります