Background: Obesity is increasing in prevalence and is a major contributor to worldwide
morbidity. One consequence of obesity might be an increased risk for periodontal disease, …

Objectives (i) Quantify the relative association between child dental caries experience and
maternal‐reported child oral health‐related quality of life ( OHRQ oL); (ii) examine whether …

Importance Approximately 90% of adult smokers first tried a cigarette by 18 years of age,
and even infrequent smoking in adolescence is associated with established adult smoking. …

Tobacco use contributes to more mortality and morbidity globally than any other behavioral
risk factor. Adverse effects do not spare the oral cavity, with many oral diseases more …

Background Early‐life feeding behaviors foretell later dietary habits and health outcomes.
Few studies have examined infant dietary patterns and caries occurrence prospectively. …

Poor maternal zinc status has been associated with foetal loss, congenital malformations,
intra‐uterine growth retardation, reduced birth weight, prolonged labour and preterm or post‐…

BACKGROUND: It has been shown that never-smoking adolescents who try electronic
cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are at increased risk of subsequent conventional cigarette smoking. We …

Objectives: Feeding patterns in infancy are plausible contributors to dental caries later in
childhood, yet relatively few cohort studies have examined potential dietary risk factors at this …

Importance Stay-at-home policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt adolescents’
substance use and physical activity. Objective To compare adolescents’ substance use …

… Author links open overlay panel Benjamin W. Chaffee DDS, MPH, PhD a b , Carlos Alberto
… observed exposure, given baseline characteristics (W) and longitudinally recorded variables (…