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Zhang T, Gao X, Huang C, Su S, Lin X, Yin L, Bi Q, Fan Y, Lin J, Wei J, Liu Y, Chai L, Xu M, Chen X, Zhong W, Yang X, Zhang Q, Gao J, Wang Z, Liu Z. Digital measurement of deciduous tooth dimensions in China: A cross-sectional survey. Arch Oral Biol 2024; 163:105941. [PMID: 38599038 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2024.105941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Crown dimensions data of deciduous teeth hold anthropological, forensic, and archaeological value. However, such information remains scarce for the Chinese population. This multi-center study aimed to collect a large sample of deciduous crown data from Chinese children using three-dimensional measurement methods and to analyze their dimensions. DESIGN A total of 1592 children's deciduous dentition samples were included, and the sample size was distributed according to Northeast, North, East, Northwest, Southwest and South China. Digital dental models were reconstructed from plaster dental models. Independent sample t test, paired t test, principal component analysis (PCA), and factor analysis (FA) were used to analyze the tooth crown dimensions. RESULT 18,318 deciduous teeth from 1592 children were included. Males exhibited slightly larger values than females. The range of sexual dimorphism percentages for each measurement was as follows: mesiodistal diameter (0.40-2.08), buccolingual diameter (0.13-2.24), and maxillogingival diameter (0.48-3.37). The FA results showed that the main trend of crown dimensions changes was the simultaneous increase or decrease in mesiodistal diameter, buccolingual diameter and maxillogingival diameter in three directions. CONCLUSION This is the first large-scale survey of deciduous tooth crown dimensions in China, which supplements the data of deciduous tooth measurement and provides a reference for clinical application.
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- Tianyi Zhang
- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China
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- Specialist Out-patient Department, Stomatology Branch of Dandong Central Hospital, Dandong, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Dental Implantology, Heilongjiang Stomatological Disease Center, Haerbin, China
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- Department of Stomatology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Baotou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Cangzhou Central Hospital, Cangzhou, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Children's Hospital of Shanxi, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China
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- School of Stomatology, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, China
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- Department of Dental Implantology, Stomatological Hospital of Xiamen Medical College, Xiamen, China
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- Department of Stomatology, People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi, China
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hospital/School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, China
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- Department of Temporomandibular Joint, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Beijing Dongbo Dental Handpiece Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Stomatology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
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Blostein F, Zou T, Bhaumik D, Salzman E, Bakulski K, Shaffer J, Marazita M, Foxman B. Bacterial Community Modifies Host Genetics Effect on Early Childhood Caries. J Dent Res 2023; 102:1098-1105. [PMID: 37395259 PMCID: PMC10552462 DOI: 10.1177/00220345231175356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
Abstract
By age 5, approximately one-fifth of children have early childhood caries (ECC). Both the oral microbiome and host genetics are thought to influence susceptibility. Whether the oral microbiome modifies genetic susceptibility to ECC has not been tested. We test whether the salivary bacteriome modifies the association of a polygenic score (PGS, a score derived from genomic data that summarizes genetic susceptibility to disease) for primary tooth decay on ECC in the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia 2 longitudinal birth cohort. Children were genotyped using the Illumina Multi-Ethnic Genotyping Array and underwent annual dental examinations. We constructed a PGS for primary tooth decay using weights from an independent, genome-wide association meta-analysis. Using Poisson regression, we tested for associations between the PGS (high versus low) and ECC incidence, adjusting for demographic characteristics (n = 783). An incidence-density sampled subset of the cohort (n = 138) had salivary bacteriome data at 24 mo of age. We tested for effect modification of the PGS on ECC case status by salivary bacterial community state type (CST). By 60 mo, 20.69% of children had ECC. High PGS was not associated with an increased rate of ECC (incidence rate ratio, 1.09; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.83-1.42). However, having a cariogenic salivary bacterial CST at 24 mo was associated with ECC (odds ratio [OR], 7.48; 95% CI, 3.06-18.26), which was robust to PGS adjustment. An interaction existed between the salivary bacterial CST and the PGS on the multiplicative scale (P = 0.04). The PGS was associated with ECC (OR, 4.83; 95% CI, 1.29-18.17) only among individuals with a noncariogenic salivary bacterial CST (n = 70). Genetic causes of caries may be harder to detect when not accounting for cariogenic oral microbiomes. As certain salivary bacterial CSTs increased ECC risk across genetic risk strata, preventing colonization of cariogenic microbiomes would be universally beneficial.
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- F. Blostein
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Blostein F, Zou T, Bhaumik D, Salzman E, Bakulski KM, Shaffer JR, Marazita ML, Foxman B. Bacterial community modifies host genetics effect on early childhood caries. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2023:2023.01.11.23284235. [PMID: 37090669 PMCID: PMC10120800 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.11.23284235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
Background By age five approximately one-fifth of children have early childhood caries (ECC). Both the oral microbiome and host genetics are thought to influence susceptibility. Whether the oral microbiome modifies genetic susceptibility to ECC has not been tested. We test whether the salivary bacteriome modifies the association of a polygenic score (PGS, a score derived from genomic data that summarizes genetic susceptibility to disease) for primary tooth decay on ECC in the Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia 2 longitudinal birth cohort. Methods Children were genotyped using the Illumina Multi-Ethnic Genotyping Array and underwent annual dental examinations. We constructed a PGS for primary tooth decay using weights from an independent, genome-wide association meta-analysis. Using Poisson regression, we tested for associations between the PGS (high versus low) and ECC incidence, adjusting for demographic characteristics (n=783). An incidence-density sampled subset of the cohort (n=138) had salivary bacteriome data at 24- months of age. We tested for effect modification of the PGS on ECC case status by salivary bacterial community state type (CST). Results By 60-months, 20.69% of children had ECC. High PGS was not associated with an increased rate of ECC (incidence-rate ratio:1.09 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.83, 1.42)). However, having a cariogenic salivary bacterial CST at 24-months was associated with ECC (odds ratio (OR): 7.48 (95%CI: 3.06, 18.26)), which was robust to PGS adjustment. An interaction existed between the salivary bacterial CST and the PGS on the multiplicative scale (P= 0.04). The PGS was associated with ECC (OR: 4.83 (95% CI: 1.29, 18.17)) only among individuals with a noncariogenic salivary bacterial CST (n=70). Conclusions Genetic causes of caries may be harder to detect when not accounting for cariogenic oral microbiomes. As certain salivary bacterial CSTs increased ECC-risk across genetic-risk strata, preventing colonization of cariogenic microbiomes would be universally beneficial.
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Affiliation(s)
- Freida Blostein
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Divaris K, Haworth S, Shaffer J, Anttonen V, Beck J, Furuichi Y, Holtfreter B, Jönsson D, Kocher T, Levy S, Magnusson P, McNeil D, Michaëlsson K, North K, Palotie U, Papapanou P, Pussinen P, Porteous D, Reis K, Salminen A, Schaefer A, Sudo T, Sun Y, Suominen A, Tamahara T, Weinberg S, Lundberg P, Marazita M, Johansson I. Phenotype Harmonization in the GLIDE2 Oral Health Genomics Consortium. J Dent Res 2022; 101:1408-1416. [PMID: 36000800 PMCID: PMC9516613 DOI: 10.1177/00220345221109775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Genetic risk factors play important roles in the etiology of oral, dental, and craniofacial diseases. Identifying the relevant risk loci and understanding their molecular biology could highlight new prevention and management avenues. Our current understanding of oral health genomics suggests that dental caries and periodontitis are polygenic diseases, and very large sample sizes and informative phenotypic measures are required to discover signals and adequately map associations across the human genome. In this article, we introduce the second wave of the Gene-Lifestyle Interactions and Dental Endpoints consortium (GLIDE2) and discuss relevant data analytics challenges, opportunities, and applications. In this phase, the consortium comprises a diverse, multiethnic sample of over 700,000 participants from 21 studies contributing clinical data on dental caries experience and periodontitis. We outline the methodological challenges of combining data from heterogeneous populations, as well as the data reduction problem in resolving detailed clinical examination records into tractable phenotypes, and describe a strategy that addresses this. Specifically, we propose a 3-tiered phenotyping approach aimed at leveraging both the large sample size in the consortium and the detailed clinical information available in some studies, wherein binary, severity-encompassing, and "precision," data-driven clinical traits are employed. As an illustration of the use of data-driven traits across multiple cohorts, we present an application of dental caries experience data harmonization in 8 participating studies (N = 55,143) using previously developed permanent dentition tooth surface-level dental caries pattern traits. We demonstrate that these clinical patterns are transferable across multiple cohorts, have similar relative contributions within each study, and thus are prime targets for genetic interrogation in the expanded and diverse multiethnic sample of GLIDE2. We anticipate that results from GLIDE2 will decisively advance the knowledge base of mechanisms at play in oral, dental, and craniofacial health and disease and further catalyze international collaboration and data and resource sharing in genomics research.
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- K. Divaris
- Division of Pediatric and Public
Health, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings
School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC, USA
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- Medical Research Council Integrative
Epidemiology United, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical
School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Bristol Dental School, University of
Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate
School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental
Genetics, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Research Unit of Oral Health Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, Oulu
University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Division of Comprehensive Oral
Health–Periodontology, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Division of Endodontology and
Periodontology, Department of Oral Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Dentistry,
Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry,
Periodontology, Endodontology, and Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, University
Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Public Dental Service of Skåne, Lund,
Sweden
- Hypertension and Cardiovascular
Disease, Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University, Malmö,
Sweden
- Faculty of Odontology, Malmö
University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Restorative Dentistry,
Periodontology, Endodontology, and Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry, University
Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Preventive and
Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA,
USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Oral Health Research in
Appalachia, Appalachia, NY, USA
- Department of Psychology, West
Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
- Department of Dental Public Health
& Professional Practice, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Unit
of Medical Epidemiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings
School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill, NC, USA
- Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases,
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Periodontics, Section of
Oral, Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Sciences, Columbia University, College of Dental
Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases,
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Institute of Dentistry, School on
Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Centre for Genomic and Experimental
Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh,
UK
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- Institute of Genomics, University of
Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases,
University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Periodontology, Oral
Medicine and Oral Surgery, Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences,
Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Education, Tokyo Medical
and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Oral Health Services and
Research Mid-Norway (TkMidt), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Clinical and Molecular
Medicine, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim,
Norway
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- Institute of Dentistry, School on
Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Dentistry, School on
Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial
Diseases, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
- Public Health Evaluation and
Projection Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki,
Finland
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- Department of Community Medical
Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai,
Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate
School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental
Genetics, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Odontology, Section of
Molecular Periodontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate
School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental
Genetics, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dental Medicine,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Odontology, Section of
Cariology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Chatterjee S, Damle SG, Iyer N. A study on genetic and mutans streptococcal transmissibility of dental caries. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol 2022; 26:604. [PMID: 37082046 PMCID: PMC10112085 DOI: 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_201_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 04/22/2023] Open
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Background Dental caries is characterized by an interplay between environmental and genetic factors. Aim The aim of this study was to analyse the transmissibilities of high caries risk chromosomal loci at 5q 12.1-13.3 and low caries risk chromosomal loci at 13q31.1 and Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) in family units. Materials This prospective cohort study was performed on 56 families grouped into four: (a) Group I: 18 families of children with caries affected primary teeth; (b) Group II: 21 families of children with caries in permanent teeth; (c) Group III: 6 families of children with no caries in primary teeth and (d) Group IV: 12 families of children with no caries in permanent teeth. Blood, saliva and plaque samples were collected from consenting study participants. Isolated DNAs were subjected to polymerase chain reactions using suitable primers. Data collected was analysed with ANOVA and Chi-squared test. Results Wide expression of chromosome loci 5q12.1-13.3 was obtained in both blood and saliva samples. For chromosome loci 13q31.1, no expression was found in saliva samples, hence indicating its local absence. For the GtfB expression, transmissibility was common for a single band expressing S. mutans. Conclusion This study reflects upon newer findings in the field of genetic research on dental caries.
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- Shailja Chatterjee
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Yamuna Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India
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- Former Vice-chancellor, M. M. (Deemed to be) University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India
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- Former Principal, MM College of Dental Sciences and Research, M. M. (Deemed to be) University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India
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Wang X, Bernabe E, Pitts N, Zheng S, Gallagher JE. Dental Caries Clusters among adolescents in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 2013: implications for proportionate universalism. Caries Res 2021; 55:563-576. [PMID: 34380143 DOI: 10.1159/000518964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Xiaozhe Wang
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Center of Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Clinical and Translational Research, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Center of Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing, China
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- Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Esberg A, Haworth S, Kuja-Halkola R, Magnusson PK, Johansson I. Heritability of Oral Microbiota and Immune Responses to Oral Bacteria. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8081126. [PMID: 32726935 PMCID: PMC7464143 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8081126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Maintaining a symbiotic oral microbiota is essential for oral and dental health, and host genetic factors may affect the composition or function of the oral microbiota through a range of possible mechanisms, including immune pathways. The study included 836 Swedish twins divided into separate groups of adolescents (n = 418) and unrelated adults (n = 418). Oral microbiota composition and functions of non-enzymatically lysed oral bacteria samples were evaluated using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and functional bioinformatics tools in the adolescents. Adaptive immune responses were assessed by testing for serum IgG antibodies against a panel of common oral bacteria in adults. In the adolescents, host genetic factors were associated with both the detection and abundance of microbial species, but with considerable variation between species. Host genetic factors were associated with predicted microbiota functions, including several functions related to bacterial sucrose, fructose, and carbohydrate metabolism. In adults, genetic factors were associated with serum antibodies against oral bacteria. In conclusion, host genetic factors affect the composition of the oral microbiota at a species level, and host-governed adaptive immune responses, and also affect the concerted functions of the oral microbiota as a whole. This may help explain why some people are genetically predisposed to the major dental diseases of caries and periodontitis.
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- Anders Esberg
- Department of Odontology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden;
- Correspondence:
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK;
- Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; (R.K.-H.); (P.K.M.)
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; (R.K.-H.); (P.K.M.)
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Haworth S, Esberg A, Lif Holgerson P, Kuja-Halkola R, Timpson N, Magnusson P, Franks P, Johansson I. Heritability of Caries Scores, Trajectories, and Disease Subtypes. J Dent Res 2020; 99:264-270. [PMID: 31905308 PMCID: PMC7036480 DOI: 10.1177/0022034519897910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous studies report that dental caries is partially heritable, but there is uncertainty in the magnitude of genetic effects and little understanding of how genetic factors might influence caries progression or caries subtypes. This study aimed to estimate the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors in the etiology of different caries outcomes using a twin-based design. Analysis included up to 41,678 twins in the Swedish Twin Register aged 7 to 97 y, and dental data were obtained from preexisting dental records. The outcome measures were 1) summary indices of caries experience, 2) parameters representing trajectory in caries progression derived from longitudinal modeling, and 3) caries scores in groups of biologically similar tooth surfaces derived from hierarchical clustering of tooth surfaces (termed caries clusters). Additive genetic factors explained between 49.1% and 62.7% of variation in caries scores and between 50.0% and 60.5% of variation in caries trajectories. Seven caries clusters were identified, which had estimates of heritability lying between 41.9% and 54.3%. Shared environmental factors were important for only some of these clusters and explained 16% of variation in fissure caries in molar teeth but little variation in other clusters of caries presentation. The genetic factors influencing these clusters were only partially overlapping, suggesting that different biological processes are important in different groups of tooth surfaces and that innate liability to some patterns of caries presentation may partially explain why groups of tooth surfaces form clusters within the mouth. These results provide 1) improved quantification of genetic factors in the etiology of caries and 2) new data about the role of genetics in terms of longitudinal changes in caries status and specific patterns of disease presentation, and they may help lay the foundations for personalized interventions in the future.
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- S. Haworth
- Bristol Dental School, University of
Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Medical Research Council Integrative
Epidemiology Unit, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School,
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- S. Haworth, Bristol Dental School,
University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK.
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- Section of Cariology, Department of
Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Section of Pedodontics, Department of
Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Medical Research Council Integrative
Epidemiology Unit, Department of Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School,
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Genetic
and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H.
Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Section of Cariology, Department of
Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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In this review we critically summarize the evidence base and the progress to date regarding the genomic basis of periodontal disease and tooth morbidity (ie, dental caries and tooth loss), and discuss future applications and research directions in the context of precision oral health and care. Evidence for these oral/dental traits from genome-wide association studies first emerged less than a decade ago. Basic and translational research activities in this domain are now under way by multiple groups around the world. Key departure points in the oral health genomics discourse are: (a) some heritable variation exists for periodontal and dental diseases; (b) the environmental component (eg, social determinants of health and behavioral risk factors) has a major influence on the population distribution but probably interacts with factors of innate susceptibility at the person-level; (c) sizeable, multi-ethnic, well-characterized samples or cohorts with high-quality measures on oral health outcomes and genomics information are required to make decisive discoveries; (d) challenges remain in the measurement of oral health and disease, with current periodontitis and dental caries traits capturing only a part of the health-disease continuum, and are little or not informed by the underlying biology; (e) the substantial individual heterogeneity that exists in the clinical presentation and lifetime trajectory of oral disease can be identified and leveraged in a precision medicine framework or, if unappreciated, can hamper translational efforts. In this review we discuss how composite or biologically informed traits may offer improvements over clinically defined ones for the genomic interrogation of oral diseases. We demonstrate the utility of the results of genome-wide association studies for the development and testing of a genetic risk score for severe periodontitis. We conclude that exciting opportunities lie ahead for improvements in the oral health of individual patients and populations via advances in our understanding of the genomic basis of oral health and disease. The pace of new discoveries and their equitable translation to practice will largely depend on investments in the education and training of the oral health care workforce, basic and population research, and sustained collaborative efforts..
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- Thiago Morelli
- Department of PeriodontologySchool of DentistryUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Health SciencesSchool of DentistryUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina, USA
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- Department of Pediatric DentistrySchool of DentistryUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina, USA
- Department of EpidemiologyGillings School of Global Public HealthUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel HillNorth Carolina, USA
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Agler CS, Shungin D, Ferreira Zandoná AG, Schmadeke P, Basta PV, Luo J, Cantrell J, Pahel TD, Meyer BD, Shaffer JR, Schaefer AS, North KE, Divaris K. Protocols, Methods, and Tools for Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) of Dental Traits. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1922:493-509. [PMID: 30838596 PMCID: PMC6613560 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9012-2_38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Oral health and disease are known to be influenced by complex interactions between environmental (e.g., social and behavioral) factors and innate susceptibility. Although the exact contribution of genomics and other layers of "omics" to oral health is an area of active research, it is well established that the susceptibility to dental caries, periodontal disease, and other oral and craniofacial traits is substantially influenced by the human genome. A comprehensive understanding of these genomic factors is necessary for the realization of precision medicine in the oral health domain. To aid in this direction, the advent and increasing affordability of high-throughput genotyping has enabled the simultaneous interrogation of millions of genetic polymorphisms for association with oral and craniofacial traits. Specifically, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of dental caries and periodontal disease have provided initial insights into novel loci and biological processes plausibly implicated in these two common, complex, biofilm-mediated diseases. This paper presents a summary of protocols, methods, tools, and pipelines for the conduct of GWAS of dental caries, periodontal disease, and related traits. The protocol begins with the consideration of different traits for both diseases and outlines procedures for genotyping, quality control, adjustment for population stratification, heritability and association analyses, annotation, reporting, and interpretation. Methods and tools available for GWAS are being constantly updated and improved; with this in mind, the presented approaches have been successfully applied in numerous GWAS and meta-analyses among tens of thousands of individuals, including dental traits such as dental caries and periodontal disease. As such, they can serve as a guide or template for future genomic investigations of these and other traits.
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- Cary S Agler
- Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, UNC School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Odontology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Broad Institute of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Comprehensive Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Biospecimen Core Processing Facility, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Biospecimen Core Processing Facility, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Mammalian Genotyping Core, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, UNC School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, UNC School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UNC School of Dentistry, CB#7450, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Periodontology, Institute of Dental, Oral and Maxillary Medicine, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, UNC School of Dentistry, CB#7450, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Sim CPC, Walker GD, Manton DJ, Soong YL, Wee JTS, Adams GG, Reynolds EC. Anticariogenic efficacy of a saliva biomimetic in head-and-neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Aust Dent J 2018; 64:47-54. [DOI: 10.1111/adj.12658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- CPC Sim
- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre; Melbourne Dental School; Bio21 Institute; The University of Melbourne; Victoria Australia
- Department of Restorative Dentistry; National Dental Centre; Singapore
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre; Melbourne Dental School; Bio21 Institute; The University of Melbourne; Victoria Australia
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre; Melbourne Dental School; Bio21 Institute; The University of Melbourne; Victoria Australia
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- Division of Radiation Oncology; National Cancer Centre; Singapore
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- Division of Radiation Oncology; National Cancer Centre; Singapore
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre; Melbourne Dental School; Bio21 Institute; The University of Melbourne; Victoria Australia
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre; Melbourne Dental School; Bio21 Institute; The University of Melbourne; Victoria Australia
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Slavkin HC. The Impact of Research on the Future of Dental Education: How Research and Innovation Shape Dental Education and the Dental Profession. J Dent Educ 2017; 81:eS108-eS127. [DOI: 10.21815/jde.017.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Harold C. Slavkin
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, and Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology and Dean Emeritus; Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry; University of Southern California
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Eckert S, Feingold E, Cooper M, Vanyukov MM, Maher BS, Slayton RL, Willing MC, Reis SE, McNeil DW, Crout RJ, Weyant RJ, Levy SM, Vieira AR, Marazita ML, Shaffer JR. Variants on chromosome 4q21 near PKD2 and SIBLINGs are associated with dental caries. J Hum Genet 2017; 62:491-496. [PMID: 28100911 PMCID: PMC5367940 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2016.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
Abstract
A recent genome-wide association study for dental caries nominated the chromosomal region 4q21 near ABCG2, PKD2 and the SIBLING gene family. In this investigation we followed-up and fine-mapped this region using a tag-SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) approach in 13 age- and race-stratified samples from 6 independent studies (N=4,089). Participants were assessed for dental caries via intra-oral examination and 49 tag-SNPs were genotyped capturing much of the variation in the 4q21 locus. Linear models were used to test for genetic association, while adjusting for sex, age, and components of ancestry. SNPs in and near PKD2 showed significant evidence of association in individual samples of black adults (rs17013735, p-value=0.0009) and white adults (rs11938025; p-value=0.0005; rs2725270, p-value=0.003). Meta-analyses across black adult samples recapitulated the association with rs17013735 (p-value=0.003), which occurs at low frequency in non-African populations, possibly explaining the race-specificity of the effect. In addition to race-specific associations, we also observed evidence of gene-by-fluoride exposure interaction effects in white adults for SNP rs2725233 upstream of PKD2 (p=0.002). Our results show evidence of regional replication, though no single variant clearly accounted for the original GWAS signal. Therefore, while we interpret our results as strengthening the hypothesis that chromosome 4q21 may impact dental caries, additional work is needed.
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- Scott Eckert
- Department of Computational and Systems Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Washington University at St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Dental Practice and Rural Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.,Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Dental Public Health and Information Management, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, IA, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Randall CL, Shaffer JR, McNeil DW, Crout RJ, Weyant RJ, Marazita ML. Toward a genetic understanding of dental fear: evidence of heritability. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2016; 45:66-73. [PMID: 27730664 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Dental fear is a prevalent problem that impacts dental treatment-seeking behavior and thus oral, systemic, and psychological health. Among other important predictors, fear of pain has been shown to be a critical component of dental fear. While learning history (id est, past experience) is known to shape development and maintenance of dental fear and fear of pain, minimal work has addressed genetic etiological variables for these healthcare-related anxieties. With the aim of coming to a more complete conceptualization of dental fear, this study assessed the heritability of dental fear and fear of pain and elucidated the role of genetics in the relation between the constructs. METHODS Participants (n = 1370; 827 female), aged 11-74 years (M = 29.2, SD = 12.2), in a family-based cohort study completed measures of dental fear and fear of pain. Heritability and genetic correlation were estimated using likelihood-based methods under the variance components framework. RESULTS Dental fear was 30% heritable (P < 0.001) and fear of pain was 34% heritable (P < 0.001). Notably, there was substantial genetic correlation between dental fear and fear of pain, ρG = 0.67, suggesting they are genetically related, but likely are distinct phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS It is clear that, in addition to environmental factors, genetic influences are important in the etiology of dental fear and anxiety and should be considered in future studies of fear and anxiety associated with dental treatment and, potentially, interventions aimed at reducing distress that is a barrier to dental treatment utilization.
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- Cameron L Randall
- Department of Psychology, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.,Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Psychology and Department of Dental Practice and Rural Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Department of Dental Public Health, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Oral Health Research in Appalachia, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.,Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, Departments of Oral Biology, Human Genetics, Clinical and Translational Science, and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Fernando S, Speicher DJ, Bakr MM, Benton MC, Lea RA, Scuffham PA, Mihala G, Johnson NW. Protocol for assessing maternal, environmental and epigenetic risk factors for dental caries in children. BMC Oral Health 2015; 15:167. [PMID: 26715445 PMCID: PMC4696221 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-015-0143-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Expenditure on dental and oral health services in Australia is $3.4 billion AUD annually. This is the sixth highest health cost and accounts for 7 % of total national health expenditure. Approximately 49 % of Australian children aged 6 years have caries experience in their deciduous teeth and this is rising. The aetiology of dental caries involves a complex interplay of individual, behavioural, social, economic, political and environmental conditions, and there is increasing interest in genetic predisposition and epigenetic modification. Methods The Oral Health Sub-study; a cross sectional study of a birth cohort began in November 2012 by examining mothers and their children who were six years old by the time of initiation of the study, which is ongoing. Data from detailed questionnaires of families from birth onwards and data on mothers’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards oral health collected at the time of clinical examination are used. Subjects’ height, weight and mid-waist circumference are taken and Body Mass Index (BMI) computed, using an electronic Bio-Impedance balance. Dental caries experience is scored using the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS). Saliva is collected for physiological measures. Salivary Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) is extracted for genetic studies including epigenetics using the SeqCap Epi Enrichment Kit. Targets of interest are being confirmed by pyrosequencing to identify potential epigenetic markers of caries risk. Discussion This study will examine a wide range of potential determinants for childhood dental caries and evaluate inter-relationships amongst them. The findings will provide an evidence base to plan and implement improved preventive strategies.
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- Surani Fernando
- School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia. .,Population and Social Health Research Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia.
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- Molecular Basis of Disease Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith Health Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia.
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- School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia. .,Molecular Basis of Disease Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith Health Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia.
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, 4001, Queensland, Australia.
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- Population and Social Health Research Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia.
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- Population and Social Health Research Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia.
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- Population and Social Health Research Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia. .,Molecular Basis of Disease Program, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith Health Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, 4222, Queensland, Australia.
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Caries Experience Differs between Females and Males across Age Groups in Northern Appalachia. Int J Dent 2015; 2015:938213. [PMID: 26106416 PMCID: PMC4461765 DOI: 10.1155/2015/938213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Sex disparities in dental caries have been observed across many populations, with females typically exhibiting higher prevalence and more affected teeth. In this study we assessed the sex disparities in two Northern Appalachian populations from West Virginia (WV, N = 1997) and Pennsylvania (PA, N = 1080) by comparing caries indices between males and females across four phases of dental development: primary dentition in children aged 1–5 years, mixed dentition in children aged 6–11 years, permanent dentition in adolescents aged 12–17 years, and permanent dentition in adults aged 18–59 years. No significant sex differences were observed for children aged 1–5 years. Contrary to national and international trends, WV girls aged 6–11 years had 1.5 fewer affected teeth than boys (p < 0.001). However, by ages 12–17, caries indices in the WV girls matched those in boys. In both WV and PA adults, women and men had similar total counts of affected teeth (i.e., DMFT), although women had more dental restorations (p < 0.001) and men had more current decay (p < 0.001). These results suggest that in some Appalachian populations, young girls benefit from protection against caries that is lost during adolescence and that adult women utilize dental health care to a greater degree than men.
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Opal S, Garg S, Jain J, Walia I. Genetic factors affecting dental caries risk. Aust Dent J 2015; 60:2-11. [DOI: 10.1111/adj.12262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S Opal
- Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry; BRS Dental College; Panchkula Haryana India
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- Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry; Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana; Ambala Haryana India
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- Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics; Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana; Ambala Haryana India
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- Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology; BRS Dental College; Panchkula Haryana India
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Shaffer JR, Wang X, McNeil DW, Weyant RJ, Crout R, Marazita ML. Genetic susceptibility to dental caries differs between the sexes: a family-based study. Caries Res 2015; 49:133-40. [PMID: 25612913 DOI: 10.1159/000369103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Many of the factors affecting susceptibility to dental caries are likely influenced by genetics. In fact, genetics accounts for up to 65% of inter-individual variation in dental caries experience. Sex differences in dental caries experience have been widely reported, with females usually exhibiting a higher prevalence and severity of disease across all ages. The cause for this sex bias is currently uncertain, although it may be partly due to the differential effects of genetic factors between the sexes: gene-by-sex interactions. In this family based study (N = 2,663; 740 families; ages 1-93 years), we assessed dental caries via intra-oral examination and generated six indices of caries experience (DMFS, dfs, and indices of both pit-and-fissure surface caries and smooth surface caries in both primary and permanent dentitions). We used likelihood-based methods to model the variance in caries experience conditional on the expected genetic sharing among relatives in our sample. This modeling framework allowed us to test two lines of evidence for gene-by-sex interactions: (1) whether the magnitude of the cumulative effect of genes differs between the sexes, and (2) whether different genes are involved. We observed significant evidence of gene-by-sex interactions for caries experience in both the primary and permanent dentitions. In the primary dentition, the magnitude of the effect of genes was greater in males than females. In the permanent dentition, different genes may play important roles in each of the sexes. Overall, this study provides the first direct evidence that sex differences in dental caries experiences may be explained, in part, by gene-by-sex interactions.
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- John R Shaffer
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA
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Shaffer JR, Carlson JC, Stanley BOC, Feingold E, Cooper M, Vanyukov MM, Maher BS, Slayton RL, Willing MC, Reis SE, McNeil DW, Crout RJ, Weyant RJ, Levy SM, Vieira AR, Marazita ML. Effects of enamel matrix genes on dental caries are moderated by fluoride exposures. Hum Genet 2014; 134:159-67. [PMID: 25373699 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1504-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Dental caries (tooth decay) is the most common chronic disease, worldwide, affecting most children and adults. Though dental caries is highly heritable, few caries-related genes have been discovered. We investigated whether 18 genetic variants in the group of non-amelogenin enamel matrix genes (AMBN, ENAM, TUFT1, and TFIP11) were associated with dental caries experience in 13 age- and race-stratified samples from six parent studies (N = 3,600). Linear regression was used to model genetic associations and test gene-by-fluoride interaction effects for two sources of fluoride: daily tooth brushing and home water fluoride concentration. Meta-analysis was used to combine results across five child and eight adult samples. We observed the statistically significant association of rs2337359 upstream of TUFT1 with dental caries experience via meta-analysis across adult samples (p < 0.002) and the suggestive association for multiple variants in TFIP11 across child samples (p < 0.05). Moreover, we discovered two genetic variants (rs2337359 upstream of TUFT1 and missense rs7439186 in AMBN) involved in gene-by-fluoride interactions. For each interaction, participants with the risk allele/genotype exhibited greater dental caries experience only if they were not exposed to the source of fluoride. Altogether, these results confirm that variation in enamel matrix genes contributes to individual differences in dental caries liability, and demonstrate that the effects of these genes may be moderated by protective fluoride exposures. In short, genes may exert greater influence on dental caries in unprotected environments, or equivalently, the protective effects of fluoride may obviate the effects of genetic risk alleles.
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- John R Shaffer
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 De Soto Street, A300 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA,
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Yong R, Ranjitkar S, Townsend GC, Smith RN, Evans AR, Hughes TE, Lekkas D, Brook AH. Dental phenomics: advancing genotype to phenotype correlations in craniofacial research. Aust Dent J 2014; 59 Suppl 1:34-47. [DOI: 10.1111/adj.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- R Yong
- School of Dentistry; The University of Adelaide; South Australia Australia
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- School of Dentistry; The University of Adelaide; South Australia Australia
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- School of Dentistry; The University of Adelaide; South Australia Australia
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- School of Dentistry; The University of Liverpool; United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences; Monash University; Melbourne Victoria Australia
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- School of Dentistry; The University of Adelaide; South Australia Australia
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- School of Dentistry; The University of Adelaide; South Australia Australia
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- School of Dentistry; The University of Adelaide; South Australia Australia
- School of Dentistry; Queen Mary University of London; United Kingdom
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Garcia I, Kuska R, Somerman MJ. Expanding the foundation for personalized medicine: implications and challenges for dentistry. J Dent Res 2013; 92:3S-10S. [PMID: 23690361 DOI: 10.1177/0022034513487209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Personalized medicine aims to individualize care based on a person's unique genetic, environmental, and clinical profile. Dentists and physicians have long recognized variations between and among patients, and have customized care based on each individual's health history, environment, and behavior. However, the sequencing of the human genome in 2003 and breakthroughs in regenerative medicine, imaging, and computer science redefined "personalized medicine" as clinical care that takes advantage of new molecular tools to facilitate highly precise health care based on an individual's unique genomic and molecular characteristics. Major investments in science bring a new urgency toward realizing the promise of personalized medicine; yet, many challenges stand in the way. In this article, we present an overview of the opportunities and challenges that influence the oral health community's full participation in personalized medicine. We highlight selected research advances that are solidifying the foundation of personalized oral health care, elaborate on their impact on dentistry, and explore obstacles toward their adoption into practice. It is our view that now is the time for oral health professionals, educators, students, researchers, and patients to engage fully in preparations for the arrival of personalized medicine as a means to provide quality, customized, and effective oral health care for all.
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- I Garcia
- National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, 31 Center Drive, MSC 2290, Bethesda, MD 20892-2290, USA
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Zeng Z, Shaffer J, Wang X, Feingold E, Weeks D, Lee M, Cuenco K, Wendell S, Weyant R, Crout R, McNeil D, Marazita M. Genome-wide association studies of pit-and-fissure- and smooth-surface caries in permanent dentition. J Dent Res 2013; 92:432-7. [PMID: 23470693 PMCID: PMC3627505 DOI: 10.1177/0022034513481976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2012] [Revised: 02/01/2013] [Accepted: 02/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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While genetics clearly influences dental caries risk, few caries genes have been discovered and validated. Recent studies have suggested differential genetic factors for primary dentition caries and permanent dentition caries, as well as for pit-and-fissure- (PF) and smooth- (SM) surface caries. We performed separate GWAS for caries in permanent-dentition PF surfaces (1,017 participants, adjusted for age, sex, and the presence of Streptococcus mutans) and SM surfaces (1,004 participants, adjusted for age, education group, and the presence of Streptococcus mutans) in self-reported whites (ages 14 to 56 yrs). Caries scores were derived based on visual assessment of each surface of each tooth; more than 1.2 million SNPs were either successfully genotyped or imputed and were tested for association. Two homologous genes were suggestively associated: BCOR (Xp11.4) in PF-surface caries (p value = 1.8E-7), and BCORL1 (Xq26.1) in SM-surface caries (p value = 1.0E-5). BCOR mutations cause oculofaciocardiodental syndrome, a Mendelian disease involving multiple dental anomalies. Associations of other plausible cariogenesis genes were also observed for PF-surface caries (e.g., INHBA, p value = 6.5E-6) and for SM-surface caries (e.g., CXCR1 and CXCR2, p value = 1.9E-6). This study supports the notion that genes differentially affect cariogenesis across the surfaces of the permanent dentition, and nominates several novel genes for investigation.
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- Z. Zeng
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial & Dental Genetics, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial & Dental Genetics, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial & Dental Genetics, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Center for Craniofacial & Dental Genetics, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Dental Public Health and Information Management, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Dental Practice and Rural Health, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial & Dental Genetics, Department of Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Clinical and Translational Science, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Shaffer JR, Feingold E, Wang X, Lee M, Tcuenco K, Weeks DE, Weyant RJ, Crout R, McNeil DW, Marazita ML. GWAS of dental caries patterns in the permanent dentition. J Dent Res 2013; 92:38-44. [PMID: 23064961 PMCID: PMC3521449 DOI: 10.1177/0022034512463579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The importance of susceptibility genes in the risk for dental caries has been clearly established. While many candidate caries genes have been proposed, to date, few of them have been rigorously validated through observational and experimental studies. Moreover, most genetic epidemiological studies have analyzed global caries phenotypes that ignore the possibility that genes may exert differential effects across tooth surfaces of the dentition. Therefore, we performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of 5 novel dental caries phenotypes (developed by clustering the permanent dentition into categories of tooth surfaces based on co-occurrence of caries) to nominate new candidate caries genes. GWAS was performed in 920 self-reported white participants, aged 18 to 75 years, with genotype data on 518,997 genetic variants. We identified a significant genetic association between dental caries of the anterior mandibular teeth and LYZL2 (p value = 9e-9), which codes a bacteriolytic agent thought to be involved in host defense. We also identified a significant genetic association between caries of the mid- dentition tooth surfaces and AJAP1 (p value = 2e-8), a gene possibly involved in tooth development. Suggestive genetic associations were also observed for ABCG2, PKD2, the dentin/bone SCPP sub-family, EDNRA, TJFBR1, NKX2-3, IFT88, TWSG1, IL17D, and SMAD7 (p values < 7e-6). We nominate these novel genes for future study.
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- J R Shaffer
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Shaffer JR, Feingold E, Wang X, Weeks DE, Weyant RJ, Crout R, McNeil DW, Marazita ML. Clustering tooth surfaces into biologically informative caries outcomes. J Dent Res 2013; 92:32-7. [PMID: 23064960 PMCID: PMC3521447 DOI: 10.1177/0022034512463241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 08/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Dental caries affects most adults worldwide; however, the risk factors for dental caries do not necessarily exert their effects uniformly across all tooth surfaces. Instead, the actions of some risk factors may be limited to a subset of teeth/surfaces. Therefore, we used hierarchical clustering on tooth surface-level caries data for 1,068 Appalachian adults (ages 18-75 yrs) to group surfaces based on co-occurrence of caries. Our cluster analysis yielded evidence of 5 distinct groups of tooth surfaces that differ with respect to caries: (C1) pit and fissure molar surfaces, (C2) mandibular anterior surfaces, (C3) posterior non-pit and fissure surfaces, (C4) maxillary anterior surfaces, and (C5) mid-dentition surfaces. These clusters were replicated in a national dataset (NHANES 1999-2000, N = 3,123). We created new caries outcomes defined as the number of carious tooth surfaces within each cluster. We show that some cluster-based caries outcomes are heritable (i.e., under genetic regulation; p < 0.05), whereas others are not. Likewise, we demonstrate the association between some cluster-based caries outcomes and potential risk factors such as age, sex, educational attainment, and toothbrushing habits. Together, these results suggest that the permanent dentition can be subdivided into groups of tooth surfaces that are useful for understanding the factors influencing cariogenesis. ABBREVIATIONS COHRA, Center for Oral Health in Appalachia, the principal study sample; C1-5, clusters 1-5, groups of similarly behaving tooth surfaces identified through hierarchical clustering; DMFS index, decayed, missing, or filled surfaces, a traditional caries measure representing the number of affected surfaces across the entire dentition; DMFS1-5, partial DMFS indices representing the number of affected surfaces within a hierarchical cluster; and NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the secondary study sample.
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- J R Shaffer
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Dawson DV. New genes are identified that may be associated with childhood caries. J Evid Based Dent Pract 2012. [PMID: 23177507 DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2012.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Deborah V Dawson
- Division of Biostatistics and Research Design, University of Iowa College of Dentistry, N439E Dental Science Building - Dows Institute for Dental Research, Iowa City, IA 52242-1010, USA.
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Shaffer JR, Polk DE, Feingold E, Wang X, Cuenco KT, Weeks DE, DeSensi RS, Weyant RJ, Crout R, McNeil DW, Marazita ML. Demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors affecting patterns of tooth decay in the permanent dentition: principal components and factor analyses. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2012; 41:364-73. [PMID: 23106439 DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Dental caries of the permanent dentition is a multifactorial disease resulting from the complex interplay of endogenous and environmental risk factors. The disease is not easily quantitated due to the innumerable possible combinations of carious lesions across individual tooth surfaces of the permanent dentition. Global measures of decay, such as the DMFS index (which was developed for surveillance applications), may not be optimal for studying the epidemiology of dental caries because they ignore the distinct patterns of decay across the dentition. We hypothesize that specific risk factors may manifest their effects on specific tooth surfaces leading to patterns of decay that can be identified and studied. In this study, we utilized two statistical methods of extracting patterns of decay from surface-level caries data to create novel phenotypes with which to study the risk factors affecting dental caries. METHODS Intra-oral dental examinations were performed on 1068 participants aged 18-75 years to assess dental caries. The 128 tooth surfaces of the permanent dentition were scored as carious or not and used as input for principal components analysis (PCA) and factor analysis (FA), two methods of identifying underlying patterns without a priori knowledge of the patterns. Demographic (age, sex, birth year, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment), anthropometric (height, body mass index, waist circumference), endogenous (saliva flow), and environmental (tooth brushing frequency, home water source, and home water fluoride) risk factors were tested for association with the caries patterns identified by PCA and FA, as well as DMFS, for comparison. The ten strongest patterns (i.e. those that explain the most variation in the data set) extracted by PCA and FA were considered. RESULTS The three strongest patterns identified by PCA reflected (i) global extent of decay (i.e. comparable to DMFS index), (ii) pit and fissure surface caries and (iii) smooth surface caries, respectively. The two strongest patterns identified by FA corresponded to (i) pit and fissure surface caries and (ii) maxillary incisor caries. Age and birth year were significantly associated with several patterns of decay, including global decay/DMFS index. Sex, race, educational attainment, and tooth brushing were each associated with specific patterns of decay, but not with global decay/DMFS index. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these results support the notion that caries experience is separable into patterns attributable to distinct risk factors. This study demonstrates the utility of such novel caries patterns as new outcomes for exploring the complex, multifactorial nature of dental caries.
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- John R Shaffer
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
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Shaffer JR, Feingold E, Marazita ML. Genome-wide association studies: prospects and challenges for oral health. J Dent Res 2012; 91:637-41. [PMID: 22562461 PMCID: PMC3383848 DOI: 10.1177/0022034512446968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2011] [Revised: 03/26/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The genomic era of biomedical research has given rise to the genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach, which attempts to discover novel genes affecting an outcome by testing a large number (i.e., hundreds of thousands to millions) of genetic variants for association. This article discusses the issues surrounding the GWAS approach with emphasis on the prospects and challenges relevant to the oral health research community.
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- J R Shaffer
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto St., A300 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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