Late bedtime and dental caries incidence in Kuwaiti children: A longitudinal multilevel analysis.
Hend AlqaderiMary TavaresFahd Al-MullaEbaa Al-OzairiJo Max GoodsonPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2020)
In a cohort study of Kuwaiti children, late bedtime was associated with increased dental caries incidence. Additionally, dental caries experience increased with higher levels of salivary ghrelin and lower levels of salivary leptin, and sleep duration mediates the relationship between these two biomarkers and dental caries.
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