Caries experience among children born after a complicated pregnancy.
Justin T van der TasEppo B WolviusLea KragtFernando RivadeneiraHenriëtte A MollEric A P SteegersSarah Schalekamp-TimmermansPublished in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2020)
Although it is expected that prenatal stress can be a risk factor for caries development later in life, our findings do not support this hypothesis. Therefore, we believe disparities in caries experience between children are probably not explained by early life events during a critical intrauterine period of development.