Browsing Det odontologiske fakultet by Author "Wigen, Tove Irene"
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Wigen, Tove Irene (Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2011)Caries risk indicators in preschool children. Maternal and family conditions in pregnancy and early childhood and dental caries development in preschool children.<br><br> Caries prevalence in preschool children in Norway ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: To describe the use of dental floss by teenagers and study associations between flossing and approximal caries experience, oral health behaviours, gender, parental education and national background. Methods: The ...
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Sæthre-Sundli, Helene Borghild; Wang, Nina Johanne; Wigen, Tove Irene (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objective: To explore caries development in children from 5 to 12 years of age, and to study whether enamel caries and dentine caries at 5 years of age could predict caries prevalence at 12 years of age, controlled for ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2015)Objective: The purpose was to study associations between tooth brushing frequency, use of fluoride lozenges and consumption of sugary drinks at 1.5 year of age and having caries experience at 5 years of age. Methods: This ...
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Sæthre-Sundli, Helene Borghild; Løken, Sonja Yr; Wang, Nina Johanne; Wigen, Tove Irene (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Purpose To explore the use of fissure sealing as a caries preventive method by describing characteristics of children who had received sealants and to study associations between sealing and caries prevalence at 12 years ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Lifestyle diseases including dental caries are partly preventable, and associated with health behavior. Establishing favorable health behavior is one main challenge both in general and dental health services. ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Baumgartner, Christine Sophie; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)Objective: The first aim was to describe presence of plaque, caries and oral health behaviours in 2‐year‐old children. The second aim was to measure increments in caries experience from 2 to 5 years of age and to study ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2011)In this study, associations were explored between maternal health and lifestyle during pregnancy and in early motherhood, and preschool children’s caries experience. The study was based on the Norwegian Mother and Child ...
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Afzal, Sadaf Haque; Wigen, Tove Irene; Skaare, Anne B; Brusevold, Ingvild Johnsen (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Abstract This study investigated the prevalence and associations of molar–incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) in 8–9 year‐old children in Oslo. A total of 3013 children in one age cohort participated in the study during their ...
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Oral health behaviours in 12-year-olds. Association with caries and characteristics of the children? Baumgartner, Christine Sophie; Wang, Nina Johanne; Wigen, Tove Irene (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective To explore frequency of tooth brushing, dental flossing, fluoride supplements and sugar snacking in 12-year-olds, and to study how these oral health behaviours were associated with background characteristics ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)The proportion of Norwegian preschool children with dental caries experience has decreased during the last decades and the caries distribution has become skewed. Some children develop caries in early life, and caries may ...
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Sæthre-Sundli, Helene Borghild; Wang, Nina Johanne; Wigen, Tove Irene (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)Purpose To explore breastfeeding from 6 to 18 months of age and to study the association between breastfeeding and caries prevalence at 5 years of age. Methods The study included 1088 children from one Norwegian ...
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Løken, Sonja Yr; Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective: The aim of this study was to follow attendance patterns longitudinally by exploring length of intervals between routine dental examinations in children at the ages of 5 and 12 years, and study associations between ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)Objective: The objective was to evaluate established routines for referral of children by primary care nurses to the dental services and to study whether referred children younger than 3 years required contact with dental ...
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Wigen, Tove Irene; Wang, Nina Johanne (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2014)Objectives: The purpose of the analyses was to study development, stability and changes in oral health behaviour; tooth brushing frequency, use of fluoride lozenges and fluoridated tooth paste in children from 1.5 to 5 ...