Bangkok Workshop, 23-24 March 2023

Aims: (i) to estimate the total effect of breastfeeding (BF) on Early Childhood Caries (ECC) by assessing the natural direct effect (NDE), as well as the natural indirect effect (NIE) mediated by early sugar intake, (ii) to build a scale that determines the period from which BF exposure shifts from protection to risk for early childhood caries, and (iii) to assess whether exposure to fluoride can attenuate the effect of prolonged BF on ECC.

Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children (PCTC) (local team):

Waranuch Pitiphat (Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children – PCTC study)

Aroonsri Mongkolchati (Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children – PCTC study)

Areerat Nirunsittirat (Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children – PCTC study)

Praniya Keentupthai (Prospective Cohort Study of Thai Children – PCTC study)

Karen G Peres (GLOBICS Consortium, National Dental Research Institute Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore)

Gustavo G Nascimento (GLOBICS Consortium, National Dental Research Institute Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore)

Shilpa Sarawagi (GLOBICS Consortium, National Dental Research Institute Singapore, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore)