Prioritizing the Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries

Kabil, Noha; El‐Tawil, Sherif

doi:10.3390/dj5010004

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“…The age range of 12-36 months was chosen to expose the primary dentition to the oral environment for a minimum period of 6 months post-eruption. In the present study, the gender distribution of ECC among boys and girls was found to be equal which was in contrast to studies conducted by Maciel et al and Kabil et al who reported a higher prevalence in boys compared to girls, with highly significant results (p < 0.001) [17][18].…”

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“…The inverse relation between SES and ECC reported in the current study was similar to other studies by Tyagi et al , Plutzer et al and Kabil et al that ascribed the unawareness regarding oral health care for children of parents with low socio-economic groups to this finding [18][19][20]. Delay in dental visits and inconsideration of oral health as a priority could be other possible reasons.…”

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Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries in Toddlers: An Institution-based Study

Ganesh¹,

Sampath²,

Sivanandam³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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Background Tooth decay experience among toddlers and preschoolers is of epidemic proportions worldwide and dental caries still remains an important childhood disease affecting a considerable part of this population. Though the prevalence of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is associated with several risk factors such as feeding and oral hygiene practices, Streptococcus mutans levels, socioeconomic status (SES), etc., it is suggested that these factors should be studied adequately to aid in the early prevention and management of ECC. Objective The objectives of the study were to: a) evaluate the distribution of ECC, b) study the role of SES in the occurrence of ECC, c) record the variations in feeding and dietary practices along with oral hygiene practices and d) Correlate the sweet score with ECC.

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Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries in Toddlers: An Institution-based Study

Ganesh¹,

Sampath²,

Sivanandam³

et al. 2020

Cureus

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“…It is also worth mentioning that according to data extracted from Egypt's national oral health survey, Egyptian boys were more liable to suffer from ECC than girls and this goes in line with the findings of another cross sectional study conducted in Cairo governorate. [30] In addition, similar gender disparities in caries experience have been observed in other populations and among both children and adults. [31] A plausible explanation is that usually girls are more inclined to comply with instructions including health messages and in one study it was found that, when instructed, they brushed their teeth more frequently than boys.…”

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Assessing the prevalence of early childhood caries and the associated determinants in a group of preschool children: results from a national oral health survey in Egypt

Fadl

Fattah

Ezz

2019

Egyptian Dental Journal

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Objective: This study provides information on the prevalence of early childhood caries among a sample of Egyptian Preschool children and the potential determinants associated with this condition. Methods: A total of 651 preschool children were randomly selected from 160 gathering points in 26 governorates in Egypt. A face to face interview was conducted with children's primary caregivers and data on socioeconomic status, oral hygiene practices and feeding habits was collected. Information on caries experience was also recorded through dental examination following a standardized clinical protocol based on World Health Organization measures. Results: More than 67% of the examined children had at least one decayed primary tooth and the mean dmf score was 3.3. Girls had lower mean dmf scores in comparison to boys. A weak positive correlation was detected between dmf scores in children and maternal caries experience (r = 0.130, P < 0.001) whereas the coorelation with frequency of tooth brushing was weak negative (r=-0.093, p<0.001). Conclusions: Dental treatment needs among Egyptian preschool children are quite high and thus urging actions towards promoting oral health status of this population group need to be undertaken at community levels.

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“…The main risk factors of severs early childhood caries (S-ECC) were identified as following: the level of education of fathers and /or mothers, child's dietary habits, oral hygiene practice in addition to child dental visits can (24) .…”

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Knowledge and practice of Caregivers about Prevention of Early Childhood Caries

Shalan

Ramadan

2019

Egyptian Dental Journal

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Aim: This study was conducted to assess level of knowledge and practice of caregivers regarding prevention of early childhood caries in preschool children. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among caregivers of preschool children. A consecutive sampling technique was used to recruit 399 caregivers based on sample size calculation. Data was collected based on clinical examination and previously validated questionnaires. Dental caries experiences were calculated by dmft index using WHO criteria for dental caries diagnosis. Statistical analysis: Data was statistically analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Science Software program, version 23. Data presented using frequency and percentage for qualitative variables. Comparison between groups had been performed using Chi-square or Fisher's exact test for qualitative variables. P-Values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: This study highlights that caregivers who have good knowledge about oral health are mothers, high level of education, high family income, caregivers of child with dmft < 7. Additionally, family with high income, caregivers of children aged < 4 years and caregivers of the children with dmft < 7 and caregivers with sufficient knowledge each has higher practice regarding children oral health Conclusion: the majority of caregivers (64.4 %.) had sufficient knowledge related to prevention of ECC. In spite of that most of them (63.2%) were having low skills to prevent ECC. So, oral health education programs should be targeted to caregivers especially the lower socioeconomic groups to motivate them to take care of their child oral health and improve their practice..

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Prioritizing the Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries

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Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries in Toddlers: An Institution-based Study

Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries in Toddlers: An Institution-based Study

Assessing the prevalence of early childhood caries and the associated determinants in a group of preschool children: results from a national oral health survey in Egypt

Knowledge and practice of Caregivers about Prevention of Early Childhood Caries

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