Open Access<p>Dental Caries and Associated Factors Among Patients Attending the University of Gondar Comprehensive Hospital Dental Clinic, North West Ethiopia: A Hospital-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Amare Teshome,
Getaneh Andualem,
Kirubel Derese
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical, cosmetic and investigational dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1179-1357
DOI - 10.2147/ccide.s247179
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , oral hygiene , confidence interval , odds ratio , logistic regression , dentistry , guideline , tooth brushing , systematic sampling , oral health , family medicine , brush , pathology , toothbrush , electrical engineering , engineering
Dental caries are an emerging public health problem in developing countries in the last two decades. However, there is a paucity of data on dental caries in northwest Ethiopia. This study investigated the prevalence of dental caries and associated factors in northwest Ethiopia.