Open AccessAssociation between family structure and oral health of children with mixed dentition in suburban Nigeria
Author(s) -
Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan,
Kikelomo Adebanke Kolawole,
Elizabeth O Oziegbe,
Titus Ayodeji Oyedele,
Hakeem Olatunde Agbaje,
Nneka Kate Onjejaka,
Victor Olasegun Oshomoji
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.206034
Subject(s) - toothpaste , medicine , oral hygiene , odds ratio , confidence interval , dentistry , dentition , population , odds , demography , logistic regression , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Family structures can affect the oral health of the child. However, little is known about the impact of the family structure on oral health of children in Africa.