Open AccessSociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with early childhood caries among preschool children of Western Maharashtra
Author(s) -
Snehal Patil,
Riya Jain,
KM Shivakumar,
Samuel Raj
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_158_17
Subject(s) - early childhood caries , medicine , environmental health , pediatrics , demography , psychology , oral health , dentistry , sociology
Early childhood caries is a preventable disease of multifactorial etiology and is a public health problem affecting majority of the preschool-age children of the country. If left untreated, it has many social, economic, and nutritional implications and affects the quality of life of the affected child.
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