Open AccessDental caries prevalence among 5- to 15-year-old children from SEAR countries of WHO: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Sonal Kale,
Pradnya Kakodkar,
Sahana Hegde Shetiya,
Sadia Rizwan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/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_654_17
Subject(s) - checklist , medicine , oral health , population , environmental health , dentition , demography , dentistry , psychology , sociology , cognitive psychology
The aim of this review was to estimate the prevalence of dental caries in children 5-15 years of age in the countries of the South-East Asia Region (SEAR) of World Health Organization (WHO) and to describe the different caries indices used in these population-based studies.