Open AccessPrevention of dental caries in Nigeria: A narrative review of strategies and recommendations from 1999 to 2019
Author(s) -
Sunny Ajimen Okeigbemen,
Olushola Ibiyemi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_423_19
Subject(s) - medicine , inclusion (mineral) , epidemiology , family medicine , public health , primary prevention , medline , curriculum , general partnership , narrative review , oral health , dentistry , medical education , nursing , psychology , intensive care medicine , social psychology , pedagogy , disease , finance , pathology , political science , law , economics
This narrative review aimed to show the approaches recommended for the prevention of dental caries in Nigeria by epidemiological surveys (P), primary preventive methods and strategies,( I) comparison preferred by experts (C) in the prevention of dental caries (O).