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Prevalence and associated Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries in 12- to 36-month-old Children of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Source :
- International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2017.
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Abstract
- Aim To assess the prevalence, distribution, and associated risk factors of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) among 12- to 36-month-old children of district Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. Materials and methods The present study was conducted on a random sample of 510 children, both boys and girls, between 12 and 36 months of age randomly selected from various government-sponsored day-care centers, private day-care centers, and vaccination centers. Caries was recorded using World Health Organization criteria. Statistical analysis was done by using chi-square test and Mann–Whitney test. A two-sided p value was calculated for each statistical test. Multiple logistic regressions were done to calculate the risk of S-ECC from independent variables. Results In the present study, S-ECC was found in 21% of 510, 12 to 36 months old children of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh. The S-ECC was found to be significantly higher in 25 to 36 months old children's age group and was 27.8% in them as compared with 8% in 12 to 24 months old children. Conclusion Providing anticipatory guidance and education to parents is essential for the promotion of optimal oral health of their children. There is a need for moving upstream to propose and implement policies and programs to improve the oral health of the very young, especially in a developing country like India, which lacks much data on S-ECC. How to cite this article Mangla RG, Kapur R, Dhindsa A, Madan M. Prevalence and associated Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries in 12- to 36-month-old Children of Sirmaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(2):183-187.
- Subjects :
- Dentistry
Developing country
Orthodontics
Severe early childhood caries
Oral health
Logistic regression
World health
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Prevalence
Medicine
Statistical analysis
030212 general & internal medicine
business.industry
Prevalence Study
030206 dentistry
medicine.disease
Test (assessment)
Vaccination
Risk factors
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Periodontics
Oral Surgery
business
Early childhood caries
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09751904 and 09747052
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f0bac8ee2f58c3ddaa2a712c842bbb2a