Prevalence of dental caries and associated factors among primary school children: a population-based cross-sectional study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Prevalence of dental caries and associated factors among primary school children: a population-based cross-sectional study in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abstract Background Dental caries is a preventable childhood disease, but public health efforts are hampered due to limited information on associated factors in vulnerable populations. Our study was aimed at estimating the prevalence of dental caries and identifying key associated factors in four ma...

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Main Authors: Yazeed Abdullah Alhabdan, Abdulhameed Ghassan Albeshr, Nagarajkumar Yenugadhati, Hoda Jradi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Dental caries
Primary teeth
Prevalence
Associated factors
Children
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12199-018-0750-z

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