Childhood caries as influenced by maternal and child characteristics in pre-school children of Kerala-an epidemiological study

Purpose: The most common chronic disease of childhood is early childhood caries which is five times more prevalent than asthma and seven times higher than that of allergic rhinitis. Most children do not receive dental care until they are three years old, yet by the time more than thirty percent of c...

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Main Authors: N Retnakumari, Gibi Cyriac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Contemporary Clinical Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.contempclindent.org/article.asp?issn=0976-237X;year=2012;volume=3;issue=1;spage=2;epage=8;aulast=Retnakumari