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Reshuffling the Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries

Noha Kabil * and Sherif Eltaweil
Version 1 : Received: 1 November 2016 / Approved: 1 November 2016 / Online: 1 November 2016 (06:56:46 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 3 November 2016 / Approved: 3 November 2016 / Online: 3 November 2016 (08:39:30 CET)

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Kabil, N.S.; Eltawil, S. Prioritizing the Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries. Dent. J. 2017, 5, 4. Kabil, N.S.; Eltawil, S. Prioritizing the Risk Factors of Severe Early Childhood Caries. Dent. J. 2017, 5, 4.

Journal reference: Dent. J. 2017, 5, 4
DOI: 10.3390/dj5010004

Abstract

Severe early childhood caries remains the most common chronic disease affecting children. .Its multifactorial etiology lead to the controversy about which risk factors were more significant to its development. Therefore our study aimed through meticulous statistical analysis to arrange the “well agreed upon” common risk factors in order of significance to aid the clinician in tailoring an adequate preventive program for this affected age group. The study concluded that the risk factors contributing to severe early childhood caries in order of their significance were Night feeding, On demand feeding, Mother’s Employment, Mother’s caries Experience, Starting age of brushing, Mother’s education, Sharing utensils, Child’s first dental visit, Number of siblings, Brushing frequency, Sweetened food and beverage consumption, Sweetened beverages, and at last the snacking frequency.

Subject Areas

severe early childhood caries; risk factors

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Comment 1
Received: 1 November 2016
Commenter: Nadia. Ezeldin Metwalli
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Comment:
  • textwell written ,easy to read, results show importance of subject in the community
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    Comment 2
    Received: 1 November 2016
    Commenter: Nada Atef Aboushady
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    Comment: Quite fruitfull article, simple for the reader to get the information in need
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    Comment 3
    Received: 1 November 2016
    Commenter: Reem Mahmoud Abdelkader
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    Comment: Informative paper with a good trending topic done with accurate screening ... a mix of graphs and tables are needed though...
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    Comment 4
    Received: 1 November 2016
    Commenter: Sara Magdy Abdel Hakiem
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    Comment: This article added a lot to the risk factors associated with S-ECC, it is written in a simple way and to the point.
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    Comment 5
    Received: 2 November 2016
    Commenter: Basma Gamal
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    Comment: A very attractive title that attracts the readers from the very first few words... The paper is very informative and simple to understand and well written and it has covered an important subject that has a high impact on pediatric dentistry.
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    Comment 6
    Received: 2 November 2016
    Commenter: Farah Barakat
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    Comment: A good study covering all points of conflict and results are well supported.
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    Comment 7
    Received: 2 November 2016
    Commenter: Ahmed Essam Ali Gaber Khalil
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    Comment: well designed study, easy to understand, the methodology is accurate however more number of examiners is needed
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    Comment 8
    Received: 2 November 2016
    Commenter: gehan gaber allam
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    Comment: very important subject,results is well presented and well presented diagrams but I think sample size need to be increased a little bit.
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    Response 1 to Comment 8
    Received: 3 November 2016
    Commenter: Noha Kabil
    The commenter has declared there is no conflict of interests.
    Comment: MThank u for your comment
    Power of the study equation was used to statistically estimate sample size
    Comment 9
    Received: 2 November 2016
    Commenter: salma mortagy
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    Comment: very well presented paper with all the details to an extent that the discussion is considered a little bit long but because it covered all the information needed
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    Comment 10
    Received: 2 November 2016
    Commenter: Rana Mohamed Sharaf
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    Comment: Very attractive title and interesting topic. The results are informantive. However i would have preferred that the materials and methods were before the results.
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    Response 1 to Comment 10
    Received: 4 November 2016
    Commenter: Noha kabil
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    Comment: Thank unfor ur comment. I adjusted in version 2

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