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: Received: 1 November 2016 / Approved: 1 November 2016 / Online: 1 November 2016 (06:56:46 CET)
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: Received: 3 November 2016 / Approved: 3 November 2016 / Online: 3 November 2016 (08:39:30 CET)
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
Cite as:
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.
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.
Keywords
severe early childhood caries; risk factors
Subject
MEDICINE & PHARMACOLOGY, Dentistry
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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.
Received:
3 November 2016
Commenter:
Noha Kabil
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Comment:
MThank u for your comment
Power of the study equation was used to statistically estimate sample size
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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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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.
Commenter: Nadia. Ezeldin Metwalli
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Commenter: Nada Atef Aboushady
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Commenter: Reem Mahmoud Abdelkader
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Commenter: Sara Magdy Abdel Hakiem
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Commenter: Basma Gamal
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Commenter: Farah Barakat
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Commenter: Ahmed Essam Ali Gaber Khalil
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Commenter: gehan gaber allam
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Commenter: Noha Kabil
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Power of the study equation was used to statistically estimate sample size
Commenter: salma mortagy
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Commenter: Rana Mohamed Sharaf
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Commenter: Noha kabil
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