Special Issue "Epidemiology and Determinants of Dental Caries in Children"
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2017) | Viewed by 71850
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oral epidemiology; fluoride; social determinants of oral health; oral health promotion
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Interests: breastfeeding; complementary feeding; early childhood nutrition
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dental caries remains the most prevalent chronic condition in children and a major contributor to poor general health. Dental caries are a major cause of pain and infection, which can have severe consequences for the quality of life of affected children and their families. Another important characteristic is that dental caries in children are mostly preventable. Hence, the challenge is to understand why dental caries are still highly prevalent and why some individuals and some populations have higher levels of caries experience than others. Responding to that challenge remains a high priority in international dental research. A deeper understanding can be gained by taking the global, regional, as well as individual view of determinants of dental caries in children.
This Special Issue is open to any subject area of public health, health promotion, economics and policy related to the epidemiology and determinants of early childhood caries. The listed keywords suggest just a few of the many possibilities.
Prof. Dr. Loc Do
Prof. Dr. Jane Scott
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Early childhood caries
- Epidemiology
- Observational studies
- Experimental studies
- Risk factors
- Social determinants
- Oral health practices
- Oral health beliefs and attitudes
- Sugar and dietary factors
- Sugar sweetened beverages
- Oral health promotion