dc.contributor.author | Chepkwony, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Kemoli, AM | |
dc.contributor.author | Owino, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Muasya, M | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-28T12:50:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-28T12:50:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.citation | East African Medical Journal, Vol 93, No 8 (2016) | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/view/147747 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/100440 | |
dc.description.abstract | Early childhood caries (ECC) is a growing oral health problem in the developing nations and has been associated with a number of socio-economic and behavioural factors.
Objective: To determine the effects of some socio-economic and behavioural factors related to ECC in 3-6-year-old children attending an out-patient paediatric dental clinic in Nairobi, Kenya.
Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Setting: The Lady Northey dental clinic during the period of October to November 2014.
Subjects: Two hundred and seventy two (272) children whose parents/guardians were initially interviewed to determine the socio-economic status of each of the children.
Results: The prevalence of dental caries among the children was 95.5%, most of whom had poor oral hygiene. The high decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) was associated with the low socio-economic status of the parents/guardians, poor oral hygiene, increased consumption of cariogenic sugars and low oral health seeking behaviour.
Conclusion: The high prevalence of ECC of 95.5% found among the children who participated in the study has a prominent association to their socio-economic and behavioural factors | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | KMA | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of socio-economic and behavioural factors on early childhood caries among children attending a dental clinic in Nairobi, Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |