Social & behavioral risk factors and early childhood caries – a cross-sectional study on preschool children in Shah Alam / Norashikin Yusof, Luqman Arif Muhammad Ghazali and Nur Shahirah Zulkifle

• Main Authors: Yusof, Norashikin, Muhammad Ghazali, Luqman Arif, Zulkifle, Nur Shahirah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Teknologi MARA 2021
• Subjects: Child Health. Child health services; RK Dentistry
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69232/1/69232.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/69232/; https://doi.org/10.24191/cos.v8i0.17479
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Introduction: Early childhood caries (ECC) remains a major challenge among the 5-6 year olds in Malaysia with a caries prevalence of 71.3% as indicated in the last survey of preschool children in 2015. Studies have shown that behavior and income status can influence development of ECC. Objectives: T...