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18 mar 2021 · Early childhood caries is a global health problem, affecting almost half of preschool children. Results are reported from 29 of 195 countries. ECC prevalence varied widely, and there was more variance attributable to between-country differences rather than continent or change over time.
24 lip 2024 · The present study systematically reviewed and provided a meta-analysis on early childhood caries (ECC) global prevalence and its association with socioeconomic indicators, both geographical and regarding unemployment rate, national income as well as income inequalities.
The inclusion criteria were epidemiological surveys reporting the caries status of 5-year-old children with the decayed, missing, and filled primary teeth (dmft) index. The quality of the publications was evaluated with the modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.
The strongest risk factors associated with early childhood caries was the presence of enamel defects, presence of dentinal caries and high levels of mutans streptococci. Keywords: Dental Caries, Risk Factors, Infant, Child, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies
Early childhood caries (ECC) in developing countries was reported to be more than in developed countries [1]. Also, in the present study, the overall prevalence of dental caries in permanent teeth in children was 53.8%.
Between 2007 and 2017, an estimated 64.6 million children younger than 36 months were affected by ECC. In 1 country (Egypt), ECC prevalence ranged between 51% and 75%. The number of affected children aged 36 to 71 months was estimated to be 173.5 million.
Early childhood caries prevalence's highest median values were found for South Korea studies (54%) for children <3-year-old and from Bosnia (81%) for children 3–6 years old. No apparent difference was found in the prevalence of ECC from developed and developing countries.
