Yanchen Liu, Jing Zhu, Hao Zhang, Yiwei Jiang, Huning Wang, Jin Yu, Dongxing Da, Qiwen Chen, Hongru Su, Zhengang Wu, Hongyan Shi, Jiangtao You, Xiaoli Zeng, Ying Zhang
BACKGROUND: Dental caries in young children is a difficult global oral health problem. In the last decade, China has put a great deal of effort into reducing the prevalence of dental caries. This study, which is part of the China Population Chronic Disease and Nutrition Surveillance 2021, aimed to investigate the prevalence of dental caries among children aged 5 in Shanghai, China, and its associated factors. METHODS: A total of 1281 children aged 5 years from 6 districts in Shanghai were selected by a stratified sampling method...
April 16, 2024: BMC Oral Health