Early Childhood Caries: Epidemiology, Severity and Sociobehavioural Determinants.

Purpose: To investigate the association between sociobehavioural variables and the pattern and severity of early childhood caries in Brazilian infants and toddlers ages 0-3 years.

Materials And Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with 768 children who attended 58 public nursery schools. Five previously calibrated teams (Kappa = 0.

Socio-behavioral factors influence prevalence and severity of dental caries in children with primary dentition.

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence of socio-behavioral variables on the prevalence and severity of dental caries in 4- to 6-year-old children. A cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 1993 children enrolled in 58 public preschools from Araçatuba City, São Paulo State, Brazil, during 2010. The exams were made using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth index (World Health Organization methodology) and detection criteria for non-cavitated lesions.