Objectives: Dental caries remains a complex childhood condition often requiring preventable hospital admissions. There are limited population-based epidemiological studies that use large and linked data sets to quantify the clinical, socio-demographic and familial risk factors related to hospital admissions for dental caries. The aim of this study was to describe and quantify the rates, socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and familial factors including repeat admissions associated with young children admitted to hospital for dental caries.
Methods: This cohort study (n = 33,438) used longitudinally linked hospital admission data among all children aged
Results: There were 33,438 children aged
Conclusions: Findings highlight socio-demographic inequities associated with hospital admission for dental caries. The provision of targeted dental care programs for 'at-risk' families should address these inequalities and presents an opportunity to reduce dental caries related hospitalizations.
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