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Socio-Behavioral Risk Indicators Linked to Untreated Early Childhood Caries and its Clinical Consequences in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study

  • Ravi Kumar Gudipaneni1,*,
  • Mazen Minwar Alsolami2
  • Mohmed Isaqali Karobari3,4
  • Venkata Ratna Kumar Rudravaram5

1Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia

2 College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Al Jouf, Saudi Arabia

3Department of Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Puthisastra, Phnom Penh 12211, Cambodia

4Centre for Multidisciplinary Research (CFTR), Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600077, India

5Advanced Education in General Dentistry, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, USA

DOI: 10.17796/1053-4625-46.1.7 Vol.46,Issue 1,January 2022 pp.35-43

Published: 01 January 2022

*Corresponding Author(s): Ravi Kumar Gudipaneni E-mail: grkumar@ju.edu. sa/drravimds@gmail.com

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of and the socio-behavioral risk indicators associated with untreated dental caries (UDC) and its clinical consequences. Study design: A multi-stage cluster sampling approach was used to evaluate 168 preschool children in this cross-sectional study. The risk indicators associated with the presence of one or more decayed teeth (dt ≥ 1) and pulp-involved teeth (pt ≥ 1) were assessed using multiple logistic regression analysis. Results: Overall, the prevalence of dt ≥ 1 and pt ≥ 1 was 82.1% and 27.9%, respectively. Children whose mothers had lower maternal education were 3.7 times more likely to have dt ≥ 1 than those whose mothers were graduates (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 3.74, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.29–10.91). Children whose mothers had a history of maternal caries were 4.2 times more likely to have dt ≥ 1 (AOR = 4.23, 95% CI 1.56–11.44). Children whose mothers had lower maternal education were 5 times more likely to have pt ≥ 1 (AOR = 4.99, 95% CI 2.57–13.39). Underweight children were 7.2 times more likely to have pt ≥ 1 (AOR = 7.17, 95% CI 1.88–5.10). Children whose mothers had a history of maternal caries were 6.6 times more likely to have pt ≥ 1 (AOR = 6.62, 95% CI 7.17–18.88).Conclusions: Maternal education and caries were found to be significant risk indicators for UDC. The clinical consequences of UDC were related to child age, maternal education and caries, socioeconomic status and underweight.

Keywords

Early childhood caries; Clinical consequences; Risk indicators

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Ravi Kumar Gudipaneni,Mazen Minwar Alsolami,Mohmed Isaqali Karobari,Venkata Ratna Kumar Rudravaram. Socio-Behavioral Risk Indicators Linked to Untreated Early Childhood Caries and its Clinical Consequences in Preschool Children: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry. 2022. 46(1);35-43.

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