FREQUENCY OF ETIOLOGIC FACTORS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES
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https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v7i01.231Keywords:
Early Childhood caries, Dental decay, Bottle feeding, Nocturnal feeding.Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of etiologic factors in early childhood caries in patients reporting to Paediatric Dentistry Department of Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar.
Material and Methods: One hundred and ninety children having primary and mixed dentition, both genders, Pakistani nationals were included in the study. Mentally and physically handicapped children, and whose parents were uncooperative were excluded from the study. Child’s age, gender, feeding habits, libitum feeding, Sugar consumption, mother’s education, mother’s caries rate, mother’s occupation, caries rate in child’s siblings, saliva sharing practices and brushing habits were recorded. The data were analyzed by SPSS version 20.0.
Results: The mean age was 3.84±1.08 years. Most of the children’s father were Govt. servant (23.2 %) followed by businessman (22.1%), labourer (22.1%) and shopkeepers (13.2%).It was found that ninety five (50%) patients with early childhood caries were breast feeders, 32% were bottle feeders and 17.4 % were fed by both breast and bottle. One hundred and sixty six (87.4%) children used added sugar during bottle feeding. Nocturnal feeding and Libitum feeding was found in 87.4% and 62.1% respectively. One hundred and sixty four (86.3%) children consumed sugar as a frequent snaking while 13.7% as a infrequent snaking. About 40% mothers were uneducated and most of the children were not brushing their teeth.
Conclusions: The bottle feeding, added sugar consumption, low income of parents, uneducated mothers, high caries rate in siblings and mothers, lacking of brushing were the associated factors in children with early childhood caries.
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