Early childhood caries, mouth pain, and nutritional threats in Vietnam

L.N. Khanh, S.L. Ivey, K. Sokal-Gutierrez, H. Barkan, K.M. Ngo, H.T. Hoang, I. Vuong and N. Thai

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 12, 2510-2517

Abstract: Objectives. We investigated the relationships among early childhood caries (ECC), mouth pain, and nutritional status in children aged 1 to 6 years in Southern and Central Vietnam. Methods. A total of 593 parent-child pairs were recruited from 5 kindergartens or preschools in Ho-Chi Minh City and Da Nang. Parents completed surveys about dietary habits, oral health practices, and children's mouth pain experience; children received anthropometric assessment and dental examinations. Results. There was a high prevalence of dental caries (74.4%), mostly untreated, and mouth pain (47.1%). Moderate correlations were found between parents' and children's consumption of soda (q = 0.361; P

Keywords: body mass; body weight; child; Child Nutrition Disorders; cross-sectional study; dental caries; DMF index; feeding behavior; female; human; infant; male; nutritional status; preschool child; risk factor; Toothache; Viet Nam, Body Mass Index; Child; Child Nutrition Disorders; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dental Caries; DMF Index; Female; Food Habits; Humans; Infant; Male; Nutritional Status; Risk Factors; Thinness; Toothache; Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302798

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