Maha El Tantawi1, Morenike O Folayan1, Mohamed Mehaina1, Ana Vukovic1, Jorge L Castillo1, Balgis O Gaffar1, Arheiam Arheiam1, Ola B Al-Batayneh1, Arthur M Kemoli1, Robert J Schroth1, Gillian H M Lee1. 1. Maha El Tantawi and Balgis O. Gaffar are with the Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Morenike O. Folayan is with the Faculty of Dentistry, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Mohamed Mehaina is with Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt. Ana Vukovic is with the Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Republic of Serbia. Jorge L. Castillo is with the Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Arheiam Arheiam is with the Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Benghazi, Libya. Ola B. Al-Batayneh is with the Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. Arthur M. Kemoli is with the Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya. Robert J. Schroth is with the Department of Preventive Dental Science, Dr Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, and Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health and Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Gillian H. M. Lee is with Paediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationship between health care system and economic factors and early childhood caries (ECC) data availability and prevalence. METHODS: We estimated ECC data for 193 United Nations countries from studies published between 2007 and 2017. We obtained other variables from the World Health Organization and the World Bank databases. We assessed association with ECC data availability by using logistic regression and with ECC prevalence by using linear regression. RESULTS: We included 190 publications from 88 (45.6%) countries. The mean ECC prevalence was 23.8% and 57.3% in children younger than 36 months and children aged 36 to 71 months, respectively. The odds of ECC data availability were significantly higher for countries with more physicians and more dentists. In children younger than 36 months, ECC prevalence was associated with universal health coverage (B = -6.56). In children aged 36 to 71 months, it was associated with growth of gross national income (B = 0.27). CONCLUSIONS: Countries with more physicians and more dentists were more likely to have ECC data. Among those with data, countries with higher economic growth had higher ECC prevalence.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the relationship between health care system and economic factors and early childhood caries (ECC) data availability and prevalence. METHODS: We estimated ECC data for 193 United Nations countries from studies published between 2007 and 2017. We obtained other variables from the World Health Organization and the World Bank databases. We assessed association with ECC data availability by using logistic regression and with ECC prevalence by using linear regression. RESULTS: We included 190 publications from 88 (45.6%) countries. The mean ECC prevalence was 23.8% and 57.3% in children younger than 36 months and children aged 36 to 71 months, respectively. The odds of ECC data availability were significantly higher for countries with more physicians and more dentists. In children younger than 36 months, ECC prevalence was associated with universal health coverage (B = -6.56). In children aged 36 to 71 months, it was associated with growth of gross national income (B = 0.27). CONCLUSIONS: Countries with more physicians and more dentists were more likely to have ECC data. Among those with data, countries with higher economic growth had higher ECC prevalence.
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