Abstract:Aim:Verify association between socio-economic factors and early childhood caries in the Northeast region of Brazil.
Methodology:It was carried out a cross-sectional study with 358 children from 6 to 71 months, from February 2008 to January 2009. The dependent variable was dmft index increased active white spot lesions; socioeconomic characteristics and care with the children were the independent variable. It had been used techniques of descriptive statistics and adjusted analysis through the Poisson's regressi… Show more
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