Abstract

Dental caries was identified as the single most common chronic childhood disease; its control and prevention should be a priority for dentists. Aim of our work is to describe the correlation between early childhood caries (ECC) and the phenomenon of child neglect. To a random sample of parents afferent to pediatric services in Bari was delivered a questionnaire recording socioeconomic, demographic and dental service-use data, completed by a dental examination. Of the 63 children examined, 61.9% (n=39; 95% CI=49.9-73.9) presented with ECC, of which 47.6% (n=30; 95% CI=34.9-60.6) were classified as Wyne’s Type I; 12.7% (n=8; 95% CI=5.6-23.5) were classified as Type II; and 1.6% (n=1; 95% CI=0-8.5) as Type III. In particular, the frequency of Types II and III were shown to be higher in low-income families (chi-square=8.50; p=0.03).

Autore Pugliese

• De Donno Antonio , Introna Francesco , Grattagliano Ignazio , Tafuri Silvio

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• DE DONNO A.;INTRONA F.;GRATTAGLIANO I.;TAFURI S.;SANTORO V.

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2013

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0044-1570

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