Family related factors associated with caries prevalence in the primary dentition of five-year-old children

Background: Habits formed in childhood dictate lifestyle choices made as adults. These encompass both oral hygiene and dietary habits which in turn affect dental caries status. Children largely acquire these habits from modeling/observing parents and other family members. Aim: The purpose of this st...

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Main Authors: Amrita Sujlana, Parampreet Kaur Pannu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
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Online Access:http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2015;volume=33;issue=2;spage=83;epage=87;aulast=Sujlana