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Epidemiology of Dental Caries in Children

Fontes Victor

Caries in the teeth has a significant impact on children's overall health and development. In order to evaluate preventative programs and improve oral health, policymakers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) must have a solid understanding of caries epidemiology. This review aims to compile and present all of the published data on the prevalence of dental caries in children under the age of 13 in the United Arab Emirates.A comprehensive data summary will be provided to dental health planners as a result, facilitating the preparation for and evaluation of dental caries prevention programs. The various published studies in PubMed, Academic Search Complete, and Google, as well as the relevant articles' reference lists, served as sources for the data collection. The search made use of four keywords: dental caries, epidemiology, prevalence, and "UAE" are all included. This literature review included all studies on the prevalence of dental caries in children under 13 years old that were conducted in the UAE as a whole or in any one emirate. Included were studies on factors associated with dental caries and early childhood caries.