Protocol for a family-centered behavioral intervention to reduce early childhood caries: the MySmileBuddy program efficacy trial

• Main Authors: Christie L. Lumsden (Author), Burton L. Edelstein (Author), Charles E. Basch (Author), Randi L. Wolf (Author), Pamela A. Koch (Author), Ian McKeague (Author), Cheng-Shiun Leu (Author), Howard Andrews (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although largely preventable through diet management and topical fluoride use, early childhood caries (ECC) often progresses to severity that necessitates surgical repair. Yet repair often fails to mitigate caries progression. Needed is an effective behavioral intervention to add...