Early childhood caries: Are maternal psychosocial factors, decision-making ability, and caries status risk indicators for children in a sub-urban Nigerian population?

• Main Authors: Michael Alade (Author), Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan (Author), Maha El Tantawi (Author), Ayodeji Babatunde Oginni (Author), Abiola A. Adeniyi (Author), Tracy L. Finlayson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective Early childhood caries (ECC) is caries in children below the age of 72 months. The aim of the study was to determine the association of maternal psychosocial factors (general anxiety, dental anxiety, sense of coherence, parenting stress, fatalism, social support, depressive sympto...