Secular trends of dental caries and association with nutritional status: a retrospective analysis of 16,199 Chinese students from three successive national surveys from 2010 to 2019

• Main Authors: Changfu Hao (Author), Yudan Hao (Author), Xiaomin Lou (Author), Xiaolin Wang (Author), Weiping Liu (Author), Huijun Zhou (Author), Xiaolei Ban (Author), Wencan Wu (Author), Xuejie Wang (Author), Xian Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionThe prevalence of dental caries (DC) among students in developing countries has increased at an alarming rate, and nutritional status has been shown to be associated with DC in children and adolescents with inconsistent conclusions. We aimed to understand the trends of DC prevalence in s...