Risk factors of early childhood caries among preschool children in Shanghai, China: a longitudinal study.

Front Oral Health · 2025 · PMC12391158 · PMID 40895778

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As paternal education level increased, children exhibited a decreasing trend in new caries incidence rate ( p = 0.015), as well as Δdmft( p = 0.031), and Δdmfs ( p = 0.010).

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