Predicting trend of early childhood caries in mainland China: a combined meta-analytic and mathematical modelling approach based on epidemiological surveys.

Sci Rep · 2017 · PMC5529534 · PMID 28747744

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Figure 2 illustrated the trends in the prevalence at age 5 over time and a decreasing trend in ECC prevalence was observed during the study period.

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