Ray Masumo|Asgeir Bårdsen|Kijakazi Obed Mashoto|Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm
Prevalence and socio-behavioral influence of early childhood caries, ECC, and feeding habits among 6 – 36 months old children in Uganda and Tanzania
University of Bergen|University of Bergen|Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences|University of Bergen
early childhood caries ecc serious problem remained unexplored subsaharan africa study aimed identify possible sociobehavioral correlates ecc focusing 636 months old children caretakerscross sectional studies conducted high fluoride rural area manyara tanzania low fluoride urban area kampala uganda totals 1221 816 child caretaker pairs attending health care facilities growth monitoring recruited manyara kampala respectively caretakers completed face face interviews health care facility children underwent oral clinical examination whereby ecc enamel hypoplasia recorded using dmft 1997 dde index fdi 1992the prevalence ecc 37 manyara 176 kampala according multiple logistic regression analyses received oral health information health worker strongest determinant ecc manyara adjusted 03 95 ci 009 093 kampala visible plaque high sugar intake presence enamel hypoplasia associated ecc adjusted ors 28 95 ci 161 495 30 95 ci 139 634 23 95 ci 136 395oral health education aimed caretakers 636 months including health care workers information regarding detrimental consequences oral health frequent sugar consumption poor oral hygiene important prevention ecc tanzania uganda