Relationship between Severe Early Childhood Caries and dental development

Abstract

Aim Severe early childhood canes (sECC) is a public health problem that continues to affect infants and preschool children worlds vide. Knowledge of the changes in dental development is important for paediatric dentists in order to determine a treatment plan. The aim of this study was to investigate dental development in children with sECC, compared to age and gender-matched controls, by calculating the dental age (DA).