Abstract

Severe early childhood caries in a group of preschool children over a two year period

Rodica Luca, Aneta Munteanu, Catalina Farcasiu

Our previous studies published between 2001-2004 showed a prevalence index of severe early childhood caries (IpS-ECC) of about 30% among children attending the Paediatric Dentistry Department of Carol Davila University. Objectives. To assess the prevalence of S-ECC between 01.01.2005-31.12.2006 and to compare the results to our previous data. Methods. A retrospective study was conducted upon a group of 673 children (369 boys) aged < 71 months (v=37.55