Government and nongovernmental organizations need national and global estimates on the
descriptive epidemiology of common oral conditions for policy planning and evaluation. The …

Children aged 0–19 years in sub-Saharan Africa bear a disproportionate proportion of the
global burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Significant public health …

More than 80% of the HIV-infected adolescents live in sub-Saharan Africa. Acquired immune
deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related mortality has increased among adolescents 10–19 y …

Objective COVID-19 pandemic led to major life changes. We assessed the psychological
impact of COVID-19 on dental academics globally and on changes in their behaviors …

Abstract Background Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is defined as the presence of caries
lesion in an primary tooth in children below the age of 71 months. It is a significant public …

Objectives. To assess the relationship between health care system and economic factors
and early childhood caries (ECC) data availability and prevalence. Methods. We estimated …

The goal of this study was to determine the frequency of occupational exposures to
bloodborne pathogens amongst Nigerian clinical dental students, their HBV vaccination …

Background To study the association between oral health behaviour of senior dental
students in Nigeria and their gender, age, knowledge of preventive care, and attitudes …

Background The objectives of this study were to assess the association between children
and parents' knowledge of caries preventive practices, the parents' caries preventive oral …

Background COVID-19 is a global pandemic affecting all aspects of life in all countries. We
assessed COVID-19 knowledge and associated factors among dental academics in 26 …