Socio‐demographic and familial factors associated with hospital admissions and repeat admission for dental caries in early childhood: A population‐based study

Objectives Dental caries remains a complex childhood condition often requiring preventable hospital admissions. There are limited population‐based epidemiological studies that use large and linked data sets to quantify the clinical, socio‐demographic and familial risk factors related to hospital adm...

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Published in:Community dentistry and oral epidemiology 2022-12, Vol.50 (6), p.539-547
Main Authors: Chen, Rebecca, Schneuer, Francisco J, Irving, Michelle J, Chow, Clara K, Kumar, Harleen, Tsai, Carrie, Sohn, Woosung, Spallek, Heiko, Bell, Jane, Nassar, Natasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood
Children
Cohort Studies
Demography
Dental caries
Dental Caries - epidemiology
Dental Caries - therapy
Epidemiology
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Patient admissions
Population studies
Population-based studies
Risk factors
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Summary:Objectives Dental caries remains a complex childhood condition often requiring preventable hospital admissions. There are limited population‐based epidemiological studies that use large and linked data sets to quantify the clinical, socio‐demographic and familial risk factors related to hospital admissions for dental caries. The aim of this study was to describe and quantify the rates, socio‐demographic, clinical characteristics and familial factors including repeat admissions associated with young children admitted to hospital for dental caries. Methods This cohort study (n = 33,438) used longitudinally linked hospital admission data among all children aged
ISSN:0301-5661
1600-0528
DOI:10.1111/cdoe.12708