Factors Related to Early Childhood Caries Using Infant Examination

The results of this study showed that dental caries increased with age. The target audience is the infants who visited the dental clinic of some university dental clinics in Korea.

The results of the analysis of the surveyed data are expressed as frequencies and percentages. Chi-square tests were used to examine the distribution trends and ECC correlations for each study group and questionnaire item. A total of 324 records of oral examinations of infants and children were analyzed.

Early childhood caries were 19.6% in 2 years old, 64.4% in 4 years old and 70.1% in 5 years old. As age increased, dental caries tended to increase. Differences in oral health perception among early childhood caries were significantly correlated with early childhood caries, experience of tooth pain in infants and young children, and caries perception of dental caries. Differences in oral health perception among early childhood caries were significantly correlated with early childhood caries, experience of tooth pain in infants and young children, and caries perception of dental caries. Early childhood caries 61.7% Early childhood caries was as high as 83.9% in the past month when a child has complained about toothache. For questions regarding the number of times children consume sugar and sticky snacks during the day, 49.6%, 47.1%, and 27.6% of the subjects at the first, second, and third examinations, respectively, consumed sugary snacks 2–3 times or more a day, and the difference was statistically significant.

It is necessary to actively promote oral health checkups for infants and activate oral health services. Development of a program on oral health should be active for infants.