Global Research Trends on Early-Life Feeding Practices and Early Childhood Caries: A Systematic Review

Figure 3

Child caries status by study and by World Health Organization region. The caries prevalence (if provided) and mean number of affected teeth or surfaces (if provided) of the children who contributed data to each independent study are shown. The dmft and dmfs indices exclude noncavitated lesions. Within each region, study populations are ranked from the most dentally healthy (left) to the least. dmfs/t: decayed missing (due to caries) filled primary surface/tooth index.