Maitha Alkhayat
Dubai Health Authority, UAE
Title: Caries prevalence in 3-5 year old children in private schools in Dubai
Biography
Biography: Maitha Alkhayat
Abstract
Dental caries is a multi-factorial infectious disease which will affect mainly in the children and adults at any age. Progress of dental caries is faster in the primary dentition which results in thinner of dental structures mainly in both enamel and dentine, along with the differences in mineralization of the primary teeth. Until now, there is little or no data on caries prevalence in age group of 3 and 4 years of children in Dubai and the last data available for 5 year old children was dated more than a decade ago. Many countries have showed a decline in the DMFT values over the years.