Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Elisa Maria Rosa de Barros Coelho, Imen Ayouni, Arthemon Nguweneza, Ola Barakat Al-Batayneh, Hamideh Daryanavard, Duangporn Duangthip, Ivy Guofang Sun, Arheiam Arheiam, Jorma I Virtanen, Balgis Gaffar, Maha El Tantawi, Robert J Schroth, Carlos Alberto Feldens
BACKGROUND: The goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 is to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. The aim of this scoping review was to map the current evidence on the association between the prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) and parental education; and to identify possible pathways by which parental education may protect against ECC. METHODS: The two questions that guided this review were: what is the existing evidence on the association between maternal and paternal education and ECC; and what are the pathways by which parental education protects against ECC? The initial search was conducted in January 2023 in PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus...
May 2, 2024: BMC Oral Health