Prevalence and incidence of early childhood caries among <scp>A</scp>frican‐<scp>A</scp>merican children in <scp>A</scp>labama

Abstract

The majority of children developed caries during the 3-year follow-up, which is much higher than the 32 percent prevalence of caries among African-American children under age 6 years in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2002.