Published on in Vol 10, No 8 (2021): August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/25795, first published .
Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Prevalence of Early Childhood Caries in South Africa: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Faheema Kimmie-Dhansay   1 * , BSc, BChD, MSc ;   Robert Barrie   2 * , BChD, MChD, PhD ;   Sudeshni Naidoo   2 * , BDS, LDS (RCS), MDPH, DDPH (RCS), MChD, PhD, DSC ;   Tina Sharon Roberts   3 * , BChD, MChD, PhD

1 Division of Research and Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

2 Department of Community Dentistry, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

3 Diagnostics Cluster, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

*all authors contributed equally

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  • Faheema Kimmie-Dhansay, BSc, BChD, MSc
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