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Abstract
Background: Dental caries is a chronic, multifactorial disease, with limited epidemiological data available for the Egyptian population.
Aim: This study aimed to measure the prevalence of dental caries among a group of Egyptian preschool children in El Suez city.
Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in El Suez city. 1200 children aged 3 - 5 years’ old attending private and public kindergarten were included in the study. Children were examined for dental caries using dmft index of primary teeth. Comparison of numerical variables between the study groups was done using Student t test for independent samples. For comparing categorical data, Chi-square (2) test was performed.
Results: The prevalence of dental caries among a group of preschool children in El Suez city was (63. 3%).The mean dmft was (2.36±0.99) in male and (3.02 ± 0.55) in female.
Conclusion: Dental caries prevalence is high among preschool children in El Suez city.