ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DENTAL CARIES AND LIFE HABITS AMONG SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN IRAQ

Fawaz Fetyan Abdulmajeed; Laith Basil Abbas

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DENTAL CARIES AND LIFE HABITS AMONG SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN IRAQ

Authors

Fawaz Fetyan Abdulmajeed High Diploma in Oral Diagnosis, Ministry of Health, Iraq
Laith Basil Abbas High Diploma in Conservative Dentistry, Ministry of Health, Iraq

Keywords:

Dental caries, Iraq

Abstract

Dental caries is defined as a multi-factorial chronic infectious disease. The factors involve interactions between socioeconomic factors, behavioural factors, genetic factors, proteins related to antimicrobial activity, pH control, and bacterial colonization/adhesion