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Background
Dental caries and Obesity in children are issues of public health concern. Even though researching the relationship between these two noncommunicable diseases has been conducted for many years, the results remain equivocal. This paper aimed to examine the association between dental caries and obesity among 12-year-old schoolchildren livi...
Objective
The current study aimed to assess the caries experience and associated factors and its impact on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among 6-year-old Libyan children.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey including 706 six-year-old children was conducted in 2017 in Benghazi, Libya. Data were collected through a self-administered...
Background and aim: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and severity of molar
incisor hypomineralization (MIH) and other enamel defects and associated factors in
Libyan children. Methods: a cross-sectional survey of a randomly selected sample of 8-
10-year-old Libyan school children were conducted in the city of Benghazi, Libya in
2019. The c...
Background
This study aims to cross-culturally adapt the original English-language COHIP-SF 19 to Arabic culture and to test its psychometric properties in a community sample. Methods
The Arabic COHIP-SF 19 was developed and its psychometric properties were examined in a population-based sample of 876 schoolchildren who were aged 12 years of age, i...