Dental admissions in children under two years - A total-population investigation

Abstract

Background There is a lack of literature describing dental admissions in children particularly very young children. This paper describes dental and oral cavity admissions and associated factors in children under two years of age using total-population databases. Methods The data used for this study were extracted from population-based databases which are linkable with midwives' data collected on all births in Western Australia. Children born from 1980 to 1998 inclusive (n= 459831) were followed until two years of age including data on deaths, hospital admissions, birth defects and intellectual disability. Dental admissions (by ICD-9 category) and associated factors were investigated. Results..