Is dental caries contagious?
| dc.contributor.author | Bhayat, Ahmed | |
| dc.contributor.author | Madiba, Thomas Khomotjo | |
| dc.contributor.email | ahmed.bhayat@up.ac.za | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-01-12T05:02:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-01-12T05:02:48Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-08 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Dental caries is one of the most common childhood diseases, affecting up to 80% of all individuals at some stage of their lives. It is a debilitating and painful condition which impacts on mastication, speech, aesthetics and psychosocial behaviour. The prevalence of caries in South African children is around 40% and almost half of this burden goes untreated. The end results are pain, swelling and abscess formation, all of which have negative effects on aspects of the lives of the patients. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Community Dentistry | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2018 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.sada.co.za/the-sadj | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bhayat, A. & Madiba, T.K. 2017, 'Is dental caries contagious?', South African Dental Journal, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 302-304. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1029-4864 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2519-0105 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63498 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | South African Dental Association | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © 2017 E-Doc cc | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Dental caries | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Painful condition | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Children | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South Africa (SA) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Health sciences articles SDG-03 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | |
| dc.subject.other | Health sciences articles SDG-04 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-04: Quality education | |
| dc.subject.other | Health sciences articles SDG-10 | |
| dc.subject.other | SDG-10: Reduced inequalities | |
| dc.title | Is dental caries contagious? | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |