Wang, Xiaozhe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3312-6737
Bernabe, Eduardo
Pitts, Nigel
Zheng, Shuguo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6717-5196
Gallagher, Jennifer E. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5068-8008
Article History
Received: 14 November 2020
Accepted: 26 February 2021
First Online: 19 March 2021
Declarations
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: The original survey was subject to ethical review and approval by the University ethics committee at University College London (Project ID 2000/003). Informed Consent was obtained from parents and/or legal guardians of the minors for the primary data collection. Further ethical clearance was not required since the present study was based on a secondary analysis of data provided by the public UK data service website.
: Not applicable.
: Professor Pitts was a member of the Child Dental Health Survey Consortium which undertook the Survey and is also Chair of the International Caries Detection and Assessment System (ICDAS) charity which helps to harmonise International caries criteria. Xiaozhe Wang is a reviewer of BMC Oral Health. Other authors have no competing interest to declare.