Epidemiological Profile of Children With Early Caries.

Socio-demographic characteristics : country of birth of child, age of mother, country of birth of mother, level of education of mother (INSEE classification), occupation of mother (INSEE classification), maternal employment status (INSEE classification) , father's age, father's country of birth, father's educational level (INSEE classification), father's occupation (INSEE classification), father's work status (INSEE classification), number of children, number of people in same home, sibling rank with cavities, , distance between home and hospital.

Parents' dental health knowledge : success score on a series of 7 questions about Oral Health Knowledge.

Parental self-efficacy in dental health : evaluating the feeling of self-efficacy using a pass score on a series of 10 oral health questions.

dental health behaviours of parents : success score on a series of 7 questions about oral health knowledge.

Insurance, use, cost of care and modalities/use of pediatric dental care : social assistance, history of dental consultations in cities, number of practitioners consulted, difficulties in finding appropriate dental care for children, reason for consultation, renunciation of dental care for parent or child and reason, type of health coverage, cost of care.

Locus of control in parental dental health : assessment using a simple question: "do you think you are personally responsible for the presence of caries in your child".

Perceived importance of dental health behaviours among parents : evaluating the perceived importance of health behaviors using a score on a series of 14 oral health questions.

Parents' dental health beliefs : evaluating the parents' dental health beliefs using a score on a series of 17 oral health questions.

Distress of parents : evaluation using a series of 6 questions

Chronic stress of parents : evaluation using a series of 2 questions.

Social support : "how many people around you can count on when needed".

Discrimination perceived by parents : evaluation using a response score to the 7 questions asked.

Health literacy : evaluated using a single-question answer.

Alcohol use among parents : evaluated using a three-question answer on frequency of alcohol consumption and quantity.

Number of children with early stage severe caries according to the criteria of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry

This term is used if at least one of the following conditions is met:

• Smooth surfaces of teeth are affected in a child under 3 years of age;
• There is one or more caried anterior tooth(s), missing due to caries or fillings
• The caod index* > 4 to 3 years, > 5 to 4 years or >6 to 5 years: the caod index indicates the number of temporary teeth decayed, absent due to caring or filling. It is between 0 and 20