Front. Oral. Health Frontiers in Oral Health Front. Oral. Health 2673-4842 Frontiers Media S.A. 10.3389/froh.2023.1242565 Oral Health Correction Corrigendum: Editorial: Country profile of the epidemiology and clinical management of early childhood caries, volume II FolayanMorenike Oluwatoyin 1 2 3 4 * Ramos-GomezFrancisco 1 5 SabbahWael 6 El TantawiMaha 1 2 3 7 Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Africa Oral Health Network, Alexandria, Egypt Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria SOD-Division of Preventive and Restorative Oral Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Edited and Reviewed by: Christiane Stock, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

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A correction has been made to paragraph 2. This sentence previously stated:

“have one of the highest levels of prevalence of ECC in the world”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“have one of the highest levels of ECC prevalence in the world”

A correction has been made to paragraph 3. This sentence previously stated:

“inequity in ECC distribution”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“inequity in ECC prevalence”

A correction has been made to paragraph 3. This sentence previously stated:

“Further investigation is needed into studies that explore the impact of food and food policies on the risk of ECC”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Further investigation is needed to explore the impact of food and food policies on the risk of ECC”

A correction has been made to paragraph 3. This sentence previously stated:

“Culture may be a better tool to understand the distribution of ECC than country income levels”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Culture may be a better tool to understand the inequity in ECC prevalence than country income levels”

A correction has been made to paragraph 4. This sentence previously stated:

“Prior to this issue highlighted in this Research Topic, other authors had highlighted the need to establish a collaborative partnership between oral health care providers and community-based oral health workers is needed to to reach hard-to-reach populations (5); and supporting interprofessional education and collaborative practice between oral health, medical and other pediatric primary care providers is needed (6)”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Prior to now, other authors had highlighted the need to establish collaborative partnerships between oral health care providers and community-based oral health workers to be able to reach hard-to-reach populations (5); and supporting interprofessional education and collaborative practice between oral health, medical and other pediatric primary care providers (6)”

A correction has been made to paragraph 5. This sentence previously stated:

“In this Research Topic, Imes et al. demonstrated how maternal assessment of oral health using a single-item measure was indicative of caries and untreated caries.”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“In this Research Topic, Imes et al. demonstrated how maternal assessment of oral health was indicative of caries and untreated caries using a single-item measure.”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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