About the Authors

Morẹ́nikẹ́ Oluwátóyìn Foláyan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

toyinukpong@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa Oral Health Network, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Robert J. Schroth

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Duangporn Duangthip

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Ola B. Al-Batayneh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Orthodontics, Pediatric and Community Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Preventive Dentistry Department, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Jorma I. Virtanen

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Ivy Guofang Sun

Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Arheiam Arheiam

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya

Carlos A. Feldens

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Universidade Luterana Do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil

Maha El Tantawi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Early Childhood Caries Advocacy Group, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Oral Health Initiative, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria, Africa Oral Health Network, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.