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Correction to: An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries

BMC Oral Health volume 21, Article number: 278 (2021) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 17 March 2021

Correction to: BMC Oral Health (2021) 21:126 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01500-8

After publication of the original article [1], the authors identified an error in Dr. Balgis Gaffar’s affiliations list.

The incorrect author’s affiliations list is:

11 Preventive Dental Sciences Department, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

12 Research Center for Caries Prevention, Dentistry Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

The correct author’s affiliations list is:

Preventive Dental Sciences Department, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

The original article has been corrected.

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  1. Folayan MO, et al. An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries. BMC Oral Health. 2021;21:126. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01500-8.

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  1. Department of Child Dental Health, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan

  2. Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Maha El Tantawi

  3. Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

    Jorma I. Virtanen

  4. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Univesidade Luterana do Brasil, Canoas, Brazil

    Carlos Alberto Feldens

  5. Centre for Oral Bioengineering, Barts and the London, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK

    Maher Rashwan

  6. Department of Conservative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Maher Rashwan

  7. Department of Paediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

    Arthur M. Kemoli

  8. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, San Martin de Porres University, Lima, Peru

    Rita Villena

  9. Department of Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

    Ola B. Al-Batayneh

  10. Preventive and Community Dentistry Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Rosa Amalia

  11. Preventive Dental Sciences Department, College of Dentistry, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Balgis Gafar

  12. Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Simin Z. Mohebbi

  13. Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, University of Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya

    Arheiam Arheiam

  14. Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Hamideh Daryanavard

  15. Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Ana Vukovic

  16. Department of Preventive Dental Science, Dr. Gerald Niznick College of Dentistry, and Departments of Pediatrics and Child Health and Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

    Robert J. Schroth

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Folayan, M.O., Tantawi, M.E., Virtanen, J.I. et al. Correction to: An ecological study on the association between universal health service coverage index, health expenditures, and early childhood caries. BMC Oral Health 21, 278 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-021-01624-x

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