Epidemiology and prevention of dental caries

[Epidemiology and prevention of dental caries].

Dental caries is a chronic disease with low mortality. It is, though, a very common disease, responsible for much suffering, and is one of the most expensive diseases to treat. Within the EU, the cost of dental treatment, most related to dental caries, in 2011 was estimated to be 79 billion euro (1). Dental caries affects all ages; both primary and permanent dentitions. In many European countri...

Epidemiology of fluorosis and dental caries

Resumo O objetivo do presente artigo é investigar a relação fluorose/cáries em escolas, de acordo com o nível de fluoreto no abastecimento público de água. A amostra consistiu em 360 alunos de doze anos de idade, de ambos os sexos, que frequentam as escolas próximas da região em que nasceram. As escolas foram classificadas em três grupos de acordo com a presença de fluoreto no abastecimento de ...

The Prevention of Dental Caries

Epidemiology of Dental Caries in the World

The oral health of children 12 years old is the object of several epidemiological studies conducted around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 1997), the importance given to this age group is due to the fact that it is this age that children leave primary school. Thus, in many countries, is the last age at which data can be easily obtained through a reliable sample of th...

Diagnosis and Prevention Strategies for Dental Caries

Dental caries is one of the oldest and most common diseases found in humans. With the recent shift from the surgical model, which emphasized restorative treatment, to a medical model of disease management, newer strategies emphasize disease prevention and conservation of tooth structure. For early detection and monitoring of caries, rather than waiting until a cavity is formed and restorative t...