Fluoridated Toothpaste and the Prevention of Early Childhood Caries

Prevention of early childhood caries (ECC)

Comparison of Salivary Secretory IgA in Caries-free Children and Children with Severe Early Childhood Caries

Background & Aims: Sever early childhood caries (SECC) is a multifactor common disease that unfortunately there have been a lot of unknown points about it. This study was performed to compare the levels of total S-IgA in children with and without SECC. Methods: In this cross-sectional study 44 children aged 6-24 months were divided into two groups of with SECC (n=20) and without SECC (n=24). Th...

Relationship Between Early Childhood Caries and Anemia: A Systematic Review

Background: Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the important caries occuring in children under the age of 6. ECC is defined as possible risk factor for iron deficiency-related anemia. In this review study, the current evidence about the effect of ECC on the prevalence of anemia was studied. Material and Methods: A systematic review on ECC and anemia was done based on published article in P...

Topical antimicrobial therapy in the prevention of early childhood caries.

PURPOSE Early childhood caries (ECC) is microbiologically characterized by heavy infection of mutans streptococci (ms) on dental surfaces. Accordingly, it is reasonable to speculate that suppression of dental ms levels would decrease risk for ECC. On this basis, randomized double blind, placebo controlled pilot study was performed to test this concept. METHODS The study population consisted o...

Oral health promotion and prevention of Early Childhood Caries

but also their quality of life and their families. This paper reviewed the effectiveness of various preventive measures, categorized as primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Primary prevention includes oral health education, tooth-brushing with fluoridated toothpaste, water fluoridation, fluoridated milk, and dietary control. Systematic reviews showed that effectiveness of simple health e...