The purpose of this study was to estimate the coverage and quality of information on dental caries prevention in Japanese newspapers. Newspaper articles were searched using database during 10 years from 1993 to 2002. From five major newspapers, 440 articles concerning dental caries prevention were selected and used for analysis. The number of caries prevention articles was related to National O...

During recent years, an increasing number of reports have been published in which the observed caries-preventive effect of fluoride has been lower than could have been expected on the basis of the earlier literature. The current low levels of caries occurrence and the widespread use of fluoridated toothpastes as well as other fluoride products and methods have been suggested as reasons for the ...

Despite the fact that it is preventable, dental caries remains a global public health problem—even with fluoride intervention—and it is the most common chronic disease on the planet. Moreover, researchers have already shown for some years that caries is a disease continuum that at the early stages is reversible, yet many Ministries of Health and dental professionals misunderstand this. We belie...

Despite the use of conventional physical and chemotherapeutic agents for caries management, dental caries still continues to be the most prevalent oral infectious disease. Thus, there is a need of additional caries prevention approaches. Strain replacement therapy is one such novel approach. In this, relatively avirulent strains of Streptococcus mutans produced by recombinant DNA technology are...

For several decades, Swedish researchers, clinicians and educators have recognized risk assessment as an important part of routine management of dental caries. Innovative caries risk assessment models, such as the Cariogram software program, have been developed to systematize the evaluation of various risk factors for caries and to develop targeted prevention interventions based on caries risk....