In 2004-2005, 349 of 541 eligible, mostly preschool, children in the Inuvik Region in the Northwest Territories of Canada were examined clinically, and the parents or caregivers of 315 of these children were interviewed to measure their oral health status, and its impacts and determinants. Dental caries is a highly prevalent health problem among these preschool children in Inuvik Region: we fou...

Dental caries (tooth decay) is one of the most common diseases, with approximately 80% of the population in developed countries having experienced the condition. If decay has not been prevented cavities develop. To prevent considerable pain and tooth loss it may be necessary to remove the diseased tissues and restore the cavities (a filling). Restorations have a limited lifespan and, once a too...

Dental caries (tooth decay) is one of the most common diseases, with approximately 80% of the population in developed countries having experienced the condition. If decay has not been prevented cavities develop. To prevent considerable pain and tooth loss it may be necessary to remove the diseased tissues and restore the cavities (a filling). Restorations have a limited lifespan and, once a too...

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body and has a unique combination of hardness and fracture toughness that protects teeth from dental caries, the most common chronic disease worldwide. In addition to a high mineral content, tooth enamel comprises organic material that is important for mechanical performance and influences the initiation and progression of caries; however, the ...

As PART of a study of spacing-crowding at the Burlington Orthodontic Research Centre, cognisance was taken of the presence of mesial and distal restorations in primary molars in the sample. Since at age nine, more than half the sample of primary molars which could be measured had such restorations, the validity of the spacingcrowding data could be questioned. Specifically, it was of interest to...

Aim: Alcohol and tobacco abuse are detrimental to general and oral health. Though the effects of these harmful habits on oral mucosa had been demonstrated, their independent and combined effect on the dental caries experience is unknown and worthy of investigation. Materials and Methods: 674 patients considered for the study to test the hypothesis that various components of their dental caries ...

Tooth decay is a common problem among people due to many factors, including neglect clean teeth. Dental caries becoming more in number of countries worldwide. This study aims determine the prevalence dental and how treat this problem. We also implement fuzzy soft multifunction between topological spaces which Smarandache?s generation notion. In paper, we generated additional topologies for an i...