Introduction: Tooth decay is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease. Fluoride tooth restoration a common method of controlling decay, but misconceptions in this area prevent family involvement. Therefore, aim study was to determine effect educational interventions on participation preschool children’s mothers fluoride varnish program. Methods: This an interventional performed 176 children...

Deciduous teeth (dentes lactales, dentes decidua, dentes caduci) differ from permanent teeth by morphological and histological characteristics. Of the morphological characteristics, the most pronounced differences are in number, shape, size and color of teeth. A special fea­ ture is the existence of enamel­dentin ridge located on the vestibular surface of molars, which protects gingiva from foo...

Introduction: Over twenty developed and developing countries have regions with endemic floursis, on the other hand tooth decay as an infectious disease in human societies is reported to occur due to the shortage of fluoride in water. Since decayed, missing, and filled teeth DMFT is considered a 52 -character indicator in health equity, the present research aims at studying the relationship be...

Abstract Background Ordinal tasks are increasingly used to explore preferences for health states. This study aimed determine the suitability of two ordinal preference elicitation (discrete choice experiments (DCE) and best-worst scaling (BWS)) use with children young people generate state utility values. The explored children’s understanding, relationship between their age level how many they f...

To cite: Vashisth P, Dwivedi S, Arora R, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-008797 DESCRIPTION A 4-year-old boy was brought to the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry with major tooth decay. An intraoral examination revealed the presence of a complete primary dentition, fair oral hygiene and the presence of double teeth in ...

The nature of tooth enamel is of inherent interest to dental professionals. The current-day clinical practice of dentistry involves the prevention of enamel demineralization, the promotion of enamel remineralization, the restoration of cavitated enamel where demineralization has become irreversible, the vital bleaching of dental enamel that has become discolored, and the diagnosis and treatment...

Introduction In addition to periodontal disease and chronic gingivostomatitis, tooth resorption (previously termed feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions, FORL) are among the most common and frustrating diagnostic findings in feline dentistry. Reported prevalence rates of tooth resorption range from about 30 to 70 %, depending on the composition of the population examined and on the diagnostic...

statement of problem: assessing oral hygiene in children plays an important role in determining the health status of communities and evaluating national health promotion programs. in 1997 in geneva, international organizations agreed on the global goal of achieving a minimum of 90% caries free teeth in 5 year old children. purpose: this study was aimed to assess the oral health status in irania...