Pregnant women are one of the groups that susceptible to dental and oral diseases. This is because during pregnancy there an increase in amount hormones estrogen progesterone so acidity mouth increases which can risk caries. condition causes babies be born with low weight (LBW) premature due lack nutrition. Thus, reduce magnitude incidence caries pregnant women, a learning media needed. The tec...

The importance of sugar as the principal dietary substrate that drives the caries process has led to growing interest in sugar substitutes. Dynamic relation exists between sugars and oral health. Dental profession shares an interest in the search for safe, palatable sugar substitutes to prevent dental caries and have attempted to persuade their patients to adopt special dietary programs to limi...

Editorial Xylitol research has been conducted since the early 70's; at the beginning of 2009 there were almost 500 PubMed-indexed papers on " xylitol and dental ". Xylitol research was initiated in Finland, but nowadays the majority of papers are published by non-Finnish authors. Xylitol studies have been criticized mainly by European researchers. This criticism is reflected for example in the ...

AIM This research was conducted to study the effect of school-based caries prevention program on the crowding in the early permanent dentition. STUDY DESIGN upper and lower arch crowding was compared between 78 subjects who had received a successful caries prevention programme and 94 control subjects. MATERIALS AND METHODS A study model was taken for each of the subjects. From these models ...

OBJECTIVE The object of this conference paper was to review and discuss caries risk assessment in general practice from the questions i) 'Why', ii) 'When', and iii) 'How'. METHOD Narrative review. RESULTS i) Patient caries risk assessment is the basic component in the decision-making process for adequate prevention and management of dental caries and for determination of individual recall i...

Primary teeth play an important role in mastication, speech and occlusion of permanent dentition. Due to high prevalence of dental caries in primary teeth, it is essential to educate parents about prevention and management of dental caries of children. The objective of this study was to determine the pattern and prevalence of caries in primary teeth among children reporting to Khyber College of...

AIMS Our purpose was to systematically review the literature on the effectiveness of chlorhexidine varnish for preventing dental caries in children and adolescents and to determine its effectiveness compared to fluoride varnish. METHODS MEDLINE, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library were searched through December 2009 to identify relevant randomised trials with blind outcome assessment and a minimu...

The central idea of the Brazilian health system is to prevent the establishment of disease or detect it as early as possible. Prevention and treatment of dental caries are related to behavioral factors, including dietary and oral hygiene habits, which are related to many chronic diseases. Dental health promotion therefore should be fully integrated into broadly based health-promoting strategies...

Non-human primates have been extensively used in periodontal research to investigate the pathogenesis of periodontal disease, Rats and hamsters are best suited for caries and calculus research. Ferrets may be a promising new model for studying periodontal disease and calculus formation. Beagle dogs are best suited for periodontal disease models than for caries or calculus formation. The purpose...