The current caries management model in the United States is based on restoring teeth rather than preventing disease. Scarce resources make this approach unsustainable, especially in clinical settings that serve vulnerable child populations. This paper presents specific prevention-centered caries management strategies that should form the basis of clinical interventions targeted at children duri...

Remineralization is a fundamental mechanism for caries prevention and generally defined as crystal re-growth of hydroxyapatite in incipient caries lesions due to salivary calcium and phosphate. It is assumed, therefore, that the doses of salivary mineral components would be responsible for promotion of remineralization and could be a clinical biomarker to determine remineralization potential of...

Early childhood caries is of epidemic proportions in some U.S. minority populations and in developing countries, yet a review of the literature reveals numerous conflicting reports and unanswered questions regarding the etiology and prevention of the disease. Better knowledge of the cause of early childhood caries and effective strategies to reduce its risk should produce enormous reductions in...

ABSTRACT Objective: To apprehend the representations of dental caries present in a Brazilian print media, considering different historical periods, with emphasis on dietary factor issue etiology and disease prevention. Methods: This is descriptive documentary research study carried out from analysis digitalized printed editions Jornal do Brasil, published between 1891 1990, available for consul...

A meta-analysis was performed on published data on the caries-inhibiting effect of chlorhexidine treatment. The results of the various studies are difficult to evaluate because of various treatment procedures, dissimilar features of participants, and different presentations of study results. A meta-analysis provides a more structured approach than the traditional review, due to systematic analy...

OBJECTIVES This paper describes the occurrence of dental caries in children and adolescents in Greenland and the disease pattern is analysed across districts and over time. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional population surveys of children aged 6, 12 and 15 years. METHODS Data were stored in the oral health information system established for the Greenland Public Dental Health Services, recording t...

The objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review the literatures on effect treatment combining 9300 nm carbon dioxide (CO2) lasers and fluoride prevention enamel caries. A literature search was performed using PubMed, Scopus, Web Science. keywords were ((9300 nm) OR (9.3 µm) (carbon laser) lasers) (CO2 lasers)) AND ((fluoride) (fluorides)) ((dental caries) (caries) (remineralizatio...

Recently, high-throughput sequencing has improved the understanding of the microbiological etiology of caries, but the characteristics of the microbial community structure in the human oral cavity with and without caries are not completely clear. To better understand these characteristics, Illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing was utilized to analyze 20 salivary samples (10 caries-free and ...

The aim of this paper was to examine recent evidence for the effect of the antibacterial approach to prevent and control caries with special reference to the use of chlorhexidine (CHX). Existing information from the mid 1990s provided limited evidence for the effectiveness of CHX gels, rinses and toothpaste in preventing caries in permanent teeth of children and adolescents. An updated literatu...

Traditional caries management consisted of the detection of carious lesions followed by immediate restoration. Placing a restoration doesn’t guarantee a sound future for the tooth. On the contrary, it will be the start of the restoration cycle in which the restorationwill be replaced several times. So a different management strategy is recommended. Based on a proper diagnosis of caries taken in...