Dental caries and prolonged breastfeeding still trigger much debate among professionals and parents. Some mothers are still being told to discontinue breastfeeding their toddlers because of cavities in the mouth. Parents often feel very discouraged and upset when they are forced to stop breastfeeding their toddlers. Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood, and is a...

(preface: Regardless of patient age, an important early step in managing caries ravaged teeth involves rapid lesion debridement and restoration, protecting the pulp and preventing caries progression. Interim therapeutic restorations (ITRs) in deciduous teeth, as well as sedative fillings in permanent teeth, can be placed quickly and inexpensively using the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART)...

The prevalence of caries among toddlers in Indonesia was about 81.5%. type that often occurs Early Childhood Caries (ECC). ECC a condition where there one or more tooth decay, the main cause consuming milk sugary drinks using bottle until fall asleep too which not balanced by oral hygiene maintenances. could be prevented treatment topical application fluor. One preventive agents for fluor Silve...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) among children in Beijing, China, has been increasing continuously though slowly. However, there is limited information about ECC in Beijing. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors of dental caries among preschool children in Beijing. METHODS For this case-control study, using a convenience sampling method, 787 children age...

Previous studies have confirmed the association of the acid producers Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus spp. with childhood caries, but they also suggested these microorganisms are not sufficient to explain all cases of caries. In addition, health-associated bacterial community profiles are not well understood, including the importance of base production and acid catabolism in pH homeostas...

Socio-economics, family stress and parenting style each plays as important a role in the development of early childhood caries as dietary and microbiological factors. Therefore, to be successful, oral health promotion initiatives should be designed and implemented with due consideration of issues such as collaboration with community partners, the role of dental health in overall child health an...

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is caries with a unique pattern of lesions in infants, toddlers and preschoolers caused by prolonged administration formula milk or other sweet liquids. knowledge attitudes parents play an important role underlying the formation behavior that supports does not support maintenance children's dental health. Purpose: this study aims to analyze relationship between pare...

background: early childhood caries (ecc) is one of the most common chronic child-hood diseases. in spite of the global decrease in dental caries in the past decades, ecc has become a significant problem in many developing countries and also in a few indus-trialized nations. saliva as a host factor can play an important role in the process of den-tal caries. objective: the aim of this study was ...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the associations between obesity and dental caries in young children participating in a national survey. METHODS Participants included 1507 children aged 2-6 years who received dental examinations and had at least 10 primary teeth in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002. Decayed/filled teeth (dft) counts of primary dentition were obtaine...