BACKGROUND A unique software tool has been developed to assist dentists in the difficult task of diagnosing radiographs for proximal caries. The software, called Logicon Caries Detector (Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Herndon, Va.), extracts image features and correlates them with a database of known caries problems. The Logicon software was combined with the digital radiography syste...

OBJECTIVES This cross-sectional study was designed to determine the caries status and provide a general evaluation of the level of dental treatment need of Pennsylvania public school children in grades 1, 3, 9, and 11 on a statewide and regional basis. METHODS Between September 1998 and May 2000, caries status and treatment need were assessed using a school-based dental examination, performed...

Although dental caries has been declining in permanent teeth for many children since the 1960s, previous findings showed caries in primary teeth for preschool children increasing from 24% to 28% between 1988 and 2004. Disparities in caries continue to persist for some race and ethnic groups in the United States. Prevalence of dental sealants--applied to the tooth chewing surfaces to help preven...

Dental caries is a significant health problem worldwide. The objectives of the study are to estimate the prevalence of caries and association of dental caries with eating habits, oral hygiene practice and literacy among the Chakhesang of Sodzulhou village. The main tool for data collection was oral examination along with personal observation. The finding of the study revealed that out of the to...

Dental caries is a chronic, bio-behavioural disease that extends throughout the life span of human beings. Prevention of dental caries includes measures to prevent the occurrence of disease, such as risk factor reduction, but also to arrest the progress of disease and reduce consequences of the disease once it is established. Preventive measures like fluoride therapy and pit and fissure sealant...

objective: secondary caries is a common problem in dental treatments and its occurrence is attributed to several factors. the present study aimed at assessing the prevalence of secondary caries in posterior teeth of patients presenting to the department of operative dentistry, shahid beheshti dental school.   methods: this descriptive study was conducted on 350 patients with 1,339 posterior tee...

A meta-analysis was performed on published data on the caries-inhibiting effect of fluoride gel treatment in 6- to 15-year-old children. The purposes of this meta-analysis were: (1) to calculate the overall caries-inhibiting effect of clinical fluoride gel treatment studies, based on explicit selection criteria, and (2) to explore factors potentially modifying the effect of fluoride gel treatme...

BACKGROUND Bacterial adhesion is an important determinant of colonization and infection, including dental caries. The salivary scavenger receptor cysteine-rich glycoprotein gp-340, which mediates adhesion of Streptococcus mutans (implicated in caries), harbours three major size variants, designated gp-340 I to III, each specific to an individual saliva. Here we have examined the association of ...

OBJECTIVES The present study evaluated the microtensile bond strength and caries formation on adhesive/dentin interfaces before and after dynamic chemical formation of secondary caries. METHODS Restorations were prepared on the dentin surface of 80 bovine incisors using four adhesive systems: two fluoride-free (Single Bond and Clearfil SE Bond) and two fluoride containing (Optibond Solo Plus ...