BACKGROUND Experience and awareness of adult females concerning dental caries is important in its prevention particularly in children because of their natural role as care givers. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in an adult female Nigerian population. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, adult females attending outreach programmes were examined ...

background: early childhood caries (ecc) is a virulent form of dental caries that can destroy the primary dentition of preschool children. the purpose of this study was to investigate a possible association between ecc with serum iron and serum ferritin levels. materials and methods: following the ethical approval, 204 children aged 24–71 months were recruited for a double-blind, randomized cro...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate indicators of prevalence and severity of dental caries and treatment needs in adolescents. METHODS Data were obtained from oral health epidemiological surveys carried out in the state of Sao Paulo with adolescents from 12 to 18 years old. Dental caries experience was assessed using DMFT Index and the need for treatment was assessed using World Health Organization criteri...

BACKGROUND Obesity is a growing health-related problem worldwide. Both obesity and dental caries are important health issues with multifactorial aspects. Some studies have shown an association between body mass index (BMI) and caries in childhood/adolescence but limited data about such an association are available in adults. The primary goal of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental ...

OBJECTIVE Determining dental caries' experience, prevalence and severity in students applying for degree courses at San Luis Potosi University (UASLP). MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out involving adolescents and young adults (16 to 25 years old) applying for undergraduate courses at UASLP (approximately 10 %, n=1 027). Two standardized examiners undertook dental exa...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between salivary oxidative stress and dental-oral health. Healthy young adults, matched for gender and age, with (N = 21, 10 men, mean age: 20.3 +/- 1 years) and without (N = 16, 8 men, mean age: 21.2 +/- 1.8 years) caries were included in this study. The World Health Organization (WHO) caries diagnostic criteria were used for determ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the association of dental caries and BMI-for-age in preschool children and whether BMI-for-age is similar or different between Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and caries free children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred preschool children aged 30-70 months were entered into this study. The parameters examined in this study were weight, h...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of caries-free children using DMFT and significant caries (SiC) indexes in different caries prevalence groups in cities of the region of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. The methodology proposed by the World Health Organization (1997) was used for caries diagnosis in 2,378 individuals. According to the DMFT index obtained in each evaluated ...

The aim of the study was to compare, association of dental caries in relation with body mass index in Government (Group 1) and Private (Group 2) School children. 247 and 250 children in the age group of 6 to 16 yrs. were included in Group 1 and Group 2 respectively. Both male and female children were included. Dental caries was diagnosed according to WHO criteria using def/DMFT index. The propo...