BACKGROUND AND AIM: Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with a complex etiology. The social-behavioral factors play an important role in development of dental caries. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of social-behavioral factors on dental caries in 3-6-year-old children in Kerman, Iran.METHODS: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 857 children aged 3-6...

Caries ferr is  an epidemiologic index for prevalence of dental caries in a society and it means that persons who do not have any dental caries,in other words,that equal to DMF=0.to determine the prevalence of caries ferr in 12 year-old student in Guidance school in sirjan city,this study was carried out with the method of WHO index in 1996.on the bases of a pilot study the of sample size was d...

BACKGROUND Previous study revealed that the link between dental caries and obesity has been controversial. The purpose of this research is to investigate the association between dental caries and obesity among primary school children in Wannan area, China. METHODS A cross-sectional study was designed to collect the routine health screening data for primary school children aged 5-14 years in W...

Introduction: Permanent first molar is the most important unit in the chewing system. Ear-ly loss of first molars can significantly reduce chewing efficiency, increase overbite, lead to premature eruption of the permanent second and third molars, and displacement of adjacent teeth. The purpose of this study was to determine the associated factors of permanent first molar caries in 7-9 years old...

OBJECTIVE Excessive weight in children is a major public health concern. The intake of refined carbohydrates, especially sugars and the prevalence of dental caries are well documented in the literature. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dental caries and BMI in elementary school children. MATERIALS AND METHODS The sampling technique used in the present stud...

BACKGROUND Recent times have witnessed a significant increase in the number of patients affected by problems related to oncological treatment Aims of this study is to evaluate dental affectation among patients awaiting hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant (HPCT), and they showed high caries risk, so it should establish a protocol prior to transplantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study in...

In most Brazilian cities, oral health is still a challenge for the Brazilian Health System (SUS). The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence of dental caries (DMFT index), the differences with regard to gender and geographic localization, Significant Caries Index and the percentages of caries-free adolescents in Itaí-SP - Brazil, in 2006. The methodology used was in agreement with the ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental caries and to study the role of sweet consumption in predicting this relationship among adolescent children in Udupi district, India. METHODS The study population consisted of 463 school children in the 13-15-year age group. Anthropometric (height in metres and weight in kilograms) and caries measurements and deca...

background and aims. dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in children and dmft index is the most important quantitative factor for measuring tooth health. the purpose of the present study was to determine prevalence and bilateral occurrence of first permanent molar caries in 12-year-old iranian students. materials and methods. this cross-sectional study was carried out on...