Background: Early childhood caries is highly prevalent in preschool children many countries. This has been attributed to factors. The awareness about the disease, dentition, oral health, and preventive measures are generally lacking communities. Objective: Reviewing current literature on early dental caries, clinical features, etiological factors, management, prevention. Methodology: PubMed dat...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the oral health-related attitudes and behaviour of Czech parents of preschool children. MATERIALS AND METHODS A representative sample of 796 parents was recruited for the cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Study data were collected using a validated questionnaire with 44 attitudinal items related to different aspects of caries prevention. The data were analyzed by...

BACKGROUND This study aims to develop consensus evidence-based clinical guidelines for caries prevention and management by caries risk assessment for pre-school children in Hong Kong. METHODS Employing the ADAPTE process, guidelines for caries prevention and management by caries risk assessment for pre-school children with a preliminary list of 91 recommendations was complied. External review...

This paper aims to provide a systematic review of the caries-prevention effect of probiotics in human. The hypothesis was that the administration of probiotic strains might play a role in caries lesion prevention and in the control of caries-related risk factors. The main relevant databases (Medline, Embase) were searched. Quality of the Randomized Clinical Trials (RCTs) was classified using th...

OBJECTIVE From a dental care perspective, we analyze whether the prevention of approximal caries by fluoride varnish treatment (FVT) or by fluoride mouth rinsing (FMR) could contain costs in an extended period of follow-up after the end of school-based prevention programs. MATERIAL AND METHODS It is assumed in a model that, after 3 years of prevention with either FVT or FMR according to publi...

The study evaluates dental caries prevalence in dentistry students. They represent a sample of individuals with good dental status, socio-economical level and access to dental care. The values of teeth number with decay and filling and values of surfaces of teeth with decay and filling indices in group with lower caries incidence give the information as to what could be achieved by systemic car...

AIM The aim of this article is to review the clinical and biological features underlying the development and progression of radiation caries. BACKGROUND Although radiotherapy (RT) plays an important role in the management of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC), it is also associated with several undesired side effects such as radiation caries which is a common, yet serious, complication....

Dental caries is a disease induced by dental plaque, which can be described as a community of microorganisms (biofilm). Because of genetic and environmental factors a number of changes in the oral microbiome takes place; in case of commensalism and mutualism between biofilm microorganisms and the host, homeostasis in oral microbiome is maintained. However, when a risk factor occurs parasitic re...

PURPOSE Root caries is a problem of importance among dentate elderly. Greater life expectancies at both birth and age 65, combined with improvements in tooth retention across all age groups, have resulted in an increasing number of Americans who have retained their teeth into old age. This increase in numbers of teeth combined with the increase in the percent of teeth with recession has in turn...

The caries inhibitory effect of extract from tea which is one of the most popular beverages consumed has been studied both in vitro and in vivo. The exact mechanism by which tea can prevent dental caries is yet not known, but certain theories like bactericidal effects of tea against Streptococcus mutans and prevention of bacterial adherence to teeth have been suggested. The present article desc...