background: the infectious nature of severe early-childhood caries (s-ecc) points to the possible participation of immunologic host responses including neutrophils and their antimicrobial products. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the neutrophil apoptosis, α-defensins (hnp1-3) and calprotectin levels in the saliva of preschool children and the association with s-ecc. methods: ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Sever early dental caries in childhood is one of the health problems. This study was performed to determine the association between weight at 25 and 28 weeks of fetal life and severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) at 1.5-2 years of age among some of children in Kerman, Iran.METHODS: In this longitudinal study, 100 pregnant mothers and their newborns examined via sonography f...

a virtual absence of palliative, preventive and restorative care characterizes juvenile oral health care in most of the developing and underdeveloped countries. consequently, carious cavities remain untreated, which leads to pain, discomfort and functional limitation. it further, impacts negatively upon general health and cognitive development apart from causing decreased masticatory efficiency...

OBJECTIVE To provide information with the purpose of helping pediatricians to recognize the risk factors for the onset of severe early childhood caries, allowing for early intervention and thus avoiding this preventable disease and its consequences. SOURCES Information was collected from scientific articles published on the databases SciELO, MEDLINE and PUBMED in last 25 years, as well as tec...

Background & Aims: Sever early childhood caries (SECC) is a multifactor common disease that unfortunately there have been a lot of unknown points about it. This study was performed to compare the levels of total S-IgA in children with and without SECC. Methods: In this cross-sectional study 44 children aged 6-24 months were divided into two groups of with SECC (n=20) and without SECC (n=24). Th...

background: early dental caries in childhood is one of the health problems. this survey was carried out to determine the prevalence of dental caries and its contributing factors among 3-6 year old children in varamin, iran kindergartens. methods: in this cross-sectional study, 838 children aged 3-6 years from varamin kindergartens were selected by census and examined for dental caries using who...

OBJECTIVE Despite limited epidemiologic evidence, concern has been raised that breastfeeding and its duration may increase the risk of early childhood caries. The objective of this study was to assess the potential association of breastfeeding and other factors with the risk for early childhood caries among young children in the United States. METHODS Data about oral health, infant feeding, a...