Is dental caries neglect?

Early Childhood Caries : A Dental Form Of Health Care Neglect

Manish Goel*, G. Venkanna Babu** and Manish Sharma# *Professor, Department of pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Maitri College of dentistry and research centre, Durg, (C.G.) **Senior Lecturer, Department of pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Maitri College of dentistry and research centre, Durg, (C.G.) #Professor, Department of prosthodontics, Sardar Patel institute of dental sciences, L...

Dental caries is a preventable infectious disease.

Dental caries is the most common infectious disease affecting humans. The principal causative agents are a group of streptococcal species collectively referred to as the mutans streptococci of which Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus are the most important agents of human caries. This review outlines what is currently known about these ubiquitous pathogens and discusses novel metho...

Dental caries.

Dental caries.

Dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases afflicting mankind. It reached a peak in the 1950s but has been declining drastically in recent years in children and young adults. This article describes the three contributing factors in dental caries: microbial plaque, tooth susceptibility, and diet, and discusses practical preventive measures which help to reduce caries incidence. Some of ...

Caries incidence in child abuse and neglect.

D e n t a l neglect has been identified as an important issue in the larger child abuseheglect spectrum. Davis et al.' (1979) outlined some of the indications of dental neglect and Badger2 (1982) offered a solution to the identification and treatment of dental neglect within the military. However, the relationship between child abuse and neglect and the condition of the oral environment has not...