dental caries, a progressive bacterial damage to teeth, is one of the most common diseases that affects 95% of the population and is still a major cause of tooth loss. unfortunately, there is currently no highly sensitive and specific clinical means for its detection in its early stages. the accurate detection of early caries in enamel would be of significant clinical value. since, it is possib...

Minimum intervention dentistry (MID) is the modern medical approach to the management of caries, utilizing caries risk assessment, and focusing on the early prevention and interception of disease. Moving the focus away from the restoration of teeth allows the dentist to achieve maximum intervention, with minimal invasive treatments. The four core principles of MID can be considered to be: (1) R...

OBJECTIVES This paper describes the occurrence of dental caries in children and adolescents in Greenland and the disease pattern is analysed across districts and over time. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional population surveys of children aged 6, 12 and 15 years. METHODS Data were stored in the oral health information system established for the Greenland Public Dental Health Services, recording t...

OBJECTIVES To investigate reasons for tooth extraction and its association with age and gender in Kuwait. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A record of all tooth extractions performed in 21 general dental practice centers during a 1-month period was logged on specially designed study forms. The patient's age and gender, number of teeth extracted, and the reason(s) for the extraction were recorded. RESUL...

The autogenous tooth transplantation is an alternative treatment replacing a missing tooth when a suitable donor tooth is available. It is also a successful treatment option to save significant amount of time and cost comparing implants or conventional prosthetics. These cases, which required single tooth extraction due to deep caries and severe periodontal disease, could have good results by t...

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...

Objectives: To investigate the prevalence of dental caries among school children of Hayatabad from class one to class fifth, the dft and DMFT score and some factors causing dental caries. Materials and method: A cross sectional observational questionnaire based study was carried out in ten primary schools in Hayatabad, from class one to class fifth among 500 school children with main objective ...

The metabolic activity in dental plaque, the biofilm at the tooth surface, is the driving force behind any loss of mineral from the tooth or cavity surface. The symptoms of the process (the lesion) reflect this activity and can be modified by altering the biofilm, most conveniently by disturbing it by brushing with a fluoride-containing toothpaste. The role of operative dentistry in caries mana...

A cross-sectional study was performed with the aim to investigate the caries prevalence and associated factors in 6 to 15 year old school children living in a village outside Cluj-Napoca, Romania. All children were offered to be included and examined for dental caries according to World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria. Caries was scored at the tooth and surface levels D/d=decayed, M/m=missin...

Restoration of endodontically treated teeth is one the major challenges faced in field operative dentistry. In tooth, most part tooth structure lost because dental caries, conventional access cavity preparation and biomechanical during root canal therapy. They become very weak brittle also more prone to fracture compared vital