Secondary caries, the lesion at the margin of a restoration, has been widely considered as the most important and common reason for restoration replacement, regardless of the restorative material type [Collins et al., 1998; Dahl and Eriksen, 1978; Deligeorgi et al., 2001; Friedl et al., 1995; Mjör, 2005; Mjör and Toffenetti, 2000;]. As it develops after the initial caries has been removed and r...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Dental caries in young children is commonly untreated and represents a public health problem. Dental caries in children is reported to affect their anthropometric outcomes, but the evidence is conflicting. Some studies found no association, whereas others found that caries was associated with underweight or overweight. The objective was to assess the relationship betwee...

OBJECTIVE Tooth decay is one of the most common oral infections observed in skeletal assemblages. Sex differentials in caries frequency are commonly examined, with most studies finding that females tend to have a higher frequency of carious lesions (caries) compared to males. Less research has examined differences in caries between males and females with respect to age in past populations. Find...

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...

dental caries is one of the most preventable yet prevalent chronic diseases worldwide. our objective was to evaluate the effect of family structure and behavioral and eyesight problems as they relate to caries severity in schoolchildren.this research was carried out on 845 primary schoolchildren aged 9 yr in kerman, iran, in 2012. ten variables, including health records, family structure inform...

Dental caries is still a common disease among children and adolescents. The aims of the present thesis were therefore: 1) to investigate the approximal caries prevalence in posterior teeth in 15-year-olds, 2) to study past caries experience in the primary dentition in relation to future caries development and need for treatment, 3) to investigate factors during early childhood which are associa...

Cariogram is a computer program that uses an algorithm to assess caries risk. Although the use of Cariogram has recently increased, little information is available regarding its effectiveness in adults. This study aimed to determine whether caries risk from Cariogram relates to caries experience in adults. One hundred and eighty Cariogram files were completed from patients aged ten to fifty-six...

OBJECTIVES To examine the socioeconomic inequities in dental caries experience of 12-year-olds, in order to inform policy actions for caries prevention in South Africa. METHODS Secondary analysis of the 1999-2002 national survey data of 12-year-olds (N=5411), available from 37 regions in 7 of the 9 provinces, was carried out. Logistic regression was used to determine risks for caries experien...

BACKGROUND Despite the decline in childhood caries prevalence, seen particularly in 1980s, in recent years there have been reports that the declining trend has stopped or even reversed in some countries. The aim of the study was to analyse data from previous epidemiological studies on early childhood caries in the Czech Republic, conduct a secondary analysis of trend in dental caries prevalence...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to assess inequality of experience of dental caries, based on race/ethnicity, among Brazilian adolescents aged 15 to 19 years in 2010 and test whether socioeconomic indicators fully explain ethnic differences in dental caries. METHODS Data from a National Oral Health Survey conducted in Brazil in 2010 was analysed. Race/ethnicity was self-assigned and mo...