Although dental caries has been declining in permanent teeth for many children since the 1960s, previous findings showed caries in primary teeth for preschool children increasing from 24% to 28% between 1988 and 2004. Disparities in caries continue to persist for some race and ethnic groups in the United States. Prevalence of dental sealants--applied to the tooth chewing surfaces to help preven...

Abstract Background Comprehensive caries care has shown effectiveness in controlling progression and improving health outcomes by risk, preventing initial-caries lesions progression, patient satisfaction. To date, the caries-progression control of patient-centred risk-based CariesCare International (CCI) system, derived from ICCMS™ for practice (2019), remains unproven. With onset COVID-19 pand...

ABSTRACT Caries is a multifactorial disease due to the imbalance of de/re-mineralization process. Complementary radiographic examinations are able detect hidden caries. The purpose this short communication was investigate radiolucent image suggestive caries in lower third molar. extraction tooth, decalcification, inclusion and preparation were performed for histological analysis lesion. Histolo...

UNLABELLED Compared to younger adults, older adults are at greater risk for root caries. A model of root caries may assist dentists in predicting disease outcomes. OBJECTIVES Using the Iowa 65+ Oral Health Survey, analysis was done to model the patterns of the root caries development in older adults. METHODS The statistical analysis included Markov chain modeling, model estimation and valid...

BACKGROUND In this paper, the characteristics of the early stage of dental caries are discussed and the methods we used to treat the early stage of dental caries to increase the number of caries-free patients are presented. Studies from in vitro to in situ experiments and a clinical study were carried out to support clinical remineralization therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS To clarify the effect ...

The aim of the study was to determine oral hygiene practices and first dental visit pattern among Type II early childhood caries or nursing caries children in Riyadh. A sample of nursing caries children attending the dental clinics of King Saud University College of Dentistry, Riyadh Medical Complex, and Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital was selected for the study. The mothers of these children comp...

Citation: Alshehri A. (2016). Social and Behavioral Determinants of Early Childhood Caries in the Aseer Region of Saudi Arabia. M J Dent. 1(2): 008. ABSTRACT Introduction: Early childhood caries is a multi-factorial disease that involves the susceptible tooth and host, fermentable carbohydrates in the diet, cariogenic micro-organisms and time. The aim of this study was to analyze the influence ...

OBJECTIVE There are various risk factors which play an essential role in the multifactorial disease "dental caries." Although absence of interdental spaces in the primary dentition may increase the risk of dental caries, not many studies have been carried out to assess this correlation. This study was performed to assess the relationship between interdental spacing and dental caries in primary ...

Purpose Dental caries is a multifactorial infectious disease. In this study, we investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene were associated with susceptibility to permanent tooth caries in Chinese adolescents. Method A total of 200 dental caries patients and 200 healthy controls aged 12 years were genotyped for VDR gene polymorphisms using the ...

The prevalence of dental caries (tooth decay) in early childhood is high. Early childhood caries (ECC) is associated with caries in permanent dentition and lethal systemic infections. In many developed countries, 25% of children bear 75-80% of caries lesions. Caries prevention should be targeted at high-risk individuals. Identifying high-risk preschoolers through caries risk assessment (CRA) is...