The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental caries, tooth loss, and risk factors among adult population of Chile. Furthermore, age, gender, and behavioural specific differences in caries prevalence and tooth loss were examined. A national stratified multistage probabilistic sample design in two-age cohorts was applied to the Chilean population. A sample of 1553 adults, comp...

This article focuses on glass-ionomer cement (GIC) and its role in the clinical management of caries. It begins with a brief description of GIC, the mechanism of fluoride release and ion exchange, the interaction between GIC and the external environment, and finally the ion exchange between GIC and the tooth at the internal interface. The importance of GIC, as a tool, in caries management, in m...

Pre-eruptive intracoronary resorption is a rare condition mainly affecting pediatric patients. It radiographic finding in the dentin of crown an unerupted tooth just below enamel-dentin junction. visualized radiographs as radiolucent coronal lesion variable depth; it well-defined and located adjacent to amelodentinal limit tooth. Historically, this was misdiagnosed caries misnamed pre-eruptive ...

In humans, deciduous tooth development begins before birth and is complete by about the fourth postnatal year. They are lost when the patient becomes 11 years old. The permanent teeth appear by 6-7 years (and later for the wisdom teeth). Most are successional, and a few are non successional. The coronal part of the human tooth is composed of two hard tissues: enamel and dentin, and this part in...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Few studies have been published that evaluate the usefulness of different caries- diagnostic modalities in general dental practice. The goal of this study was to compare the results of screening for coronal dental caries in a general dental practice using clinical observations, radiographs, laser fluorescence (DIAGNOdent™) (LF), and optical coherence tomography (OCT). ...

Sealants were introduced 30 as a years ago preventive material for minimizing dental caries. 1 The high susceptibility of pit and fissures to carious attack and the rapid onset of the disease at these sites soon after tooth eruption is reported by several researchers. 2-~ Water fluoridation and topically applied fluoride reduce the incidence of proximal caries by about 75% while reducing occlus...

Dental caries and periodontal diseases, the two arch criminals of oral cavity, are essentially caused by the micro-organisms present in dental plaque [1]. In India, nearly 60-65% of the child population is affected by dental caries and 10% has periodontitis [2,3]. Dental plaque plays an important role in the development of dental caries and periodontal disease, which results in both dysfunction...

Aims and objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the original dietary pattern, tooth brushing habit and oral health of the school children of India in 2013. Material and methods: This study was conducted in different Government and Non Government School’s of Panchkula, Haryana, India in 2013. The original sample consisted of 296 children between 10-15 years ...

Although aluminum itself was reported to prevent dental caries, previous in vitro studies reported that the aluminum level in the whole saliva of children was independent of caries prevalence. Purposes of this study were to compare the elution levels of aluminum and calcium from deciduous enamel into acidic artificial saliva, and determine whether the degree of aluminum elution reflects individ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this research was to assess the efficiency of different multifactor models in caries prediction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from the questionnaire and objective examination of 109 examinees was entered into the Cariogram, Previser and Caries-Risk Assessment Tool (CAT) multifactor risk assessment models. Caries risk was assessed with the help of all three models for each p...