The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of dental caries, traumatic dental injuries (TDI), toothaches, and malocclusion on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of the families of Brazilian preschool children. A population-based, matched case-control study involving 415 pre-schoolers aged 3-5 years was conducted. The case (impact on OHRQoL) and control groups (no impact on O...

OBJECTIVES The present in vitro pH cycling study investigated potential differences between caries lesions created in fluorosed and sound enamel with regards to their responsiveness to fluoride under remineralizing conditions. METHODS 360 human first molars (sound and fluorosed) were divided into four groups based on their Thylstrup-Fejerskov score (TF0-3). Each group was further divided into...

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...

INTRODUCTION: Caries in young permanent teeth progress rapidly resulting early pulp involvement which further progresses into loss of mineralized tissue and severe periapical pathologies. The Periapical Index scoring system (PAI) proposed by Ørstavik et al. 1986 is an invaluable diagnostic tool used to evaluate lesion extent severity 2D digital intraoral radiographic analysis with minimal radia...

BACKGROUND With the increasingly polarized distribution of dental caries among children and adolescents, the usual DMFT measure has become a less meaningful population descriptor. To re-focus on identifying the high caries prevalence group the Significant Caries Index (SiC) was created. The aims of this study were to analyze the prevalence and severity of dental caries in Nevada youth over a pe...

The purpose of this in vivo study was to assess the clinical screening performance a quantitative light-induced fluorescence (QLF) device detecting proximal caries primary molars. Fluorescence loss, red autofluorescence and simplified QLF score for (QS-proximal) were evaluated their validity molars compared bitewing radiography. Three hundred forty-four molar surfaces included study. Carious le...

Dental caries or tooth decay is a breakdown of teeth due to bacterial activities. This phenomenon develops eating problem and produce pain. One of the damages of dental caries in bacterial breakdown is the hard tissues. It may be due to the acid produced from sweet foods onto the tooth surface. Dental caries becomes a major public health concern. One study reports that more than 80% population ...

Introduction: Oral diseases affect some 3.9 billion people worldwide, the most prevalent are dental caries, gingivitis, and periodontitis. Untreated caries lesions 35% of population. Objective: To determine level severity in adults treated at public services cities Asunción Pirayú, Paraguay, 2017. Material Methods: Sociodemographic clinical variables oral health status were evaluated by means a...

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease among pregnant women and also to evaluate the status of oral hygiene. The prevalence and severity of caries was evaluated, having estimated DMFS and DMFT. The prevalence of periodontal diseases and the degree of severity was evaluated by CPITN index, gums by Silness-Loė (GI) index, oral hygiene by OHI-S (ac...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in 12-year-olds and adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional study based on results from the epidemiological surveys: Oral Health Conditions in the State of Sao Paulo, 2002 and the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SBBrasil) 2010. Secondary data for 5,782 (2002) and 369 (2010) 12-year-olds and 880 (2002) and 300 (2010) 15- to 1...