Dental caries is the most prevalent chronic childhood disease in the United States. Dental caries affects the health of 60-90% of school-aged children worldwide. The prevalence of untreated early childhood dental caries is 19% for children 2-5 years of age in the U.S. Some factors that contribute to the progression of dental caries include socioeconomic status, access to dental care, and lack o...

introduction: the aim of this cross-sectional study was to determine the prevalence and etiology of traumatic dental injuries (tdi) in school children of the northeast of iran. the type of involved teeth, the place of injury and treatment quality as well as the relationship between tdi and anatomic predisposing factors such as overjet and lip coverage were evaluated. methods and materials: a to...

BACKGROUND Refugees are reported to experience high rates of dental disease, although there are limited data on refugee children. The aim of this study was to report on oral health in refugee-background children in Australia, and to assess their follow-up at dental services. METHODS Cross-sectional study of opportunistic oral health screening and subsequent dental service use in refugee-backg...

the improvement in survival and local control measures in children with neoplasm in the head and neck region may lead to increased iatrogenic adverse effects of treatment. the aim of this study was to report a new case of the long-term effects of chemoradiotherapy on oral health and dental development in a patient treated for hodgkin's disease at an early age. in this case report, a 26-year-old...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of dental hygiene students providing services to unserved and underserved children in a school-based collaboration between a dental school, school district and Extended Care Permit I (ECP-I) dental hygienist in Kansas. METHODS Following comprehensive preventive oral health care services to children in 4 schools supervised by an ...

BACKGROUND The Amish are a growing population who live a traditional, rural way of life, which makes them less accepting of modernism. Most Amish live in poverty and are detached from modern health care. In addition, the recent change of their lifestyle has been reported, such as consuming a nontraditional diet and the usage of electronic devices. As a result, their lifestyle change may have im...

BACKGROUND Not enough is known about the national prevalence of racial/ethnic disparities in children's medical and dental care. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work was to examine racial/ethnic disparities in medical and oral health, access to care, and use of services in a national sample. METHODS The National Survey of Children's Health was a telephone survey in 2003-2004 of a national ran...

OBJECTIVE To assess the dental health status and treatment needs among children of 'Pardhi' tribal community. METHODS A total of 185 children were examined over a period of 2 months using WHO proforma. The statistical software namely SPSS version 15.0 and data was analyzed using Student's t-test and ANOVA test at p < 0.05. RESULTS The mean score for dft and DMFT was 1.87 ± 1.073 and 2.04 ± ...

Brookdale Hospital and Medical Center's Prenatal Care Assistance Program (PCAP) provides oral health education and treatment to expectant mothers from a minority, impoverished, high-risk population. A chart review examined dental records for 42 children of mothers who took PCAP training versus 49 children of mothers who did not. At age 2, the children of PCAP mothers had fewer dental caries, le...