BACKGROUND Dental caries (decay) during childhood is largely preventable however it remains a significant and costly public health concern, identified as the most prevalent chronic disease of childhood. Caries in children aged less than five years (early childhood caries) is a rapid and progressive disease that can be painful and debilitating, and significantly increases the likelihood of poor ...

Based on root caries data and oral sugar clearance pattern, vestibular surfaces of upper incisors and lower molars may be regarded as risk areas along with the proximal surfaces. The aim of the present study was to use this information in improving fluoride tablet programs for the elderly. Six healthy elderly males with full dental arches took part. Flavored and unflavored tablets dissolved pas...

Results to the primary dentition of a school-based fluoride mouthrinsing program using a 0.2 percent neutrM sodium fluoride solution are present~t after up to four years of weekly rinsing (109 rinses) for children in grades one through four. Compared to baseline caries scores of children in the same schools who were examined before the rinsing program started, there was a reduction in caries pr...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Radiography is used to diagnose the demineralization process and carious lesions; however, conventional radiography and direct digital images do not show these lesions when the amount of demineralization is less than 40%. Digital subtraction radiography has recently been used to improve the diagnostic quality of these le-sions. The purpose of this study was to compare the ca...

Background/Aim. In the spirit of personalized medicine, determining caries biomarkers in saliva and gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) attracts great attention current dental re-search. The concentration GCF cytokines is illustrative depicting processes tooth structures. Their relevance must be inspected with aspects position lesion level. Different impacts restoration materials on IL-1? TNF-? cou...

Use of magnification, such as 6x to 8x binocular surgical loupes or the surgical operating microscope, combined with co-axial illumination, may facilitate the creation of stable composite resin restorations that are less likely to develop caries, cracks or margin stains over years of service. Microscopes facilitate observation of clinically relevant microscopic visual details, such as microscop...

AIM This prospective, split mouth control study was planned to clinically evaluate shown short-term caries protection of glass ionomer cement on tooth enamel placed in contact to it, as a result of fluoride release. STUDY DESIGN The sample consisted of 83 children, aged 4-7 years, visiting a private practice during the years 1999 and 2000. All subjects met the following criteria: a Class II r...