ABSTRACT Objectives. To investigate a prevalence of caries, filled permanent and extracted permanent teeth, as well as caries risk factors in school children aged 7, 9 and 11. Methods. The survey included 800 children (296 children aged 7; 254 children aged 9 and 250 children aged 11) from the Mostar Municipality, 400 of them living in both rural and urban areas. A dental mirror and standard li...

The evidence is clear that the incidence of dental caries is related to the frequency of eating sugar. The use of sugar substitutes is a suggested way of reducing sugar intake. A variety of noncariogenic sweeteners exists, but most have no practical value for caries control because of their technical or safety problems, taste, or cost. Urinary bladder tumorigenic effects have been reported in e...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Water fluoridation is one of the methods for prevention of dental caries. The purpose of this study was to review water fluoridation in the world and in Iran, and its effectiveness in reported literature. METHODS: This paper is not a systematic review, but reviews the literature. “Water fluoridation” was used as a keyword for searching (electronic and hand search) in special...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is a major public health problem in most industrialised countries, affecting 60% to 90% of school children. Community water fluoridation was initiated in the USA in 1945 and is currently practised in about 25 countries around the world; health authorities consider it to be a key strategy for preventing dental caries. Given the continued interest in this topic from healt...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of different preventive programs in young adults at high caries risk using Cariogram software. METHODS Sixty-six young adults with high caries risk were evaluated. Dental caries risk for all subjects was determined according to WHO criteria. Subjects were divided into three different preventive groups (control: OH, fluoride varnish: FV, and chlorhexidin...

BACKGROUND This scoping review addressed the question 'what do we know about stress-related changes in saliva and dental caries in general population?' METHODS The review was conducted using electronic searches via Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CINAHL and WoS. All published human studies with both observational and experimental designs were included. Two reviewers independently reviewed eligible...

BACKGROUND Swedish equine dental practices have empirically found that the prevalence of infundibular caries as a primary disorder in the first permanent premolar teeth (P2) of the horse upper jaw has increased during the last 10 years. A previously unknown bacterial species, Streptococcus devriesei (CCUG 47155T), which is related to Streptococcus mutans, has recently been isolated from these c...

The rate of dental caries and periodontal diseases in the world is still high, regardless of progress in the oral and dental hygiene. The natural toothbrush or chewing stick called “Miswak” has been used since ancient history. In this research the efficacy of Miswak in preventing dental caries was investigated and compared with the efficacy of toothbrush and toothpaste. The analytical and clini...

Background and Objective: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a bacterium known for its presence in the stomach, but it can also colonize the oral cavity and contribute to various oral and gastric diseases. This study aimed to detect the presence of oral H. pylori and investigate its potential association with dental caries and dental erosion. Methods: Saliva and plaque samples were collected f...