Introduction: A common dental and oral health problem is caries. The results of Riskesdas (2018), showed that children aged 5 years had a caries experience rate (dmft) ≥ 6 67.3%. target the Indonesian Ministry Health caries-free by 2030. Efforts to prevent diseases are carried out through promotional preventive services, education with various methods media fun, entertaining attract attention, ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess caries prevalence and severity in preschool children in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition, the relationship between the frequency and clinical types of early childhood caries and behavioral factors, oral hygiene and eating habits were assessed. SUBJECTS AND METHODS An oral health survey was performed in line with the World Heal...

Early acquisition of caries-associated bacteria is a major risk factor for early childhood caries (ECC) and significantly increased proportions of mutans streptococci in saliva and biofilm are demonstrated in cases with severe ECC. Thus, an antibacterial approach to combat the disease may be considered and there are several antiseptics available for topical application such as chlorhexidine (CH...

Abstract Background "Core microbes" play a key role in the development of caries and lead to microbial disorders. Our goal was detect core microbes associated with microbiota imbalance early childhood (ECC). Methods Fifteen caries-free children fifteen high-caries (DMFT ≥ 10) aged 4–6 years old were recruited according diagnostic criteria suggested by WHO. The 16S rRNA genes from samples plaque...

  Background The maintenance and health of children's milk teeth are important due to the high rate of caries and the fact that their health clearly affects the permanent teeth, the treatment of these caries and its complications leads to high costs for families and the society. This study aimed to determine the mother’s knowledge and att...

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a widespread childhood disease that disproportionately affects children with disabilities, those in lower-income households and minority children. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all children be screened for ECC and referred to a dentist by the age of one. This quality improvement project took place at a hospital-affiliated pediatric clin...

BACKGROUND As a low-cost and easily operated treatment, the use of professionally applied topical fluoride was approved for preventing dental caries and remineralising early enamel caries or white spot lesions. It is also used to arrest dentine caries. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical efficacy of professional fluoride therapy in remineralising and arresting caries in childre...