BACKGROUND Studies investigating the impact of breastfeeding on dental caries have produced contradictory results. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between breastfeeding and the prevalence of dental caries in young Japanese children. METHODS The study subjects were 2056 Japanese children aged 3 years. Information on breastfeeding was obtained by means of a questionnair...

Prediction of dental caries in pre-school children. Caries Res 1993; 27: 424–430). In these two papers, I was able to show a lower level of dental caries and a higher level of being caries free among the group that were non-secretors. This fits in well with the findings in the study of Kárpati from 2014. This work was carried out on children aged 4–6 years and included deciduous and newly erupt...

Dental caries continues to be the most prevalent bacteria-mediated non-contagious disease of humankind. Dental professionals assert the disease can be explained by poor oral hygiene and a diet rich in sugars but this does not account for caries free individuals exposed to the same risk factors. In order to test the hypothesis that amount of amelogenin during enamel development can influence car...

OBJECTIVE To determine the dental caries experience and knowledge on the causes and preventive measures for dental diseases. DESIGN A community based cross-sectional descriptive study. SETTING Elwak sub-district hospital, North Eastern Province, Kenya. SUBJECTS One hundred and forty one adults who presented themselves during a dental check up at a sub-district hospital and gave written co...

BACKGROUND The published literature on the prevalence and severity of dental caries and dental fluorosis among school going children in Nalgonda district - An Endemic Fluoride belt was lacking . OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and severity of dental fluorosis and dental caries among 12 and 15 years old children in relation to fluoride concentration in drinking water . SETTINGS AND DESIG...

INTRODUCTION Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases affecting children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Previous studies show a higher prevalence of dental caries in children from low socio-economic status backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of dental caries among 12 year old children in urban and rural areas of Zimbabwe and establish preliminary ba...

BACKGROUND Experience and awareness of adult females concerning dental caries is important in its prevention particularly in children because of their natural role as care givers. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in an adult female Nigerian population. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, adult females attending outreach programmes were examined ...

Objective To determine the dental caries experience and treatment needs among 5-year-olds in Albania. Research Design This cross sectional study was conducted in 2015 by using a cluster sampling technique. The dmft was used to assess dental caries experience and caries prevalence as percentages of children with dmf⟩0. Caries treatment needs were assessed with dt/dmft x 100, missing teeth with...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the frequencies of DR and DQ HLA class II alleles and the prevalence of dental caries in Brazilian adolescents. The study sample consisted of 164 adolescents aged 15- 19 years. For the assessment of caries experience the DMFT index was used, according to World Health Organization criteria. DNA samples of the adolescents were extr...

Diabetes and salivary gland dysfunction are major factors that induce dental caries in experimental animals, but there are no reports analyzing the association of dental caries and salivary glands in an animal model of diabetes mellitus (DM). To clarify the initial development of dental caries and preceding salivary gland disorder, we performed a histopathological analysis on teeth and salivary...