OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between saliva and prevalence of dental caries. METHODS Two-year longitudinal study in rural schoolchildren at Cruz del Eje, Argentina between 2000 and 2002. The study population comprised all schoolchildren (N=196) aged 5 to 14 years of both sexes attending eight rural schools. They were assessed at three different time points (N=46): baseline, 12 and 24...

background: one of the most important health problems in life is dental caries or tooth decay. untreated caries are painful and may affect diet, school attendance, and sleep. tooth decay can also have significant negative health and social consequences in later life. objectives: the aim of this study was to determine the decayed, missing, filled teeth (dmft) index in 8-12 year old students in z...

BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to compare the 30% of Nevada Youth who presented with the highest Decayed Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index to a cohort who were caries free and to national NHANES data. Secondly, to explore the factors associated with higher caries prevalence in those with the highest DMFT scores compared to the caries-free group. METHODS Over 4000 adolescent...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the salivary flow rate (SFR),  pH, and buffer capacity (BC) among healthy shammah users (SU) in comparison with healthy non-shammah users (NSU). Methods: This case-control study was conducted at the College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between March 2016 and May 2017. A sample of 27 SU and 30 NSU were recruited. Unstimulated saliva was co...

Background: Children are the most sensitive and vulnerable group in terms of tooth decay. Any change or improvement in health-related knowledge and behavior in this group can have long-term and significant impacts on the health of the future generation. Thus, the present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship of knowledge of oral health-related issues with the decayed, m...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is a lifetime disease, with highest priority risk group between 11-14 years of age group. Environmental factors such as culture, socioeconomic status, life style and dietary pattern can have a greater impact on caries-resistance or development. The present study was performed to evaluate the relationship between dental caries, oral hygiene status and risk factors among ...

Little information is available concerning the prevalence of caries among patients with oral clefts in Eastern China. Consecutive patients aged 6-18 with oral clefts were recruited. Patients were stratified into 2 groups according to their ages, namely Group I with aged 6-12 and Group II with aged 13-18. For each age group, the children were further divided into three subgroups according to the...

background: children are the most sensitive and vulnerable group in terms of tooth decay. any change or improvement in health-related knowledge and behavior in this group can have long-term and significant impacts on the health of the future generation. thus, the present study was conducted with the aim to determine the relationship of knowledge of oral health-related issues with the decayed, m...

Introduction: Over twenty developed and developing countries have regions with endemic floursis, on the other hand tooth decay as an infectious disease in human societies is reported to occur due to the shortage of fluoride in water. Since decayed, missing, and filled teeth DMFT is considered a 52 -character indicator in health equity, the present research aims at studying the relationship be...