background: managing dental caries in young children is demanding due to the elusions present on the right diagnostic criteria for treatment. the present study evaluated the histological status of pulp tissues extracted from primary second molar with caries involvement. histological findings are correlated with clinical and radiographic assessment. materials and methods: simple experimental stu...

• M A N A G E M E N T O F R O O T C A R I E S U S I N G O Z O N E • 40 OZONE CAN BE CONSIDERED AS an alternative management strategy for root caries. Recently, Baysan et al., (2000) reported that ozone application for either 10 or 20 s was effective to kill the great majority of microorganisms in primary root carious lesions (PRCLs) in vitro and this application for a period of 10 s was also ca...

Benefits are presented for primary teeth from a schoolbased weekly ~]uoride rinsing program using a neutral 0.2 pereen t NaF solution in a fluoride-deficien t community. Children in grades three and four at the time of the last dental examination rinsed an average of 77 times during three school years. Rinsing was done under the supervision of classroom teachers. Compared with baseline caries s...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in children and DMFT index is the most important quantitative factor for measuring tooth health. The purpose of the present study was to determine prevalence and bilateral occurrence of first permanent molar caries in 12-year-old Iranian students. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Malnutrition, pain, and insomnia are common adverse effects of early dental caries among 3-6-year-old children. To increase our understanding of the dental caries status which will help in the control and prevention of it, this study aimed to assess the trend of dental caries, Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and its related factors among 3-6-year-old children duri...

. A preliminary report .on the planning and establishment of a clinical trial of the efficacy of calcium sucrose phosphate, in the form of a food addltive, as a cariostatic agent was published in 1967(1 ) .. The results after one year indicated reductions in the dental· caries increment for all children in the ages 5-17 years. A further report published in 1968(2) covering the results observed ...

OBJECTIVES Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic metabolic disorder which affects millions of people. At present, India has the highest incidence of diabetes worldwide. Several oral lesions and conditions are associated with diabetes. However, there is a lack of consensus among researchers regarding the relationship between DM and dental caries. Hence, the present study was carried out to ...

BACKGROUND Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is the primary etiological agent of dental caries. Sortase is a transpeptidase that anchors several surface proteins to the S. mutans cell wall and has been shown to play a major role in cariogenicity. The purpose of this study was to explore the genetic polymorphisms of the sortase gene (srtA) and the social-behavioural factors associated with dental...

Common and dwarf bunt of wheat are recognized as being caused by three closely related species, Tilletia caries and T. laevis as common bunt, and T. controversa as dwarf bunt. The morphological characteristics of two species including T. controversa and T. caries were studied from wheat grown in two provinces of Iran, Lorestan and Chaharmahal–o-Bakhtiari duri...