PURPOSE Few studies have been conducted to investigate the effects, if any, of specific medication used to manage the symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as a risk factor for dental caries. A reported side-effect of the medication is a reduction in saliva. Healthy saliva has been shown to play many important functions in the prevention of dental caries. The focus of this...

Design of a clinical study to determine the impact of an experimental agent or regimen on dental caries activity must balance a number of interacting variables to yield meaningful results. At the outset, caries experience must be determined for each subject to permit sample stratification that will, in addition to age and sex, divide dental caries risk equally between the experimental groups. U...

OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this systematic review was to evaluate the association between dental caries and preterm birth (PTB). The secondary objective was ascertaining the difference between women with dental caries who experienced PTB and those who did not with regard to decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT), and decayed, missing and filled surfaces (DMFS) indices. METHODS MEDL...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) among children in Beijing, China, has been increasing continuously though slowly. However, there is limited information about ECC in Beijing. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors of dental caries among preschool children in Beijing. METHODS For this case-control study, using a convenience sampling method, 787 children age...

Dental caries is the single most common, chronic oral disease of childhood (Boyce et al., 2010). It is progressive and cumulative, and becomes more complex with time. Contemporary caries management philosophy has changed from the traditional surgical approach to a physician model that emphasizes prevention. Among various strategies for caries management, fluoride therapy has been highly promote...

For years, Swedish researchers have recognized caries risk assessment as an important part of routine dental practice for caries management. This paper reviews a new way of illustrating the caries risk profi le of an individual through a computer program, the Cariogram, which was described by Professor Bratthal in 1976. Cariogram is a risk as well as a prediction model. It presents a ‘weighted’...

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether early childhood caries (ECC) is a risk factor for future dental caries. One hundred fifteen dental charts of children younger than 4 years of age when initially treated were reviewed and abstracted for primary incisor caries and age at the initial examination, gender, recall dental visits, sealants, and age at the last dental examinatio...

This report points out a correlation between asthma and dental caries. It also gives certain guidelines on the measures to be taken in an asthmatic to negate the risk of dental caries.

OBJECTIVES To assess the effect of various school-level Free and Reduced Price Meal Program (FRPMP) enrollment-based risk thresholds on the ability of school-based sealant programs (S-BSPs) to reach higher risk children. METHODS We used data from a statewide third grade oral health survey to compare: a) prevalence of dental caries for higher-risk children, using three different sets of child ...

BACKGROUND Dental caries remains a public health problem even though it is preventable. There are several risk factors that relate to dental caries, especially in children in suburban and rural areas, where they normally receive their first dental examination in primary schools by teachers or health care personnel. Their oral health depends primarily on their parents' awareness. OBJECTIVE To ...