The objective of this paper was to assess the effects of school-based fluoride mouthrinsing (S-FMR: weekly using 0.2% NaF solution) in two groups of school children with different periods of exposure to S-FMR in elementary school. Subjects were the S-FMR group consisted of 599 children, participated for six years. The control group consisted of 282 children, participated for less than one year ...

Aim: To estimate the prevalence and severity of dental caries in schoolchildren from the city of Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, in 2009 and to compare these results with data from previous studies carried out in the same institution since 1971. Methods: All 145 12and 13-year-old schoolchildren enrolled in a public school were eligible for the study. Dental caries was assessed with the DMFS/ DMFT in...

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease among pregnant women and also to evaluate the status of oral hygiene. The prevalence and severity of caries was evaluated, having estimated DMFS and DMFT. The prevalence of periodontal diseases and the degree of severity was evaluated by CPITN index, gums by Silness-Loė (GI) index, oral hygiene by OHI-S (ac...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of dentinal lesions treatable through the atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) approach for high caries risk schoolchildren. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A convenience sample was taken of 1,542 grade 1 and 931 grade 2 children from 21 primary schools in a low socio-economic area in Damascus. Dentinal lesions in which the smallest excavator (diameter of 0.9 mm) ...

Early childhood caries (ECC) represents a major health and economic problem worldwide. Its consequences such as early pain experience may affect the immediate and long-term quality of life of the child. In very young and uncooperative children the therapy of ECC is often viable only under general anesthesia. After treatment these affected children have a higher risk for future caries either soo...

One thousand five Hong Kong kindergarten children with a mean age of 5.75 +/- 0.46 years were sampled for caries prevalence and related factors. Samples were drawn from a total population of approximately 9,000 5-year-old children. Caries examination was conducted after the teeth were cleaned professionally using a sickle probe (Ash #54) and diagnostic criteria of the World Health Organization....

There is evidence for a genetic component in caries susceptibility, and studies in humans have suggested that variation in enamel formation genes and their interaction with Streptococcus mutans levels may contribute to caries. For the present study, we used DNA samples collected from 173 unrelated children from Istanbul: 91 children with 4 or more affected tooth surfaces and 82 caries-free chil...

OBJECTIVE A two-year study assessed the benefit of an enhanced oral health promotion program combined with a closely supervised tooth brushing program in schools, using toothpaste containing 1,450 ppm F- and 1.5% arginine, on oral health and dental caries. METHODS 15 southern Thailand schools and 3,706 pre-school children were recruited: 8 schools with 1,766 children as controls; 7 schools wi...

THE STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DECAY RISK WITH MALOCCLUSIONS IN MIXED DENTITION AT CHILDREN FROM NORTHEAST ROMANIA. A TRANSVERSAL RETROSPECTIVE STUDY (Abstract): Aim. The purpose of this study was to investigate if high values of DMFT/dmft indices constitute risk factors for installation in various types of malocclusions in mixed dentition. Material and Methods The study consisted of 600 study...