OBJECTIVES To determine the experience, prevalence, and severity of dental caries in adolescents naturally exposed to various fluoride concentrations. METHODS A cross-sectional census was conducted on 1,538 adolescents aged 12 and 15 years living at high altitude above sea level (> 2,000 m or > 6,560 ft) in above-optimal fluoridated communities (levels ranging from 1.38 to 3.07 ppm) of Hidalg...

AIM Our goal was to investigate the relationship between clinical status and the presence of carious or periodontal pathogens among parent-child familial pairs. Clinical practices of risk assessment with consideration of familial pathogen interaction might reduce the need for therapy, improve patient outcomes, and ultimately reduce oral disease burden. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we ...

Background and Aim Oral dental health plays an important role in people's general is affected by various factors such as knowledge attitude of a person regarding oral health. Improving Knowledge this regard will lead to more attention towards therefore, the present study was conducted determine rate tooth decay its relationship with knowledge, performance high school students Islamabad-e-Gharb ...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the dental caries and erosion status of 12-year-old Hong Kong children and study the determinants of dental caries and dental erosion of these children. METHODS The survey was performed from 2011 to 2012 with ethics approval. Stratified random sampling was adopted to select 12-year-old children in 7 primary schools in Hong Kong. The participating parents ...

BACKGROUND Dental decay is the most common childhood disease worldwide and most of the decay remains untreated. In the Philippines caries levels are among the highest in the South East Asian region. Elementary school children suffer from high prevalence of stunting and underweight.The present study aimed to investigate the association between untreated dental decay and Body Mass Index (BMI) amo...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to present epidemiological parameters of caries prevalence in children and adolescents in index age groups on a national and regional level in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted during 2004 year for children aged 6 and 12, and during 2007 for adolescents aged 15. An oral health survey was performed on a total number o...

Objectives Evaluating oral and dental health status in Egyptian children with cerebral palsy (CP) in relation to gross motor skills and types of CP. Methods A Cross-sectional study was conducted at el-Shatby Hospital for Children, Alexandria-Egypt. Oral examination for 62 children with CP between the age ranges 3-12 years was performed and decay missing filling-tooth/decay filling-tooth (DMFT...

background the world health organization identifies oral health as a necessity for public health through the entirety of life. this issue has been considerably addressed due to susceptibility to tooth decay during pregnancy and maternal and fetal health. results according to the independent t-test, the mean score of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, and dmft was not different ...