previous studies have indicated that there may be a relationship between the salivary fluoride concentrations and dental caries while the emphasis was on dental caries in permanent teeth. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental caries and its predictors in 3-6 year-old children in tehran, iran. the other objective of this investigation was to clarify a relationship between ...

Enterococcus faecalis is the most commonly found species in root-filled teeth evincing recalcitrant periradicular lesions and as a consequence, a role in causation of endodontic treatment failure has been suggested. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of this bacterial species in root-filled teeth with or without periradicular lesions. Identification of E. faecalis was carr...

AIM To describe and analyse risk factors associated with prediction of periapical status, assessed using the full-scale Periapical Index (PAI) supplemented with extraction as outcome variable. METHODOLOGY In 1997-1998, 616 randomly selected individuals from Aarhus County, Denmark, underwent a full-mouth radiographic survey. All 616 were re-invited in 2003-2004 and in 2008-2009, when 473 and 3...

OBJECTIVES Oral health in Down syndrome children has some peculiar aspects that must be considered in the follow-up of these patients. This study focuses on characterizing the environmental and host factors associated with dental caries in Portuguese children with and without Down syndrome. METHODS A sibling-matched, population-based, cross-sectional survey was performed. RESULTS Down syndr...

OBJECTIVE To identify trends in the pattern of dental caries in Brazilian adults. METHODS Data from epidemiological surveys carried out by the Brazilian Ministry of Health in 1986, 2003 and 2010 were used. Dental caries experience, using the DMFT index (decayed, missing and filled teeth) and dental health, expressed by the FS-T index (filled and sound teeth) related to functional teeth, were ...

The aim of this study was to assess the impact of oral conditions of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) on their parents' quality of life (QoL). A cross-sectional study was performed with parents of outpatients suffering from SCD at a hematology referral center in Belo Horizonte, MG. A qualified dentist performed an intraoral exam. The Family Impact Scale (FIS) was used to assess the paren...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Dental caries still remains a major problem in the field of oral and dental health and its prevention is more important than its treatment. Fluoride plays a significant role in prevention of caries, and improving oral and dental health. One of the common ways of fluoride use is the use of a fluoride-containing mouthwash, the most important of which in use is 0.2% sodium fluo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between being a recipient of the Bolsa Família program and oral health conditions in Brazilian schoolchildren. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 1,107 schoolchildren aged between eight and 12 years from 20 public and private schools in Pelotas, RS, Southern Brazil. A list of all children receiving the Bolsa Família program was provided by...

OBJECTIVES To determine the dental caries experience in relation to the severity of dental fluorosis and; to evaluate the dietary snacking habits of adolescents. DESIGN A descriptive cross-sectional study. SETTING A peri-urban primary school in Nairobi, Kenya. SUBJECTS Two hundred and seventy five adolescents aged 13-15 years among whom 128 were males and 149 were females. RESULTS Two h...

AIM The aim of this study was to assess the orthodontic treatment needs of adolescents in Zagreb, Croatia, in relation to their orthodontic treatment history, caries experience and socio-demographic parameters. METHODS The study sample comprised 1,289 adolescents from 12 randomly selected public schools in Zagreb, Croatia. The subjects were 15-18 years old (mean age 16.3±1.4), and 51% of them...