The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of dental caries in the primary dentition and associated variables in low socioeconomic preschool children enrolled in public nursery schools in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Four public institutions were selected by geographic criteria (two in the central region and two in the peripheral region). The study population comprised 338 childr...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the association of dental caries and BMI-for-age in preschool children and whether BMI-for-age is similar or different between Severe Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) and caries free children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four hundred preschool children aged 30-70 months were entered into this study. The parameters examined in this study were weight, h...

OBJECTIVE Dental caries is one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide. Saliva has many functions in the oral cavity and is the first line defense against dental caries. Oxidative stress can affect initiation and progression of many inflammatory and infectious diseases such as dental caries. Thus the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between total antioxidant capacity ...

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...

Aim. To investigate the relationship between physical properties of saliva and enamel resistance caries intensity in drug-addicted patients. Materials methods. The study involved 70 patients, who were divided into three groups: main group (1) – 28 drug addicts diagnosed with caries, comparison (2) 22 patients dental hard tissues without a history addiction, control (3) 20 persons carious lesion...

background: dental caries is the most infective microbial dental disease. basic screening survey is an epidemiologic index for determination of caries prevalence. the aim of this study was assessment of caries free prevalence in 6, 12 & 15- year old school children in kerman during 5 years.   methods: in this cross-sectional, descriptive –analytic study, 15369 school children aged 6, 12 &15 yea...

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...

Dental caries is the most common dental and oral health problem experienced by school-age children aged 7-12 years. care behavior essential in determining individual status, especially level of caries. Since pandemic, SDN Balletbaru never provided counseling assistance maintaining health. However, since there has been any regarding maintenance. Based on this, researchers wanted to examine relat...