Dental caries is a chronic, bio-behavioural disease that extends throughout the life span of human beings. Prevention of dental caries includes measures to prevent the occurrence of disease, such as risk factor reduction, but also to arrest the progress of disease and reduce consequences of the disease once it is established. Preventive measures like fluoride therapy and pit and fissure sealant...

OBJECTIVES Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic metabolic disorder which affects millions of people. At present, India has the highest incidence of diabetes worldwide. Several oral lesions and conditions are associated with diabetes. However, there is a lack of consensus among researchers regarding the relationship between DM and dental caries. Hence, the present study was carried out to ...

OBJECTIVE There are various risk factors which play an essential role in the multifactorial disease "dental caries." Although absence of interdental spaces in the primary dentition may increase the risk of dental caries, not many studies have been carried out to assess this correlation. This study was performed to assess the relationship between interdental spacing and dental caries in primary ...

Lower dental caries experience has been observed in children and teenagers with the presence of black stains on dental structures. However, none of the previous investigations were population-based studies or adjusted the analysis for potential confounders. This study assessed the prevalence of black stains at the age of 5 in a population-based birth cohort from Pelotas, Brazil and investigated...

Dental caries is a disease in which minerals of the tooth are dissolved by surrounding bacterial plaques. A caries process present for some time may result in a caries lesion. However, if it is detected early enough, the dentist and dental professionals can implement measures to reverse and control caries. Several optical, nonionized methods have been investigated and used to detect dental cari...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess and compare parental awareness of unrestored dental caries needs in a schoolchildren population according to socioeconomic status. METHODS Subjective and normative unrestored dental caries data of kindergarten and third-grade children were collected from parental awareness questionnaires and clinical examinations, respectively, used in a 2000--2...

our aiin has been to correlate animal experiments and investigations on man, the former serving as a basis for the latter, It is obvious that these two means, taken in conjunction, hold out the best hope for the discovery of the aetiology of dental disease and for the evolution of suitable methods for its elimination. It has been shownl 2 that normal, well-developed teeth are more resistant to ...

PURPOSE The purpose of the present investigation was to determine if the supragingival bacterial composition plaques in children with caries would differ from those found in caries-free controls. MATERIAL AND METHODS Pooled supragingival plaque samples from the smooth surfaces of teeth were collected from 75 children with caries and 131 children without caries. The plaque samples were analyse...

PURPOSE The purposes of this investigation were to: (1) provide a descriptive account of untreated dental caries for Virginia schoolchildren; and (2) examine the relationship between a child's insurance status and the presence of untreated dental caries. METHODS In 1999, the Virginia Department of Health completed an Oral Health Assessment on first-, third-, and 10th-grade children. The oral ...

Dental caries and periodontal diseases, the two arch criminals of oral cavity, are essentially caused by the micro-organisms present in dental plaque [1]. In India, nearly 60-65% of the child population is affected by dental caries and 10% has periodontitis [2,3]. Dental plaque plays an important role in the development of dental caries and periodontal disease, which results in both dysfunction...