Regular use of fluoride varnish can prevent caries in primary teeth. Advantages or disadvantages regarding further patient-relevant outcomes remain unclear due to a lack of data.

A primary tooth can have caries for a wide variety of reasons such as gender, family health or history, socio-economic status, years of exposure to water fluoridation, disturbance to primary teeth ...

Unfortunately, despite dental caries being a preventable disease, many children in the UK will experience caries in their primary dentition. Recent surveys show 31% of 5-year-olds in England ...

Primary query. The use of bitewing radiographs has been shown to help in the estimation of caries in permanent teeth, but there is a lack of clinical information on their use in primary teeth, ...

Objective To compare the accuracy and repeatability of three diagnostic systems (DIAGNOdent, visual and radiographic) for occlusal caries diagnosis in primary molars. Design Two examiner, in vitro ...

Existing caries assessment methods typically don't account for decay in both primary and permanent teeth. Enter the Total Observed Caries Experience (TOCE) measure, which its creator says offers ...

Alexandria, Va., USA - Parach Sirivichayakul, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, presented the poster "Preventing Approximal Caries in Primary Teeth With Topical Fluorides" at the virtual 99th ...

Alexandria, Va., USA - Parach Sirivichayakul, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, presented the poster "Preventing Approximal Caries in Primary Teeth With Topical Fluorides" at the virtual 99th ...

Virginia A. Moyer, MD, MPH, on behalf of the USPSTF, reviewed the evidence on prevention of dental caries in children aged ≤5 years by primary care clinicians.

The Caries Disparities in Primary Care Settings Study is currently in the pilot phase. This study will conduct pilot-testing in two practices to prepare for a clinical trial of oral health ...

Background: Smoking and the use of smokeless tobacco have a detrimental impact on general and oral health. The relationship to dental caries is however still unclear. As caries is a multi ...