A visit to a dentist in Tsawwassen, B.C., confirmed that her son An'ostin, then nearly 3, had early childhood caries – tooth decay – the leading cause of surgery requiring general anesthetic ...

The present study examines previous literature on dental interventions against caries and other oral health issues in children and adolescents between the ages of 5 and 17 years. This systematic ...

In conclusion, tobacco use was clearly associated with increased caries development during adolescence. Thus, this factor should be relevant to include in the clinical caries risk assessment of ...

The Health Ministry’s Kudat dental officer added that children with early childhood caries (ECC) face a greater risk of developing future dental issues in their permanent teeth. “Pupils buying ...

Proportion caries-free. ‡Proportion with new caries during the observation period (16–19 years). §P-value from the Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test comparing the distributions of DMFS between ...