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Dental caries [PDF]

open access: yesNature Reviews Disease Primers, 2017
Dental caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues. Caries can occur throughout life, both in primary and permanent dentitions, and can damage the tooth crown and, in later life, exposed root surfaces. The balance between pathological
Jane Weintraub, Domenick Zero
exaly   +7 more sources

A scoping review linking early childhood caries to violence, neglect, internally displaced, migrant and refugee status

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2023
Background The aim of the scoping review was to identify and synthesize the available literature concerning the relationship between the status of refugees, migrants, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Early Childhood Caries (ECC) as it relates ...
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of divalent metal cations on hydroxyapatite dissolution kinetics relevant to dental caries and erosion. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
PhDIn recent years there has been an increasing awareness of the influence of various trace elements on reducing the progression of dental caries and of erosion. However, there are few clinical and even fewer in-vitro studies of the cariostatic effect of
Lingawi, Hanadi Saud
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A scoping review on the links between sustainable development goal 14 and early childhood caries

open access: yesBMC Oral Health, 2023
Background The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 addresses life below the waters, an important source of protein and contributor to global food security and economic development.
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between parental locus of control and caries experience in preschool children - cross-sectional survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Background: Due to high prevalence and serious impacts, childhood caries represents a public health issue. Behavioural risk factors such as locus of health control have been implicated in the development of the disease; however their association with ...
Hynek Pikhart   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Oral Health Literacy and its Determinants in Young Couples

open access: yesFrontiers in Dentistry, 2023
Objectives: Oral health literacy (OHL) is an interplay of cultural, social and individual factors and plays an effective role in public health promotion.
Maryam Fazli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Grouping of tooth surfaces by susceptibility to caries: a study in 5-16 year-old children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Background The decline in caries has slowed and this may be indicative of variation in the susceptibility of differing teeth to caries. This study tests the hypothesis that in children, there are groups of tooth sites that exhibit differences in caries ...
Sheiham, A   +5 more
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Development, Methodology and Potential of the New Universal Visual Scoring System (UniViSS) for Caries Detection and Diagnosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Given the limitations of adjunct caries detection and diagnostic tools, e.g., imperfect validity and reproducibility, as well as the difficulties in controlling all possible confounding factors, the need for an objective visual caries detection and ...
Inka Goddon   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Impact of career choice motivation on academic burnout in senior dental students: A cross-sectional study

open access: yesBMC Medical Education, 2021
Background Motivation triggers all human activities including learning and lack of career motivation can lead to decreased efficiency. This study assessed the association between academic burnout and career choice motivation in senior dental students ...
Simin Z. Mohebbi   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Model for the Analysis of Caries Occurrence in Primary Molar Tooth Surfaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Recently methods of caries quantification in the primary dentition have moved away from summary ‘whole mouth’ measures at the individual level to methods based on generalised linear modelling (GLM) approaches or survival analysis approaches. However, GLM
Stephenson, John, Stephenson, J.
core   +1 more source

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