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

, 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, Broukal, Z, Lencova, E, Erika Lenčová, Tsakos, G, Zdeněk Broukal, Pikhart, H, Georgios Tsakos   +7 more
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Decarbonization of Transport and Oral Health

BioMed, 2023
The decarbonization of transport is a global initiative aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the risks of global warming. This article explores the potential connections between the decarbonization of transport and oral health ...
Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Maha El Tantawi   +1 more
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Sustainable development goals and ending ECC as a public health crisis

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Early Childhood Caries (ECC) remains a global issue despite numerous advancements in research and interventional approaches. Nearly, 530 million children suffer from untreated dental caries of primary teeth.
Ankita Saikia, Jagadeesan Aarthi, MS Muthu, Sneha S. Patil, Robert Prashanth Anthonappa, Tarun Walia, Moayad Shahwan, Peter Mossey, Monica Dominguez   +8 more
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Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of a single annual professional intervention for the prevention of childhood dental caries in a remote rural Indigenous community [PDF]

, 2015
Background The aim of the study is to reduce the high prevalence of tooth decay in children in a remote, rural Indigenous community in Australia, by application of a single annual dental preventive intervention.
Surani Fernando, Scuffham, Paul, Ratilal Lalloo, Yvonne Cadet-James, Tut, Ohnmar, Kularatna, Sanjeewa, Scuffham, P.A., Scuffham, Paul A, Jamieson, Lisa M., Kularatna, S., Paul A. Scuffham, Fernando, Surani, Valda Wallace, Kroon, J., Tut, O., Boase, R., Lisa M. Jamieson, Robyn Boase, Newell W. Johnson, Johnson, Newell, Wallace, V., Jeroen Kroon, Lalloo, Ratilal, Jamieson, L.M., Boase, Robyn, Johnson, Newell W., Ohnmar Tut, Cadet-James, Yvonne, Kroon, Jeroen, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Scuffham, Paul A., Lalloo, R., Johnson, N.W., Johnson, Newell W, Jamieson, Lisa M, Wallace, Valda, Fernando, S., Cadet-James, Y.   +37 more
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CARIOGENIC MICROFLORA IN CHILDREN WITH EARLY CHILDHOOD CARIES AND THEIR MOTHERS

, 2021
Aim: Early childhood caries (ECC) is defined as the presence of one or more carious lesions (noncavitated or cavitated) or filled tooth surfaces in any primary tooth or missing teeth (due to caries) in children below six years of age.
M Bartošová, L. Izakovičová Hollá, M Kukletová   +2 more
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Breastfeeding, dental biofilm acidogenicity, early childhood caries

, 2017
CAPES - COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DE PESSOAL E NÍVEL SUPERIORThis study evaluated the acidogenicity of human milk by the dental biofilms of children with and without early childhood caries (ECC). Method: Biofilms of 16 children (7 with ECC; 9 caries
Nunes, Ana Margarida M., Cury, Jaime Aparecido, Monteiro-Neto, Valerio, Andaló Tenuta, Livia Maria, Neves, Pierre A. M., Costa Ribeiro, Cecilia Claudia, Leitão, Tarcisio J.   +6 more
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Early childhood caries predictors [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021
Background/Aim. Dental caries represents a health problem of all ages, but it is especially significant in the earliest age of children. Early childhood caries can develop immediately after the eruption of deciduous teeth, resulting in many complications,
Stevanović Marko, Cvetković Andrijana, Stošović-Kalezić Ivana, Bukumirić Zoran, Milojković Zoraida, Martinović Brankica, Stevanović Nikola, Lazić Dragoslav, Jovičić Olivera, Ivanović Mirjana   +9 more
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Modified OXIS classification for primary canines [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Wellcome Open Research, 2022
Background: A new classification called OXIS was proposed for categorising the interproximal contacts of primary molars, and its prevalence was established.
M Kirthiga, J Aarthi, MS Muthu, Vignesh Kailasam   +3 more
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Developmental Defects of Enamel in Primary Teeth and Association with Early Life Course Events: A Study of 6--36 Month old Children in Manyara, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Children with low birth weight show an increased prevalence of developmental defects of enamel in the primary dentition that subsequently may predispose to early childhood caries (ECC).Focusing 6--36 months old, the purpose of this study was to assess ...
Ray Masumo, Asgeir Bårdsen, Bårdsen, Asgeir, Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm, Masumo, Ray, Astrøm, Anne Nordrehaug   +5 more
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Salivary cystatin S levels in children with early childhood caries in comparison with caries-free children; statistical analysis and machine learning

BMC Oral Health, 2021
Background Early childhood caries is the most common infectious disease in childhood, with a high prevalence in developing countries. The assessment of the variables that influence early childhood caries as well as its pathophysiology leads to improved ...
Maryam Koopaie, Mahsa Salamati, Roshanak Montazeri, Mansour Davoudi, Sajad Kolahdooz   +4 more
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