Oral and Dietary Habits, and Immunological and Clinical Impacts on the Inci
Background: Dental caries is the most common infectious oral disease in human beings and is an oral health problem in many countries. It is a multifactorial disease and bacteria are the cause of caries lesions. However, additional factors have demonstrated an influence on the acceleration or slowi...
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2014
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| Summary: | Background: Dental caries is the most common infectious oral disease in human beings and is an oral health
problem in many countries. It is a multifactorial disease and bacteria are the cause of caries lesions. However,
additional factors have demonstrated an influence on the acceleration or slowing down of the development of new
caries lesions.
Objective: It is to provide an overview of the caries disease process that will help guide the readers into the world of
evidence-based caries management in the beginning of the 21st century and help them understand the need to keep
updating in this field.
Methods: The reviewers searched 8 databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,
Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, LILACS, CNKI, Wanfang, and the South African Department of
Health databases) to identify all randomized controlled trials (RCTs), intervention studies, and observational studies
published between 1970 and 2014 that met inclusion criteria.
Results: Review discussed the results pertained to tooth brushing and dietary habits; relation between - intake of
sugars and risk of dental caries; daily total fluoride intake and dental fluorosis as well as caries; unspecific s-IgA
with dental caries. Also discussed on caries levels in aggressive periodontitis; prevalence of caries in individuals
with Down syndrome; and the correlation study on dental fluorosis with caries risk.
Conclusion: In the light of the above results discussed from present review, one can accomplish that
implementation of the oral health program for school children should be of higher priority. It has been suggested that
one way of improving the cost effectiveness of community-based programs is to target populations at the highest
risk of disease. |
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