The program of SCDC has been organised at all 25 primary and secondary schools of Gia Loc district since 1989-1990 to prevent dental caries for children aged 6 -15. The program’s activities include dental health education, conducting children to rinse their mouth by fluoride water 0.2% weekly and clinical preventation. After 8 years, the situatation of dental caries reduced. At age 12, the ratio of dental caries reduced 56.05% and DMFT reduced 79.41%. This result confirms that the contents of SCDC are suitble. Especially the situation of dental health shows that in 1997-1998 we reached WHO global goals and Vietnam goals for the year 2010.
Dental Care ; child ; prevention & control ; Dental Caries

Study 960 pupils between 6 and 12 years old of primary and secondary schools in Long Xuyen town, An Giang province. Results: rate of dental caries of deciduous teeth decreased from 5.20% to 20.55% after interventions. Rate of dental caries of permanent teeth in interventional groups decreased 3.09%-4.96% versus control group. It’s necessary to develop comprehensive dental prevention methods for school-age children.
Dental Caries/prevention & control ; Periodontal Diseases ; Pupil

Dental Caries ; immunology ; prevention & control ; Humans

China ; Dental Caries ; microbiology ; prevention & control ; Humans

Dental Caries ; etiology ; prevention & control ; Humans

Dental Caries ; prevention & control ; Humans ; Vaccines

Dental Caries is a kind of chronic oral disease that greatly threaten human being's health. Though dentists and researchers struggled for decades to combat this oral disease, the incidence and prevalence of dental caries remain quite high. Therefore, improving the disease management is a key issue for the whole population and life cycle management of dental caries. So clinical difficulty assessment system of caries prevention and management is established based on dental caries diagnosis and classification. Dentists should perform oral examination and establish dental records at each visit. When treatment plan is made on the base of caries risk assessment and carious lesion activity, we need to work out patient‑centered and personalized treatment planning to regain oral microecological balance, to control caries progression and to restore the structure and function of the carious teeth. And the follow-up visits are made based on personalized caries management. This expert consensus mainly discusses caries risk assessment, caries treatment difficulty assessment and dental caries treatment plan, which are the most important parts of caries management in the whole life cycle.
Consensus ; Dental Care ; Dental Caries/prevention & control* ; Humans ; Prevalence

Caries of children under 3 years old has such characteristics as early onset, multiple tooth involvement and rapid development. It may affect the mastication and digestive functions of the children, as well as oral and systemic development, and may become a risk factor for systemic diseases. In order to standardize the prevention and treatment of the caries of the infants and toddlers, to fully utilize the existing medical resources to prevent caries, to reduce the incidence rate and to increase the treatment rate, and to improve the oral health statuses of the infants and toddlers in China, the Society of Pediatric Dentistry and the Society of Preventive Dentistry of the Chinese Stomatological Association convened experts of pediatric dentistry and preventive dentistry from 19 universities and hospitals to conduct profound discussions on this topic, and finally developed the present guideline on diagnosis, prevention, clinical practice and effect evaluation for caries of children under 3 years old suitable to China's conditions.
Child, Preschool ; China ; Dental Caries/prevention & control* ; Dental Caries Susceptibility ; Humans ; Infant ; Pediatric Dentistry ; Preventive Dentistry

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a significant chronic disease of childhood and a rising public health burden worldwide. ECC may cause a higher risk of new caries lesions in both primary and permanent dentition, affecting lifelong oral health. The occurrence of ECC has been closely related to the core microbiome change in the oral cavity, which may be influenced by diet habits, oral health management, fluoride use, and dental manipulations. So, it is essential to improve parental oral health and awareness of health care, to establish a dental home at the early stage of childhood, and make an individualized caries management plan. Dental interventions according to the minimally invasive concept should be carried out to treat dental caries. This expert consensus mainly discusses the etiology of ECC, caries-risk assessment of children, prevention and treatment plan of ECC, aiming to achieve lifelong oral health.
Child ; Child, Preschool ; Consensus ; Dental Caries/prevention & control* ; Dental Caries Susceptibility ; Humans ; Oral Health

Dental Caries ; prevention & control ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans