Dental caries is the first disease to cause the pathological extraction of teeth in children. The complete prevention of dental caries is not achieved by toothbrushing alone. The use of fluoride and pit and fissure sealant is regarded as key tools to prevent dental caries. Fluoride-containing tablets or multi-vitamins and community water fluoridation can be used as systemic application techniques. Professional fluoride application, fluoride iontophoresis on teeth, fluoride mouth rinsing and fluoridecontaining toothpaste can be used as local application techniques. Pit and fissure sealant is mainly used to prevent dental caries on occlusal surfaces of premolars and molars. Sweeteners not to occur dental caries has been developed to substitute sucrose. Dental erosion increases according to the high consumption of acidic soft drink or beverages. The appropriate use of fluoride and pit and fissure sealant are recommended to prevent dental caries effectively and the education is required to reduce the consumption of acidic soft drinks or beverages to decrease dental erosion.
Beverages ; Bicuspid ; Carbonated Beverages ; Child ; Dental Caries ; Fluoridation ; Fluorides ; Humans ; Iontophoresis ; Molar ; Mouth ; Preventive Dentistry ; Sucrose ; Sweetening Agents ; Tablets ; Tooth ; Toothbrushing ; Toothpastes

The school-based dental preventive program has been developed strongly in many areas of the whole country. Especially, the program has been covered at level of province such as Ninh B×nh and Nam §Þnh. Its preventive results were very high. Dental caries were reduced and periodontal status is improved. Through the study of fluoride concentration in the natural water, we determine that the use of fluoride mouthwash for children at school is necessary to reduce dental caries.
Preventive Dentistry

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Preventive Dentistry

This study aimed to provide basic data for establishing the clinical basis for dental hygienist-led dental hygiene process of care by identifying multiple risk factors for self-support program participants in Gangneung city; we also compared oral health status and behavioral changes through customized oral health care. Four dental hygienists who were evaluated for degree of conformity provided dental hygiene process of care to eight self-support program participants who were selected as having an oral health risk among people in the self-support center. The clinical indicators measured during dental hygiene assessment and evaluation and behavioral changes due to dental hygiene intervention were compared and analyzed. With respect to clinical indicators, at the time of probe, the retention rate of patients with gingival bleeding decreased from 61.4% to 14.7% after intervention (p=0.004). Furthermore, the retention rate of patients with a periodontal pocket >4 mm decreased from 15.6% to 5.8% (p=0.001). The average modified O'Leary index of the patients improved from 23 to 40 (p=0.002). Previously, all eight subjects used the vertical or horizontal method of brushing; after dental hygiene care interventions regarding method and frequency of toothbrushing, use of oral care products, and individual interventions, they started using the rolling or Bass method of toothbrushing. Four of eight subjects reported using interdental toothbrushes after intervention. As a result of applying the change model to the transtheoretical behavior change of the subject, the result of strengthening the health behavior was confirmed. For promotion of oral health by the prevention-centered incremental oral health care system, dental hygienist-led dental hygiene management and maintenance is essential. It is thought that continuous research, such as for feasibility evaluation, cost benefit analysis, and preparation of legal systems, is needed to establish and activate dental hygiene management.
Bass ; Cost-Benefit Analysis ; Dental Hygienists ; Dental Prophylaxis ; Gangwon-do* ; Health Behavior ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Methods ; Oral Health ; Oral Hygiene* ; Periodontal Pocket ; Risk Factors ; Toothbrushing

This study was undertake to assess the effect of 30% minocycline containing polycaprolactone strip to adult periodontitis patient with respect to utility as a monotherapy, effectiveness of this drug device compared to scaling and root planning, and their ability to enhance scaling and root planning. 48 teeth of 12 adult patients who had at least one teeth qualifying pocket> or =4mm at each quadrant were enrolled in this study by split mouth design. All patients received supragingival scaling and oral hygiene instruction 2 weeks prior to the study. At baseline(time 0), enrolled tooth at each quadrant randomly assigned following one of 4 treatment modalities: root planing only(RP); root planing and placement of minocycline strip into pocket for a week(RP+MC); placement of minocycline strip into pocket for a week with out root planing(MC); 2 consecutive placement of minocycline strip into pocket for 2 weeks by one week(MCx2). Each teeth was evaluated at baseline and months 1, 3 and 6. Clinical indices included plaque index, bleeding on probing, probing pocket depth and clinical attachment level. Among 4 groups, RP+MC group showed the lowest percent site of bleeding on probing at 1, 3 and 6 months. Compared to baseline, all group showed significant reduction of pocket depth at 1, 3 and 6 months. The average pocket depth reduction in RP+MC sites was significantly greater than in the sites receiving RP, MC, and MCx2 at 3 months and in sites receiving MC and MCx2 at 6 months. The reduction in clinical attachment at the sites receiving RP+MC was significantly greater than in the sites receiving RP, MC, and MCx2 at 3 months. Between MC and MCx2 groups, no statistically significances was shown in reduction of pocket depth and clinical attachment level at all period examined. This result suggest that the use of 30% minocycline containing strip may improve periodontal health and may be an effective adjunct to conventional nonsurgical therapy in the treatment of adult periodontitis.
Adult ; Chronic Periodontitis ; Dental Scaling ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Minocycline ; Mouth ; Oral Hygiene ; Root Planing ; Tooth

OBJECTIVES: The influence of sex steroid hormones on periodontium can be knockdown with good plaque control. The aim of the present study was to evaluate periodontal status in pre- and postmenopausal women with periodontitis following non-surgical therapy. METHODS: Total 60 female patients' periodontal status was measured by periodontal index (PRI), and oral hygiene status was measured by plaque index (PI). Both the parameters were measured at baseline i.e. before scaling and root planing and after 3 months intervals post treatment. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 21. RESULTS: The mean PRI scores in premenopausal group were 5.68 ± 0.64 and 2.53 ± 0.13, and PI scores were 1.84 ± 0.17 and 0.91 ± 0.13 respectively at baseline and 3 months. The mean PRI scores in postmenopausal group were 6.08 ± 0.46 and 2.55 ± 0.12, and PI scores were 1.86 ± 0.24 and 1.00 ± 0.24 respectively at baseline and 3 months. CONCLUSIONS: There was more desirable response to non-surgical periodontal therapy in both the groups but not significant variation in between two groups.
Dental Plaque ; Dental Scaling ; Female* ; Gonadal Steroid Hormones ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Menopause ; Oral Hygiene ; Periodontal Index ; Periodontitis* ; Periodontium ; Root Planing

Chronic Periodontitis ; therapy ; Dental Implantation ; Dental Scaling ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Oral Hygiene ; Periapical Periodontitis ; therapy ; Root Planing ; Tooth Extraction

OBJECTIVES: In the present study, we aimed to develop an oral examination smart chart application for tablet personal computers (PC). We evaluated the time required to perform an oral examination and assessed the degree of user's convenience by using this application. We determined to make our application cost and human resource effective by automatically computerizing the statistics to facilitate its application in oral health services such as national oral health research. The development of this application for tablet PCs was aimed at recording the results of oral examinations. METHODS: We produced flow charts and designed the program screen, which would replace the existing paper chart. To evaluate the efficiency of the application, 1 preventive dentistry professor and 6 dentistry students performed an oral examination on 41 subjects. We performed the oral examination in duplicate using a tablet PC and a paper chart. The data collected were analyzed using the SPSS 18.0 program. P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The time required for oral examination by the study group (the group using the application) and the control group (the group using paper) were 131.93+/-10.14 and 151.85+/-7.77, respectively; the difference between these values was statistically significant (P-value=0.002). The oral examination could be performed faster in the study group (the group using the application) than in the control group; therefore, we noted that the time taken for oral examination was reduced by using the application. CONCLUSIONS: The tablet-based system has been shown to save time by omitting the step of entering the paper chart data into a computer. Further, the findings of this study can be used to establish an oral health index database with the help of additional resources. Moreover, it would facilitate creating awareness among the patients with regard to their oral health indices through the use of visual aids.
Audiovisual Aids ; Dentistry ; Diagnosis, Oral ; Humans ; Microcomputers ; Oral Health ; Preventive Dentistry

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

Chronic Periodontitis ; therapy ; Dental Implantation, Endosseous ; Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported ; Dental Restoration Failure ; Dental Scaling ; Humans ; Oral Hygiene ; Periodontal Diseases ; therapy ; Root Planing ; Tooth Extraction