Aim: Preventive approaches to oral health diseases, mainly dental caries, require individual
and collective policies. Thus, this review was conducted to identify the primary prevention …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Screening and preventive interventions by primary care
providers could improve outcomes related to early childhood caries. The objective of this …

Importance A 2014 review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) found that
oral fluoride supplementation and topical fluoride use were associated with reduced caries …

Medicaid data shows that few one-to two-year-olds receive a preventive dental visit,
indicating our limited success implementing the existing policy paradigm of dental home …

Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to systematically review the quality of evidence
related to self-applied and professionally applied fluorides, antimicrobial agents, fissure …

Objectives The aim of this prospective birth cohort study was to evaluate the effect of the
interdisciplinary oral health programme (OHP) for early childhood caries (ECC) in 5-year-old …

Several institutions propose responsive feeding (RF) as the caregivers' relational standard
when nurturing a child, from breast/formula feeding onwards. Previous systematic reviews …

Purpose: Culturing mutans streptococci (MS) from children's saliva has high utility in caries
risk assessment. The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to examine its ability in …

Importance There is a recommendation for children to have a dental home by 6 months of
age, but there is limited evidence supporting the effectiveness of early preventive dental …

Dental caries is a multifactorial disease. Plaque bacteria, fermentable carbohydrates, and a
susceptible tooth surface are basic requirements to its occurrence. Dental caries is a …