Case study: caries in young children

• Published in: International journal of dental hygiene Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 181 - 186
• Main Authors: Knevel, RJM, Gussy, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell 01-08-2012; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; care; caries; Cariostatic Agents - therapeutic use; Child; Clinical Protocols; Dental Care for Children - methods; Dental caries; Dental Caries - pathology; Dental Caries - prevention & control; Dental Caries - therapy; Dental Caries Activity Tests; dental hygiene counseling; Dental surgery; dental therapy; Dentistry; diagnosis; DMF Index; Epidemiology. Vaccinations; Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology; Fluorides, Topical - therapeutic use; General aspects; Humans; Infant; Infectious diseases; knowledge; Medical sciences; Non tumoral diseases; oral health; Oral Hygiene; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Patient Education as Topic; Preschool children; prevention individual; problems; Severity of Illness Index; status; Tooth, Deciduous - pathology; Treatment Outcome; Human; Stomatology; Dental disease; dental therapy; oral health; Dentistry; prevention individual; Knowledge; Care; Case study; Prevention; Oral cavity; Treatment; Bucco-dental health; dental hygiene counseling; Tooth; Diagnosis; Child; Hygiene; caries; problems; status
• ISSN: 1601-5029; 1601-5037
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2012.00570.x

This article describes the aetiology and specific diagnoses of two different children that presented to the dental surgery with a form of dental caries. The management of both cases is being discussed as well as the differences in the prevention of early childhood caries.