L.5 Infant Oral Health Flashcards
The intervention of Fluroide reduced dental caries by 50%. However, ______ teeth dental caries increased 2% from the early 90’s to 2004…
primary teeth
What is the most common chronic infectious disease of childhood?
Caries
Fewerskov: dental caries belongs to the group of common diseases considered ‘______’ or ‘_______’ such as cancer, heart diseases, diabetes, and certain psychiatric illnesses,
complex or multifactorial
REORIENT management from treatment of _______ (disease) to management of caries (process)
cavities
Caries DO NOT EQUAL _____, but they can LEAD TO them.
cavities
_______ (___) is the presence of 1 or more decayed, missing or filled tooth surface in any primary tooth in a child 71 months (6 years) or younger.
Early Childhood Caries (ECC)
Early Childhood Caries is the presence of 1 or more decayed, missing or filled tooth surface in any ____ tooth in a child _______ or younger.
primary…71 months (6 years)
________ (____) is any smooth surface lesions in a child younger than 3.
SEVERE EarlyChildhoodCaries (S-ECC)
_________(____)From ages 3-5, one or more cavitated, missing or filled smooth surface in primary maxillary anterior teeth or a decayed, missing or filled score of >4(age3), >5(age4),>6(age5)
Severe ECC
What are the 3 most common teeth associated with Severe ECC? What teeth are SELDOM involved?
Maxillary Incisors, 1st molars, canines…mandibular incisors
What % of infants have Strep Mutans by 6 months?
50%!!
Dental Caries is __ times more common than asthma
5x
did you know __% of grade school children have a cavity??!!
85%
Mutant Streptococci: introduction as early as _____
significant colonization with _______
birth…eruption
WHAT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE of Strep Mutans in children?
Maternal Vertical Transmission
How common is horizontal transmission of S. Mutans? ___% of children with S-ECC had non-maternal S. Mutans…
74%
Establishment of the DENTAL HOME begins no later than ______ of age and includes referral to dental specialist when appropriate. It establishes health ________, NOT disease treatment!
12 months…supervision
Xylitol showed significantly less MS colonization at ___ year exam
2 year
Interesting: Xylitol waxed that ass of Chlorhexidine in % of children with ______ at 2, 3, and 6 years of age…
S. Mutans