Early childhood caries: the pediatrics´ role in prevention

Česká verzia

Authors: Nabil Salah
Authors place of work: Thamar University faculty of Dentistry, Thamar Yemen ; Ústav ochrany a podpory zdraví, Lékařská fakulta MU, Brno, přednostka prof. MUDr. Z. Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Published in the journal: Čes-slov Pediat 2016; 71 (4): 236-240.
Category: Review

Summary

Dental caries is one of the best preventable infectious and behavioural diseases. The determining factors for development of dental caries are present even during fetal life and follow-up immediately after birth, during childhood and adulthood. Especially children’s bad dietary habits and inappropriate oral hygiene are significant contributors to dental caries initiation.

There is a great appeal and opportunity for pediatricians to offer the first correct advices concerned about primary prevention of early childhood caries to mothers of infants in their primary care.

Key words:
early childhood caries, nutrition, tooth brushing, bacterial agents, primary prevention in infants, role of paediatricians

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