Early Childhood Caries: Bio-Psycho-Social Disease Mechanisms, Prevention, and Management
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2022) | Viewed by 13720
Special Issue Editors
Interests: pediatric dentistry; conservative dentistry; oral health related quality of life
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Interests: temporomandibular disorders and bruxism in children and adolescents; oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children and adolescents
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Despite improvements in efforts regarding dental health education, the percentage of children with decayed deciduous teeth remains startlingly high. Early childhood caries (ECC) is still a highly prevalent disease affecting millions of preschool children worldwide. It is defined as "the presence of one or more decayed (non‐cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries), or filled surfaces, in any primary tooth of a child under age six." Although it is not life-threatening, ECC negatively impacts quality of life, as it may lead to infection, swelling, pain, and other symptoms. Notably, ECC is also a global public health burden, medically, socially and economically. A considerable number of children need general anaesthesia for the treatment of ECC, which has significant costs and social implications.
The aim of this Special Issue is to focus on the disease mechanism, prevention, and management of ECC, as well as the impact of OHRQoL on the disease. We are inviting relevant original research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and short communications covering the above-mentioned topics.
Prof. Dr. Katrin Bekes
Prof. Dr. Christian Hirsch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- early childhood caries
- primary teeth
- risk and protective factors
- caries prevention
- environmental factors
- fluoride
- caries treatment
- sealing
- restoration
- oral health-related quality of life