EFFECTIVENESS OF AWARENESS PROGRAM ON THE ETIOLOGY OF EARLYCHILDHOOD CARIES AMONG THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY CAREGIVERS OF CHILDREN IN SULLIA.

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Savitha N S ◽  
Ciraj Ciraj ◽  
Suvetha Kannappan ◽  
Fareed Fareed
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Speech Disorders ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Care Giving ◽  
Awareness Program ◽  
Baby Bottle ◽  
Childhood Caries

Introduction: Early childhood caries is one of the most prevalent, infectious, biolm-mediated, and transmissible childhood diseases with longterm progression and developmental implications that affect children worldwide. also Also known as baby bottle caries, baby bottle tooth decay, nursing bottle caries, nursing caries or rampant caries. , describes dental caries affecting children aged 0–71 months. For an effective prevention of early childhood caries, conducting a caries risk assessment and providing parental education within 6 months (but no longer than 12 months) of the child's rst tooth eruption is recommended and the theme of this project was to form a multidisciplinary team collaboration and create awareness to work in collaboration to prevent early childhood caries. Methods:All the multiple stakeholders in the care giving of infants and toddlers children are were involved in this awareness program, . . questionnaires Questionnaires relevant to the awareness were customized after validation to include all the proven etiologic factors that are proven to be etiologic to for early childhood caries in children. A total of 300 participants including mothers of infants, dental and medical students, gynecologist, pediatricians, pedodontist and asha ASHA workers were all evaluated assessed for awareness of etiologic factors and they were then educated with powerpoint presentations and video presentations on the etiologic factors and how to prevent early childhood caries. The post lecture sensitization was evaluated & compared by the post session questionnaires.Post test questionnaire was used to assess effectiveness of intervention. Results: A statistically signicant improvement (p < 0.05) was observed in the post awareness test scores for knowledge, attitude& practices of participantsthan the pre awareness test score. Compared to the pre awareness group results 75 (25%) there was signicant improvement in the post awareness group 269 (89.7%) was noted.The overall distribution of the post awareness session excellentscores were 89.7% and results were statistically signicant. Conclusion: Awareness is he mainstay in prevention of any diseases and early childhood caries being one of the devastating diseases that burdens the child and the parents physically, mentally, semotionally and nancially along with tooth pain, dental abscess, cellulitis and tooth loss leading to psychological impact ,speech disorders and spread of dental cries to permanent tooth needs to be stopped. As prevention is better than cure this kind of workshopscomprehensive interventetnions like these involving all the stakeholders of a child health will denitely empower them with more knowledge and skill to educate the mother and child to take precautions to prevent the diseases like early childhood caries.

scholarly journals Sugary Liquids in the Baby Bottle: Risk for Child Undernutrition and Severe Tooth Decay in Rural El Salvador

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 260
Author(s):  
Priyanka Achalu ◽  
Abhishek Bhatia ◽  
Bathsheba Turton ◽  
Lucy Luna ◽  
Karen Sokal-Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Oral Health ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Tooth Decay ◽  
Child Undernutrition ◽  
Baby Bottle ◽  
Childhood Caries

As communities worldwide shift from consuming traditional diets to more processed snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), increases in child obesity and tooth decay and persistence of undernutrition are particularly apparent in Latin American countries. Further evidence of shared risk factors between child undernutrition and poor oral health outcomes is needed to structure more effective health interventions for children’s nutrition. This study aims to identify dietary, oral health, and sociodemographic risk factors for child undernutrition and severe early childhood caries (sECC) among a convenience sample of 797 caregiver–child pairs from rural Salvadoran communities. Caregiver interviews on child dietary and oral health practices were conducted, and their children’s height, weight, and dental exam data were collected. Multivariable regression analyses were performed using RStudio (version 1.0.143). Caregiver use of SSBs in the baby bottle was identified as a common significant risk factor for child undernutrition (p = 0.011) and sECC (p = 0.047). Early childhood caries (p = 0.023) was also a risk factor for developing undernutrition. Future maternal–child health and nutrition programs should coordinate with oral health interventions to discourage feeding children SSBs in the baby bottle and to advocate for policies limiting SSB marketing to young children and their families.

scholarly journals Faktor Risiko Early Childhood Caries pada Anak UsiaPrasekolah di PAUD Kenanga 17 Kelurahan Penjaringan, Kecamatan Penjaringan, Jakarta Utara

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 012-022
Author(s):  
Anita Rosa Delima ◽  
Setya Kusuma Arum
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Tooth Brushing ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Childhood Caries

Dental caries is a multifactorial disease that can affect all levels of society. There are several factors that take part ini caries initiation. Caries risk factors in children are related to age, gender, use of bottles, tooth brushing frequency, the role of the mother, and parental education. The purpose of this studywas to find out factors related to the cause of early childhood caries experienced by preschool children at PAUD Kenanga 17 Kelurahan Penjaringan, Kecamatan Penjaringan, North Jakarta. An observational analytical methods with cross sectional approach was used in this study. Subject in this study consisted of 20 children as a total sample of the population. Data collection was carried out using questionnaires and def-t index was employed for dental examination. Data processing and statistical analysis using chi-square test were applied with a significance value of p 0.05. The results showed significant correlation between age (p value 0.001) and gander (p value 0.047) andearly childhood caries.hawever, no correlation was observed betwen the use of bottle (p value = 0.909), frequency of tooth brushing (p value 1.00), role of mother (p value 1.00), and parental education (p value = 0.798) and early childhood caries.

scholarly journals Early Childhood Caries

2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Lucía Seminario ◽  
Romana Ivančaková
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Pediatric Dentistry ◽  
Baby Bottle ◽  
Rampant Caries ◽  
Childhood Caries

Early childhood caries (ECC) represents a serious problem in pediatric dentistry. Not only because of its rapidity but also because of age of affected children. This has been given different names such as “rampant caries” and “baby bottle syndrome” but now all clinical manifestations have been joined and classified as early childhood caries. The topic of this article is the prevalence, etiology, clinical manifestations and preventive measures of ECC.

Tooth Supported Prosthetic Rehabilitation in a 5-year-old Child with Early Childhood Caries

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Letícia Grando Mattuella ◽  
Luis Carlos da Fontoura Frasca ◽  
Leoni Bernardi ◽  
Gisele Pedroso Moi ◽  
Anna Christina Medeiros Fossati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Prosthetic Rehabilitation ◽  
Oral Rehabilitation ◽  
Childhood Caries

This paper reports the case of a 5-year-old patient with early childhood caries (ECC) and presents an alternative prosthetic treatment with a tooth-supported overdenture. Primary canines were endodontically treated and received intraradicular posts with ball-type attachments to attach a tooth-supported overdenture. The patient was followed for 18 months both clinically and radiographically. In addition to esthetic and functional oral rehabilitation, the prosthetic treatment had an important psychological impact on recovery of patient's self-esteem.

scholarly journals Relationship between preterm, low birth weight and early childhood caries: a meta-analysis of the case–control and cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linan Shi ◽  
Jinhai Jia ◽  
Chunnian Li ◽  
Caiyun Zhao ◽  
Ting Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Low Birth Weight ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Childhood Caries

Abstract Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the most prevalent chronic infectious diseases in children. The effective prevention and treatment are heavy burdens and study hotspots for pediatric dentists. Many studies had investigated the relationship between preterm, low birth weight (LBW) and ECC; however, the results were inconsistent. The present study was conducted with an evidence-based study to figure out the relationship between preterm, LBW and ECC for the first time. After searching the database, case–control and cross-sectional studies relevant to the relationship between preterm, LBW and ECC up to December 2019 were included. The data about odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were extracted and calculated with STATA 14.0 Software. A total of 22 studies were included in this meta-analysis, 9 studies of which did not only explore the relationship between ECC with preterm, but also study the relationship between ECC and LBW, 7 studies of which explored the relationship between preterm and ECC, and 6 studies of which studied the relationship between LBW and ECC. The meta-analysis results showed that the preterm increased the risk of ECC (OR = 1.59, 95% CI: 1.36–1.87) significantly. There was no difference between LBW and normal birth weight in the incidence of ECC (OR = 1.12, 95% CI: 0.94–1.33). The meta-analysis results of adjustment OR about LBW were similar to the crude OR (OR = 1.05, 95% CI: 0.71–1.57). This meta-analysis indicated that preterm increased the risk of ECC significantly; however, LBW was not a risk factor for ECC.

scholarly journals Methods of Biotyping of Streptococcus mutans Species with the Routine Test as a Prognostic Value in Early Childhood Caries

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wirginia Krzyściak ◽  
Dorota Kościelniak ◽  
Monika Papież ◽  
Anna Jurczak ◽  
Palina Vyhouskaya
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Dental Plaque ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Solid Medium ◽  
Routine Test ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Common Mean ◽  
Childhood Caries

Purpose. In order to investigate the suitability of Streptococcus mutans species biotyping by measuring the activity of selected enzymes from a commercial test, criteria were established for biotyping clinical strains from children with dental caries. In addition, the relationships between the selected biotypes, sensitivity to commonly used antibiotics, and early childhood caries were determined. Methods. A total of 142 S. mutans isolates from dental plaque of children with caries were divided into different biotypes. Patients were divided into two groups: noncavitated (1-2 in ICDAS) and cavitated (5-6 in ICDAS) lesions. Biotyping criteria were determined based on both the arbitrary method and the clusterization method. The susceptibility of the strains to amoxicillin, cefazolin, erythromycin, and teicoplanin was studied by diluting a solid medium. Results. Biotype I was the most common. Mean MIC values showed that the strains belonging to biotypes II and IV were the most sensitive to amoxicillin. For predetermined biotypes, observed differences were dependent on the severity of dental caries. Conclusions. The proposed method of S. mutans strains biotyping is relatively quick and simple to use, provided the application of suitable biotyping criteria, and may contribute to the effective prevention of dental caries induced by S. mutans.

scholarly journals Global Early Childhood Caries: A Review of Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-271
Author(s):  
Ashish Shrestha ◽  
Ha Hoang ◽  
Suzanne Gardner ◽  
Archana Pradhan ◽  
Leonard Crocombe
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Global Prevalence ◽  
Childhood Caries

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a major public health concern in the world. There is a high prevalence of ECC in developing countries. The review aimed to synthesise the published literature on the global prevalence of ECC and its associated factors. Researches conducted in Asian, European, American and African countries were included. The review included observational cross-sectional, case-control, cohort studies, and clinical trials. The ECC varies across countries and the continents. Several studies showed inequitable distribution of ECC within regions of a country. The result of this review provides global prevalence of ECC and associated risk factors. Despite the variation of prevalence of ECC, it remains a universal burden. Studies have demonstrated that even in developed countries, ECC represents a significant burden in preschool children. The S. mutans and , oral hygiene habits, breastfeeding and bottle feeding along with factors such as parental education are major risk factors for ECC. There have been limited studies conducted on ECC in Nepal.

Prevention and Treatment of Early Childhood Caries (ECC)

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey .
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Early Childhood Caries ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Missing Teeth ◽  
Optimal Basis ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Childhood Caries

Early Childhood Caries (ECC) is a chronic disease that can be prevented. It commonlyaffects children involving in one or more decayed (with lesions or not) teeth, missing teeth (dueto caries), or teeth with fillings in children aged under 71 months. The disease is sometimesoverlooked, but this condition usually affects the general health of children. Early detection ofEarly Childhood Caries (ECC) can prevent problems which are harmful to children. Therefore,the ECC must be prevented and for teeth that have had dental caries they should be givenproper treatment so as not to worsen and affect the quality of life in children. Prevention of thisdisease is a significant component in any health program to prepare for the optimal basis forthe oral health of children. This condition will become a serious health problem if not handledproperly, and it is a major health problem for health providers throughout the world.Primarypreventive must be initiated since a woman getting pregnant.Keywords: Early Childhood Caries (ECC), prevention, treatment

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