Prevention of dental caries: A review of effective treatments.

Background: The objective of this study is to review medical and non medical treatments for prevention of caries.

Material And Methods: A comprehensive literature search of the most relevant and updated published studies from 01/01/2002 through December 2015 in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase and Scopus databases regarding the efficacy of strategies and treatments aiming to prevent the development of caries was performed selecting papers on the basis of the Evidence-based Medicine Criteria.

Results: We identified thirty systematic reviews on prevention of caries.