Resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) may provide greater caries preventive effect compared with composite resin, but high-quality studies are needed.

Article Title And Bibliographic Information: Caries-preventive effect of resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RM-GIC) versus composite resin: a quantitative systematic review. Yengopal V, Mickenautsch S. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2011;12(1):5-14.

Caries patterns in the primary dentition: cluster analysis of a sample of 5169 Arizona children 5-59 months of age.

Aim: Cluster analysis was conducted on data from 5,169 United States (U.S.) Arizona children, age's 5-59-months with the goal of delineating patterns of caries in the primary dentition of pre-school children without a priori pattern definitions.

The risk of enamel fluorosis and caries among Norwegian children: implications for Norway and the United States.

Background: The authors investigated the associations between enamel fluorosis, caries and early fluoride use among Norwegian children who received fluoride supplementation under a protocol similar to the current U.S. protocol.

Use of the ART technique within the school setting can be a practical and effective method of treating caries among large populations of underserved children.

Subjects: The study sample was composed of 197 children, mean age 12.560.6 years at baseline, attending 4 schools in Deyang City, Sichuan Province, China.

Osteonecrosis of the jaws and bisphosphonates.

Osteonecrosis of the jaws associated with bisphosphonate therapy was first identified in 2003 as a condition typified by exposed bone that does not heal after 8 weeks. Other signs and symptoms, such as pain and infection, may or may not be present. There is a strong need for consensus on a case definition for this condition.

Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw: report of a task force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Unlabelled: ONJ has been increasingly suspected to be a potential complication of bisphosphonate therapy in recent years. Thus, the ASBMR leadership appointed a multidisciplinary task force to address key questions related to case definition, epidemiology, risk factors, diagnostic imaging, clinical management, and future areas for research related to the disorder. This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the task force.

Associations of ethnicity/race and socioeconomic status with early childhood caries patterns.

Objectives: The purpose of this project was to evaluate ethnicity/race, household income and caregiver education level as predictors of (1) any early childhood caries, and (2) each of four proposed patterns of primary dentition caries.

Methods: Between February 1994 and September 1995, five examiners visually examined Arizona pre-school children ages 5-59 months old. Self-reported demographic information including family income, caregiver education level and ethnicity/race were obtained at the time of examination.

Historical evolution of primary dentition caries pattern definitions.

A variety of dental caries patterns encompassing differing teeth have been proposed, and their use may have utility in Early Childhood Caries (ECC) investigations by minimizing case misclassification. Recent reports have proposed multiple pattern schemes. The purpose of this paper was to review the historical evolution of ECC patterns to assist the clinician and researcher in understanding the strengths and limitations of contemporary caries pattern definition(s).

Median ages of eruption of the primary teeth in white and Hispanic children from Arizona.

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to establish median eruption ages of primary teeth and evaluate eruption differences between contralateral teeth by gender, ethnicity, and household income. Data was derived from a caries study of preschool children.

Methods: A total of 4,277 white (non-Hispanic) and Hispanic preschool children from Arizona were visually examined for caries and tooth eruption status by 5 examiners between February 1994 and September 1995.

Classification of dental caries patterns in the primary dentition: a multidimensional scaling analysis.

Objective: Clinical patterns of early childhood caries (ECC) encompassing specific teeth or surfaces have been previously proposed on an a priori basis and have been used as case definitions. The underlying assumption is that the patterns result from different host response and environmental conditions. Identifying caries patterns has utility in refining case definitions of ECC.