Periodontal Diseases and Dental Caries in Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.

Type 1 diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease of an autoimmune origin with early manifestation predominantly in the childhood. Its incidence has been rising in most European countries. Diabetes has been intensively studied by all branches of medicine.

Oral health attitudes and caries-preventive behaviour of Czech parents of preschool children.

Objective: To characterize the oral health-related attitudes and behaviour of Czech parents of preschool children.

Materials And Methods: A representative sample of 796 parents was recruited for the cross-sectional questionnaire survey. Study data were collected using a validated questionnaire with 44 attitudinal items related to different aspects of caries prevention.

Early childhood caries trends and surveillance shortcomings in the Czech Republic.

Background: Despite the decline in childhood caries prevalence, seen particularly in 1980s, in recent years there have been reports that the declining trend has stopped or even reversed in some countries. The aim of the study was to analyse data from previous epidemiological studies on early childhood caries in the Czech Republic, conduct a secondary analysis of trend in dental caries prevalence, and discuss issues related to national oral health surveillance.

Methods: Since the 1990s, caries prevalence in preschool children was monitored by two independent bodies: Institute of Health Information and Statistics (IHIS) that conducted 5 cross-sectional surveys over the period 1994-2006, and Institute of Dental Research (IDR) that conducted 4 studies over the years 1998-2010.

Alimentary fluoride intake in preschool children.

Background: The knowledge of background alimentary fluoride intake in preschool children is of utmost importance for introducing optimal and safe caries preventive measures for both individuals and communities. The aim of this study was to assess the daily fluoride intake analyzing duplicate samples of food and beverages. An attempt was made to calculate the daily intake of fluoride from food and swallowed toothpaste.

Point-of-care salivary microbial tests for detection of cariogenic species--clinical relevance thereof--review.

Dental caries is a highly prevalent multifactorial disease that can result in serious health impairment. It was shown that oral bacteria play a significant role in caries development. Point-of-care (POC) salivary microbial tests for detection of cariogenic species have been investigated as a potential tool for caries risk assessment.