Social Conditions and High Levels of Dental Caries in Five-year-old Children in Brazil.

Purpose: To identify factors associated with dental caries experience in at least four primary teeth in five-year-old Brazilian children.

Methods: This was a case-control study, part of a prior investigation of the prevalence of dental caries in the primary dentition of five-year-old children conducted in 2006 in public health services in Recife, Brazil. Study patients had a decayed, missing, and filled teeth [dmft] score ≥ 4 and controls had a dmft score ≤ 3.

Anxiolytic and anticonvulsant effects on mice of flavonoids, linalool, and alpha-tocopherol presents in the extract of leaves of Cissus sicyoides L. (Vitaceae).

The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the anxiolytic and anticonvulsant effects of a hydroalcoholic extract obtained from the aerial parts of Cissus sicyoides L. (CS) (Vitaceae) on male and female mice using several behavioral assays. Groups of males and females treated via intraperitoneal (IP) with doses of 300, 600, and 1000 mg/kg of the extract showed significant action in the elevated plus-maze (EPM), time spent in the open arms, and number of entries in the open arms.

Longitudinal study of dental caries in Brazilian children aged from 12 to 30 months.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to investigate caries in a sample of young children in Brazil.

Methods: A prospective longitudinal study of dental caries was carried out on a sample of 186 children aged from 12 to 30 months in Feira de Santana, Bahia, where the water supply is optimally fluoridated. The sample was composed of children accompanied by their mother or guardian and was part of a public health child care programme.