Dental caries experience in children of a remote Australian Indigenous community following passive and active preventive interventions.

Objectives: To report on changes in dental caries experience in children of a remote Indigenous community following 6 years of passive preventive intervention (PPI) and 2 years of active preventive intervention (API).

Methods: Five consecutive cross-sectional surveys were conducted on 4- to 15-year-old school going children between 2004 and 2017 following phases of Community Water Fluoridation (CWF), post-cessation of CWF and API. Following treatment of any cavities present, API included selective placement of fissure sealants (FS) and an annual application of povidone-iodine (PI) and fluoride varnish (FV).

Dental caries in relation to socio-behavioral factors of 6-year-old school children of Udaipur district, India.

Background: Based on the previous national oral health survey in India, some variation was observed in oral health status and behavior between the urban and rural population. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the dental caries experience in deciduous dentition of 6-year-old urban and rural schoolchildren of Udaipur district and to evaluate the influence of socio behavioral characteristics on dental caries experience.

Materials And Methods: A combination of multi stage and cluster sampling procedure was executed to collect a representative sample of 875, 6-year-old school children.