Pencegahan primer pada anak yang berisiko karies tinggi (Primary prevention in children with high caries risk)

• Main Author: Ami Angela (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universitas Airlangga, 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1978-3728; 2442-9740; 10.20473/j.djmkg.v38.i3.p130-134
• Keywords: primary preventive; caries-risk assessment; high caries risk; Dentistry; RK1-715
• Source: Dental Journal, Vol 38, Iss 3, Pp 130-134 (2005)

<span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Oral and dental health has got improvement tremendously over the last century but the prevalence of dental caries in children </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>has remained a significant clinical problem. Caries risk varies between individuals according to each subject's balance between </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>factors exposing to and protecting from caries attack. It is important to assess the risk of caries for all patients on a routine basis. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Caries risk is divided into three levels: high, moderate, and low. Thereby, the dental professional is better to make a specific </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>prevention and treatment recommendations to reduce a child risk and improve overall oral health. The goal of caries-risk assessment </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>and preventive treatment is to eliminate caries or at least to reduce the high-caries occurrence down to the level of the remaining </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>part of the age group. Preventive treatment is divided into three parts: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. This paper </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>describes the primary prevention in children with high caries risk by behavior modification and tooth protection. Behavior modification </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>is about dental health education, oral hygiene, diet and sugar consumption, sugar-free chewing gum and sugar-free medicines. </em><span style="font-family: TribuneItalic; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><em>Tooth protection is about sealant, usage of flouride and chlorhexidine.</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>