Caries experience as predictor for caries incidence

Jm, Birkeland; Broach, L; Jorkjend, L.

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0528.1976.tb01605.x

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“…In other studies the clinical caries exatnination has been found to be a good predictor of caries activity (2,14) and the observed correlation between 5. mutans Table 7 Number of rum carious lesions during 2nd year of study in six groups. Four of them were given special preventive measures once or twice a month.…”

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A comparison between different methods for prediction of caries activity

Klock

Krasse

1979

European J Oral Sciences

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The aim of the study was to find out if any of the following factors, alone or in combination, could be used for prediction of caries activity: salivarj' S. mulans, salivary lactobacilli, butler capacity, saliva secretion rate, salivary pH, the amount of plaque and the caries frequency. The patient material consisted of 300 children betvt^een 9 and 12 years old. The increment of caries after 1 and 2 years was compared widi all the above factors registered at baseline. Only the factors caries frequency and S. mutans showed a significant correlation to caries activity. In one of the tests the lactobacillus count approached significance. The combination of high numbers of incipient smooth surface lesions, S. mutans and lactobacilli gave a mean value of caries activity almost three times that of the whole group (8.4 versus 3,1). Different microbial ,and salivary factors review see 32). For selection of children at have been associated with the develop-high risk for caries the previous history of ment of caries. The microbial factors caries (caries frequency) has been used which have been studied most are the (2,14). numbers of Streptococcus mutans andIn the present study the increment of lactobacilli (for reviews see 7, 21). The cor-caries in schoolchildren has been corresponding salivary factors are the related with the above factors and the aim secretion rate, the pH and the buffer of the investigation was to find out if any capacity (for a review see 22). of the factors, alone or, in combination, The amount of plaque has also been registered once at the start of the study, associated with the caries process (for a was correlated to caries activity, i.e. the

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A comparison between different methods for prediction of caries activity

Klock

Krasse

1979

European J Oral Sciences

100

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“…As early as 1933, a relationship was reported between the caries experience of the decidu ous dentition and the permanent first molars [Frenzel, 1933]. Later studies have confirmed the existence of a relationship between the caries experience in both dentitions [Bruszt, 1959;Hill et al, 1967;Mansbridge, 1967;Adler, 1968;Poulsen and Holm, 1980;Raadal et al, 1984], Several studies have also shown a relation ship between caries experience and caries increment in the permanent dentition [Koch, 1970;Sutcliffe, 1973;Birkeland et al, 1976;De Liefde, 1982], So far, none of these studies have offered reliable caries pre dictor tests. However, it has been reported that among the variety of screening tests, the DM F index has the best potential for predicting caries risk in children [Honkala et al, 1984;Bader et al, 1986].…”

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“…The association between caries experience of the deciduous dentition and caries increment in the per manent dentition was not analysed by computing the coefficient of correlation according to previous stud ies [Mansbridge, 1967;Adler, 1968;Birkeland et al, 1976;Honkala et al, 1984], The coefficient of correla tion, indicating the strength of association, is namely of limited use to determine the potential of the asso ciation as a valuable predictor for caries activity. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the po tential of the association as caries predictor, by dicho tomizing the population into true positives and nega tives and false positives and negatives.…”

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Caries Experience in the Deciduous Dentition as Predictor for Caries in the Permanent Dentition

Pelkwijk

Helderman

Dijk³

1990

Caries Res

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The present study aims at determining a reliable screening test for the prediction of caries. In order to identify children at risk of caries, individual classifications were recorded for 268 children at the age of 7 years, according to different screening criteria of the caries experience in the deciduous dentition and according to caries increment as validation criterion. In order to determine the best screening criterion, ratios of sensitivity, specificity and false-positive and false-negative ratios were computed and plotted in receiver operating characteristic curves. The best screening criterion at ≤ 4 dmft resulted in a sensitivity ratio of 0.69, specificity of 0.72 and diagnostic power of 0.78 for caries increment in the permanent dentition at the age of 7–11 years. The potential of the screening is elucidated with an example, showing that 48% of the expenses needed for a preventive treatment for all children could be saved by selecting children at risk with the aid of a screening test. The disadvantage of this decision making is that 19% of the children who develop caries would not benefit from the preventive treatment.

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“…All lesions in the permanent teeth requiring a filling were supposed to be treated. In time trend analyses the DMFS scores at age 13 were significantly related to the number of surfaces filled when criteria for inserting fillings corresponded to lesions at the amelodentinal junction ter agreement between the number of surfaces filled and the increment in DMFS in children with low compared to high caries incidence due to less replacement of fillings at low caries activity [Birkeland et al, 1976]. A 70% decrease in the number of surfaces filled has been shown to be equivalent to 50% reduction of DMFS at age 14 .…”

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Some Factors Associated with the Caries Decline among Norwegian Children and Adolescents: Age–Specific and Cohort Analyses

Birkeland¹,

Haugejorden

Fehr

2000

Caries Res

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors related to the caries decline in children between 1966 and 1983. The decline started in the late sixties for the 8– to 11– and the 17–year–olds, and after 1971 for the remaining age groups. Regression analyses confirmed a significantly different start of the decline. Fluorides in school–based programmes, lozenges, and toothpaste, as well as education and sale of antibiotics were significantly (p≤0.01) related to the caries decline in partial correlation analyses. Fluoride toothpaste was only significantly related to the decline in the last part of the period of observation. Supervised fluoride rinsing and brushing programmes at school may explain most of the decline before 1971. The later decline may be related to all fluoride agents and to education. Use of fluorides and other preventive efforts aimed at pre–school children may have contributed to the continual decline in the number of fillings in the permanent teeth of the youngest cohorts.

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Caries experience as predictor for caries incidence

Cited by 56 publications

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A comparison between different methods for prediction of caries activity

A comparison between different methods for prediction of caries activity

Caries Experience in the Deciduous Dentition as Predictor for Caries in the Permanent Dentition

Some Factors Associated with the Caries Decline among Norwegian Children and Adolescents: Age–Specific and Cohort Analyses

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