Epidemiology and Clinical Management of Early Childhood Caries in Israel

Aim: The aim of the present review is to describe the current status of early childhood caries (ECC) in Israel in aspects of epidemiology, prevention, and management. Methods: PubMed search was performed using the words caries, children, Israel. Demographic data was collected from the Israeli Centra...

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Autores principales: Shmueli, Aviv, Moskovitz, Moti, Halperson, Elinor, Ram, Diana, Fux-Noy, Avia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6794344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31649911
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00280
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author Shmueli, Aviv
Moskovitz, Moti
Halperson, Elinor
Ram, Diana
Fux-Noy, Avia
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description Aim: The aim of the present review is to describe the current status of early childhood caries (ECC) in Israel in aspects of epidemiology, prevention, and management. Methods: PubMed search was performed using the words caries, children, Israel. Demographic data was collected from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. Results: The decayed, missing, and filled teeth index was 2.72 in 1992 and 2.56 in 2016. The proportion of restored teeth has increased. A number of preventive programs are ongoing but a general preventive program is lacking at the national level. From 2010, every child in Israel is eligible to receive free dental treatment. Conclusion: The gaps in understanding of the epidemiological profile of ECC in Israel is a call for more research conduct on ECC in the country.
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spelling pubmed-67943442019-10-24 Epidemiology and Clinical Management of Early Childhood Caries in Israel Shmueli, Aviv Moskovitz, Moti Halperson, Elinor Ram, Diana Fux-Noy, Avia Front Public Health Public Health Aim: The aim of the present review is to describe the current status of early childhood caries (ECC) in Israel in aspects of epidemiology, prevention, and management. Methods: PubMed search was performed using the words caries, children, Israel. Demographic data was collected from the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. Results: The decayed, missing, and filled teeth index was 2.72 in 1992 and 2.56 in 2016. The proportion of restored teeth has increased. A number of preventive programs are ongoing but a general preventive program is lacking at the national level. From 2010, every child in Israel is eligible to receive free dental treatment. Conclusion: The gaps in understanding of the epidemiological profile of ECC in Israel is a call for more research conduct on ECC in the country. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6794344/ /pubmed/31649911 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00280 Text en Copyright © 2019 Shmueli, Moskovitz, Halperson, Ram and Fux-Noy. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_short Epidemiology and Clinical Management of Early Childhood Caries in Israel
title_sort epidemiology and clinical management of early childhood caries in israel
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