Expert consensus on early childhood caries management.

Jing Zou, Qin Du, Lihong Ge, Jun Wang, Xiaojing Wang, Yuqing Li, Guangtai Song, Wei Zhao, Xu Chen, Beizhan Jiang, Yufeng Mei, Yang Huang, Shuli Deng, Hongmei Zhang, Yanhong Li, Xuedong Zhou

Journal: International journal of oral science 2022;14(1):35

PMID: 35835750

Abstract

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a significant chronic disease of childhood and a rising public health burden worldwide. ECC may cause a higher risk of new caries lesions in both primary and permanent dentition, affecting lifelong oral health. The occurrence of ECC has been closely related to the core microbiome change in the oral cavity, which may be influenced by diet habits, oral health management, fluoride use, and dental manipulations. So, it is essential to improve parental oral health and awareness of health care, to establish a dental home at the early stage of childhood, and make an individualized caries management plan. Dental interventions according to the minimally invasive concept should be carried out to treat dental caries. This expert consensus mainly discusses the etiology of ECC, caries-risk assessment of children, prevention and treatment plan of ECC, aiming to achieve lifelong oral health.

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Address: State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases & Department of Pediatric Dentistry, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.; Department of Stomatology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, China.; Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai, China.; State Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Military Stomatology, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.; State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat‑Sen University, Guangzhou, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Tongji University, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Tooth Restoration and Regeneration, Shanghai, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Affiliated Stomatological Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Hospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, China.; The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, School of Stomatology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Research of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China.; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases and Biomedical Sciences, Chongqing, China.; Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, The Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.; State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Centre for Oral Diseases & Department of Cariology and Endodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. [email protected].
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