Early Childhood Caries
Early childhood caries (ECC) represents a serious problem in pediatric dentistry. Not only because of its rapidity but also because of age of affected children. This has been given different names such as “rampant caries” and “baby bottle syndrome” but now all clinical manifestations have been joine...
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author | Ana Lucía Seminario Romana Ivančaková |
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description | Early childhood caries (ECC) represents a serious problem in pediatric dentistry. Not only because of its rapidity but also because of age of affected children. This has been given different names such as “rampant caries” and “baby bottle syndrome” but now all clinical manifestations have been joined and classified as early childhood caries. The topic of this article is the prevalence, etiology, clinical manifestations and preventive measures of ECC. |
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spelling | doaj.art-ab9ab2bf2dda46dba64d06ec23f666e02022-12-21T19:11:21ZengKarolinum PressActa Medica1211-42861805-96942003-01-01463919410.14712/18059694.2019.13Early Childhood CariesAna Lucía Seminario0Romana Ivančaková1Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Dentistry, Hradec Králové, Czech RepublicCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Dentistry, Hradec Králové, Czech RepublicEarly childhood caries (ECC) represents a serious problem in pediatric dentistry. Not only because of its rapidity but also because of age of affected children. This has been given different names such as “rampant caries” and “baby bottle syndrome” but now all clinical manifestations have been joined and classified as early childhood caries. The topic of this article is the prevalence, etiology, clinical manifestations and preventive measures of ECC.https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/46/3/0091/ECCStreptococcus mutansPreventionBottle FeedingCaries lesions |
spellingShingle | Ana Lucía Seminario Romana Ivančaková Early Childhood Caries Acta Medica ECC Streptococcus mutans Prevention Bottle Feeding Caries lesions |
title | Early Childhood Caries |
title_full | Early Childhood Caries |
title_fullStr | Early Childhood Caries |
title_full_unstemmed | Early Childhood Caries |
title_short | Early Childhood Caries |
title_sort | early childhood caries |
topic | ECC Streptococcus mutans Prevention Bottle Feeding Caries lesions |
url | https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/46/3/0091/ |
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