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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Main Authors: Ana Lucía Seminario, Romana Ivančaková
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2003-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/46/3/0091/
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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
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title_short Early Childhood Caries
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topic ECC
Streptococcus mutans
Prevention
Bottle Feeding
Caries lesions
url https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/46/3/0091/
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