Expert consensus on clinical management for early childhood caries

doi:10.7518/hxkq.2022.05.001

Abstract

Abstract:

Early childhood caries (ECC) is the most prevalent chronic oral disease and one of the worldwide public health problems of great urgency for children. ECC can affect children's teeth, dentition, craniomaxillofacial, and general health and development. Therefore, through dental caries etiologies and caries risk assessment, patient-centered, personalized planning and a combination of prevention and treatment should be implemented in the clinical management for ECC. Periodic and continuous cycle management can only be accomplished with the cooperation of medical staff, children, and their guardians. This expert consensus will expound the clinical management of ECC in the following aspects: caries risk assessment, early clinical prevention, treatment strategies, and postoperative management.

Key words: early childhood caries, clinical management, caries risk assessment, interim therapeutic restorations, indirect pulp therapy, expert consensus

CLC Number:

R 788

Zhang Qiong, Wang Jun, Xia Bin, Zhao Wei, Chen Xu, Jiang Beizhan, Huang Yang, Wu Li’an, Yuan Guohua, Zou Jing. Expert consensus on clinical management for early childhood caries[J]. West China Journal of Stomatology, 2022, 40(5): 495-503.

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