Review Article

Year : 2021 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 66 - 69

Recent Advances in Caries Prevention – A Review Article

V. Kalaivani, R. Ramiya

Department of Public Health and Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. V. Kalaivani,

Department of Public Health and Dentistry, Indira Gandhi Institute of Dental Sciences, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, India.

E‐mail: kalai11venki@gmail.com

Abstract

Dental caries is a preventable infectious disease, and the early identification of risk factors and implementation of oral health preventive measures at a young age can reduce or even avoid this lesion progression. Some of the important changes that have taken place over the last few years that have influenced caries prevention are changes in disease level among different populations, increased understanding of caries pathogenesis process, material and operative technique development. We have a variety of new agents, which can be used to prevent dental caries, but the application of these agents in clinical trials is still limited in the developing countries. Moreover, dental caries is multifactorial and all preventive measures should be evaluated properly in human trials so that they can be introduced at the community level for the prevention of dental caries.

Keywords: Caries prevention, dental caries, new advances

Financial support and sponsorship

Self‐funded.

Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts of interest.

How to cite this article:

Kalaivani V, Ramiya R. Recent advances in caries prevention – A review article. Int J Community Dent 2021;9:66-9.