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Early childhood caries (ECC), also known as " baby bottle caries ," " baby bottle tooth decay" or "bottle rot," is a pattern of decay found in young children with their deciduous (baby) teeth. This must include the presence of at least one carious lesion on a primary tooth in a child under the age of 6 years. [ 94]
Early childhood caries (ECC), formerly known as nursing bottle caries, baby bottle tooth decay, night bottle mouth and night bottle caries, is a disease that affects teeth in children aged between birth and 71 months. [1] [2] ECC is characterized by the presence of 1 or more decayed (non cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing (due to caries ...
Tooth pathology is any condition of the teeth that can be congenital or acquired. Sometimes a congenital tooth disease is called a tooth abnormality. These are among the most common diseases in humans [1] The prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of these diseases are the base to the dentistry profession, in which are dentists and ...
Jaundice, also known as icterus, is a yellowish or greenish pigmentation of the skin and sclera due to high bilirubin levels. [ 3][ 6] Jaundice in adults is typically a sign indicating the presence of underlying diseases involving abnormal heme metabolism, liver dysfunction, or biliary-tract obstruction. [ 7]
Enamel hypoplasia is a defect of the teeth in which the enamel is deficient in quantity, [ 1] caused by defective enamel matrix formation during enamel development, as a result of inherited and acquired systemic condition (s). It can be identified as missing tooth structure and may manifest as pits or grooves in the crown of the affected teeth ...
Binomial name. Streptococcus mutans. Clarke 1924. Streptococcus mutans is a facultatively anaerobic, gram-positive coccus (round bacterium) commonly found in the human oral cavity and is a significant contributor to tooth decay. [ 1][ 2] It is part of the "streptococci", an informal general name for all species in the genus Streptococcus.
Pulpitis is inflammation of dental pulp tissue. The pulp contains the blood vessels, the nerves, and connective tissue inside a tooth and provides the tooth's blood and nutrients. Pulpitis is mainly caused by bacterial infection which itself is a secondary development of caries (tooth decay).
Pulp necrosis is a clinical diagnostic category indicating the death of cells and tissues in the pulp chamber of a tooth with or without bacterial invasion. [ 1] It is often the result of many cases of dental trauma, caries and irreversible pulpitis . In the initial stage of the infection, the pulp chamber is partially necrosed for a period of ...