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W E Wetzel

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PubMed1990

[Bristle end rounding and anchoring in children's toothbrushes].

This scanning electron microscopic study of eight toothbrushes for children has shown differences in quality and quantity of the rounding of bristle ends. While four products which were examined for the first time were partially deficient, the preparation of the other toothbrushes had clearly improved in comparison to previous products. Quotas of acceptable end rounding of the bristles varied considerably between 14.3% and 90.2%. Welding of bristle bundles at their base into the head of the toothbrush offers hygienic advantages.

Child↗
PubMed1989

[Studies on the incidence of caries in 6- to 48-month old infants].

Caries distribution was examined in 275 children aged 6-48 months in the region of Giessen. By means of a parents questionnaire we were able to get some information about the nutrition of infants, oral-hygiene and combined prophylaxis against caries and rickets. The quota of naturally healthy dentition falls from 95% (13-24 months) to 74% (25-36 months). The dft-value increases from 0.1 to 0.6 and the dfs-value from 0.1 to 0.9 at the same groups of age. The quota of healthy teeth were higher at those children, who were breast-fed for longer than 3 months and who received an over 12 months long combination of rickets and caries-prophylaxis with fluoride-/vitamin D-tablets. 1-2 year old children had only some caries-lesions at the upper-jaw-incisors. Fissure caries was first found at more than 2 years-aged children.

Breast Feeding↗
PubMed1989

[Health consciousness and oral hygiene of the aged in homes and hostels].

Two hundred inhabitants of rest- and nursing homes--on an average age of 81 years--have been interrogated into their laymen's knowledges of dentistry, their habitual dental hygienics, and their opinion about dental treatment. The majority of these senior probands did not realize any connection between an insufficient dental hygiene and the origin of both caries and periodontal disease. They considered the oral hygiene being a matter of bodycare, not of medical prevention. The actual status of the teeth and the evaluation of the present dentures distinctly indicate that dental care to the old people needs to be greatly improved.

Aged↗
PubMed1989

[Carotene jaundice in infants with "sugar nursing bottle syndrome"].

Carotenemia and extensive caries of primary teeth were the consequence of excessive consumption of carrot products in nursing bottles in children of ages 1 to 5. The carbohydrate content of six juices available to the consumers was analysed to be 6.9 to 14.3 g sugar/100 ml. We examined 142 children whose completely destroyed maxillary anterior teeth had to be extracted. 36 of the parents of these children, fed different brands of carrot-juices in addition to sugar- and/or acid-containing beverages after the first twelve months of life. Two children consumed carrot-juices only.

Beverages↗
PubMed1988

["Nursing bottle syndrome" in young children. Dental findings, incidence and family environment].

436 children affected by the "nursing-bottle-syndrome" visiting the paedodontic-consulting-hour of the "Zentrum für Zahn-, Mund- und Kieferheilkunde" in Giessen with their parents from 1981 to 1983, were examined for temporary-tooth destruction by caries. In addition, social factors, causing the bad habit of excessive prolonged drinking from nursing-bottles over a time longer than the first 12 months, were found with the help of a questionnaire for the parents. Finally, the knowledge of the patients residences allowed an estimate of the number of children concerned in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Bottle Feeding↗