DENTAL CARIES IN YOUNG CHILDREN

Abstract

Children's caries is a special form of pathology that has a complex, multifaceted,
interacting multifactorial nature. Assessment of the strength and degree of
exposure to risk factors of this disease should be carried out in the conditions of a
particular patient, taking into account the stage of development and age-related
features of the structure of milk teeth, as well as exo- and endogenous
circumstances. Part of the risk factors for the development of caries of baby teeth is
associated with more or less objective circumstances, therefore, "attempts to
influence them by patients" and the dentist are restrictive, only some correction is
possible. However, a large group is occupied by risk factors that completely
depend on the behavior of the child and his parents and can be minimized both by
the dentist and by self-help measures. At the same time, these factors will be the
main objects determining the scope and direction of therapeutic and preventive
measures.