Cárie de estabelecimento precoce

Abstract

The early childhood caries is a chronic illness, it is infectious, has a multifactor etiology and fast development, starting soon after deciduous teeth eruption. Its manifestations may include pain, abscesses and chewing difficult; affecting the childs feeding and sleep. Just your rapid evolution and the problems that may cause in the childrens life, your study has a big importance. The aim of this study is development the subjective early childhood caries, emphasing your etiology, associate factors, prevalence, means of prevention, diagnosis and control, through a literature revision. The information was collected from scientific articles published on the databases LILACS e PUBMED, among years of 1991 and 2009, and the key words used were: Early Childhood Caries, Dental caries; Child; Oral Health. Preventive methods to avoid early childhood caries have been developed and they should be used as early as possible by means of prevention programs carried out in the community and with families, principally by the public health service. Professionals responsible for providing care to babies and children should be aware of cases at risk for caries and interfere in order to improve their patients health.