TY - JOUR
T1 - Promoting oral health from birth through childhood
T2 - Prevention of early childhood caries
AU - Yost, Jennifer
AU - Li, Yihong
PY - 2008/1
Y1 - 2008/1
N2 - Early childhood caries (ECC) is the single most common chronic childhood disease in the United States. Associated with a characteristic clinical presentation, ECC results from a culmination of risk factors, including cariogenic bacteria, inappropriate feeding practices, and social variables. It is essential that nurses become knowledgeable about ECC health promotion and prevention interventions to facilitate their efforts in everyday patient encounters and improve the overall oral health status of infants and children. This article provides an overview of ECC along with suggestions for actions that nurses can take to improve the oral health of children.
AB - Early childhood caries (ECC) is the single most common chronic childhood disease in the United States. Associated with a characteristic clinical presentation, ECC results from a culmination of risk factors, including cariogenic bacteria, inappropriate feeding practices, and social variables. It is essential that nurses become knowledgeable about ECC health promotion and prevention interventions to facilitate their efforts in everyday patient encounters and improve the overall oral health status of infants and children. This article provides an overview of ECC along with suggestions for actions that nurses can take to improve the oral health of children.
KW - Dental caries
KW - Pediatric oral health
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U2 - 10.1097/01.NMC.0000305652.01743.8d
DO - 10.1097/01.NMC.0000305652.01743.8d
M3 - Article
C2 - 18158522
AN - SCOPUS:37549049724
SN - 0361-929X
VL - 33
SP - 17
EP - 23
JO - MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
JF - MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing
IS - 1
ER -