A Comprehensive Approach to Dental Caries Management
By Erin A. Kierce, RDH, BA, MS, MPH, and Lori Rainchuso, RDH, MS, DHSc
Dental caries remains a national and global public health epidemic, affecting both children and adults from all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic levels.1–3 The signs and symptoms associated with caries include pain and infection from active lesions, nutritional deficiencies, learning and speech problems, and, rarely, death (Figure 1).2–5 Among children in the United States, caries is the most common unmet health need, with a prevalence of more than 25% among children age 24 months to 60 months.3
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