Dental Caries, Oral Hygiene, and General Health—Exchange of Ideas in Clinical Approach

Dear  Colleagues,

This Special Issue Dental Caries, Oral Hygiene, and General Health—Exchange of Ideas in Clinical Approach, is being organized in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. For detailed information on the journal, I refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

The development of dental caries affects people worldwide. Oral bacteria can metabolize sugars to organic acids. These acids can dissolve enamel or dentin, which is known as dental caries. Due to the dynamic development of this dental disease, in younger patients, the experience of therapeutic action with operative intervention can be expected. Although a general trend in caries decline has been observed, current data show that caries is still a highly prevalent disease of any socioeconomic status.

The prevention of dental caries in children and adults follows a multifactorial approach. Besides promoting a healthy, low-sugar diet, thorough preventive oral healthcare, i.e., toothbrushing with toothpaste at home, is advised to reduce the risk of caries. Oral hygiene procedures should be performed twice a day by every person. In doing so, oral health and general health will be promoted. To improve the convenience and compliance, oral care products are used. Those products can help to prevent oral diseases. Toothpastes should promote remineralization and inhibit the demineralization of enamel and dentin to prevent dental caries. For maintenance dental hygiene, biomimetic and safe ingredients should be favoured, especially those with proven benefits for oral health.

The human oral cavity plays an important role in overall health. Our mouth is not only important for the digestion of food but is also the place of entry for many microorganisms and viruses. Odontogenic infection may be more severe if a patient is affected from any systemic disease. Therefore, we are still seeking indicators of relationships between oral and general health. Developing strategies for reducing the risk factors is crucial for decreasing the full impact of the condition. This Special Issue is open to the subject area of dental caries, oral hygiene, and the acute and long-term complications to general health. The keywords listed below provide an outline of some of the possible areas of interest:

• recent advances in dental caries diagnosis
• oral hygiene prevention
• oral bioremineralization products
• caries risk factors
• acute complications
• long-term complications
• epidemiology
• randomized controlled trial
• oral care and systemic diseases
• multi-morbidity

Dr. Elzbieta Paszynska
Guest Editor

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