Sökning: "Caries development"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 35 avhandlingar innehållade orden Caries development.
21. Health, cattle and ploughs : Bioarchaeological consequences of the Secondary Products Revolution in southern Sweden, 2300-1100 BCE
Sammanfattning : In this thesis diet and health of people who lived in southern Sweden 2300-1100 BCE is studied. The study is based on bioarchaeological analyses of human remains from 46 localities in the areas of Uppland, Närke, Östergötland, Västergötland, and Scania. LÄS MER
22. Nutrition and health in infancy and childhood : an epidemiological approach to the assessment of dietary habits, their determinants and implications
Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to describe the distribution of feeding habits and dietary habits of Swedish children of different ages, to search for determinants of the observed distributions and to analyse some possible implications of those habits regarding health and growth. The present results emanate from a longitudinal study of feeding, growth and development of 312 infants and from a cross-sectional study on the dietary habits of 738 children aged 4,8 and 13 years. LÄS MER
23. Prenatal, socio-demographic and oral hygiene-related risk factors on dental caries and periodontal conditions in adolescents : clinical and register-based studies
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of these studies was to identify risk determinants for dental caries and periodontal conditions in adolescents using clinical and register-based data. This thesis is based on two parts. LÄS MER
24. Passive immunization against oral pathogens
Sammanfattning : Dental caries is one of the most common infectious diseases and Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is considered to be the main etiological agent of dental caries. S. mutans possesses a variety of virulence factors that enables it to establish and initiate disease. LÄS MER
25. The Rosengård Study
Sammanfattning : Despite a remarkable reduction in prevalence of dental caries in the developed countries, childhood tooth decay is still a public health problem, and it is well known that children from disadvantaged communities and from minority ethnic groups continue to experience a high level of disease. Even in Sweden there are groups of children in need of early intervention to prevent oral diseases, and especially socially deprived city communities require special attention. LÄS MER