title: National Italian Guidelines for caries prevention in 0 to 12 years-old children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Oral and dental health improved tremendously over the last fifty years in Italy but still prevalence of dental caries in children remains a significant clinical problem. This report describes the National Italian Guidelines for caries prevention.
  
  
  METHODS
  A panel of experts coordinated by the Italian Society of Paediatric Dentistry (SIOI) planned to elaborate the national Italian guidelines for caries prevention in children. The structure of the guidelines has been planned to follow the principles of modern caries treatment and management as well as science based dentistry. The main procedure was based on a hierarchic evaluation of literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The guidelines are planned for dentist working in primary dental care, however, they are also designed to be of interest for other care professionals such as paediatricians, gynecologists, pharmacists and general medical practitioners and also for parents and/or guardians of the children.
authors.affiliation: University of Sassari, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campus
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Condò
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Renzo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gatto
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Giuca
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giuliana
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Majorana
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marzo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ottolenghi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pizzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Polimeni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pozzi
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Sapelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ugazio
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019140:Dental Care for Children / Q000592:standards*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy