Posted on 12/16/2016
Dental caries is the most common childhood disease, according to New York University (NYU). Untreated decay affects 20% of children who are 6 to 8 years old, and caries experience can reach as high as 58% among children and adolescents. Also, untreated decay can lead to infection, pain, and, in rare instances, death.
“Childhood caries is a preventable epidemic,” said Ryan Richard Ruff, PhD, assistant professor and director of the Biostatistics Core in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion at the NYU College of Dentistry.
To help tackle the problem, Ruff has been awarded a 2-year, $317,000 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to conduc...