METHOD FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING CHILDREN FOR CARIES

FIELD: medicine. ^ SUBSTANCE: method involves preliminarily clearing tooth from thin film coating. Diplen F film strips of required size are applied to tooth demineralization focus as applications with their hydrophilic side turned down to wet dental surface and marginal gingival part. Tooth state photograph is taken by means of digital photo camera before treatment and six days later after the treatment. Both pictures are entered into computer and treated with Photoshop 7.0 program. The drawing is scaled on the photographs. Millimeter grid is applied and tooth demineralization focus area is calculated before treatment and after one day long treatment with the applications. The treatment result and duration are determined from differences between the areas. ^ EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness in selecting treatment method. ^ 2 cl