Abstract:
Relevance and importance of the topic. Dental caries remains the most widespread pathology
of the dental system worldwide and is the main cause of tooth loss. According to World Health
Organization (WHO) statistics from 2022, the European region had the highest prevalence of caries
in permanent teeth among all 6 WHO regions - 33.6% of the population, which constitutes almost 335
million cases. According to WHO data, 8 out of 10 Moldovan adults suffer from tooth decay [14]. A
study carried out in 2018 in the Republic of Moldova, among rural and urban schoolchildren found a
caries prevalence index of 87.4% at the age of 6 years, 77.53% % at the age of 12 years, 86.2% at the
age of 15 years [1]. According to Cartaleanu A. (2006), the share of deep dental caries constitutes
23% of all caries, and the complications arising from the evolution of deep caries are determined by
the extension of the inflammatory process in the pulp. This inflammatory process can be reversible
with appropriate conservative treatment, or it can be irreversible and will require endodontic
treatment. Therefore, tooth decay continues to represent a complex problem both from a medical and
social point of view.[...]
