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According to structural modeling, preschoolers’ and their families’ oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) was severely impacted by the severity of early childhood caries (ECC). Weaker socioeconomic position, greater frequency of free sugar consumption, and weaker parental resilience were the key risk factors for the severity of ECC. The results show that psychosocial and behavioral factors might influence how severe ECC is, and that ECC can have a detrimental impact on preschoolers’ welfare and their capacity to carry out everyday tasks as well as on their families’ quality of life.

The main complaint of an 11-year-old patient was “cavities on baby teeth.” Examining revealed that teeth #3, 14, and 30 have decay. Testing for vitality revealed positive results for all teeth. Nos. 3 and 14 would need more treatment than a straightforward restoration due to the insufficient thickness of the remaining dentin. The author explores early permanent first molar extraction and shows how the tooth he rejects—the permanent first molar—can enable the second permanent molar to become the cornerstone and, in certain situations, prevent extraction of the third molar.