Two major oral diseases, dental caries and periodontitis, occur at different rates among countries (Petersen, 2003). Dental caries is most widespread in several Asian and Latin American countries but is less common in most African countries. Although developed countries have shown a marked decrease in the prevalence of dental caries in children over the past decades, dental caries is still a ma...

OBJECTIVES To study the prevalence of medically compromised conditions in patients seeking dental treatment at the Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University. STUDY DESIGN The files of 58,317 patients seeking dental treatments at the Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University from 2002-2004 were retrieved and reviewed for medically compromised conditions. RESULTS From a total of 58,...

Background & Aim:The major teeth problems associated with adults are: Plaque, Tartar, Tooth decay, Gingivitis, Periodontal disease. There is a long and venerable history of the use of plants to improve dental health and promote oral hygiene. There are a number of traditional herbal remedies for the treatment and management of diseases related to teeth, gum and oral hygiene. Good oral hygiene is...

Background & Aim:The major teeth problems associated with adults are: Plaque, Tartar, Tooth decay, Gingivitis, Periodontal disease. There is a long and venerable history of the use of plants to improve dental health and promote oral hygiene. There are a number of traditional herbal remedies for the treatment and management of diseases related to teeth, gum and oral hygiene. Good oral hygiene is...

background and aims. dental procedures injuring oral tissues may induce bacterial release to blood stream that can cause infective endocarditis in susceptible patients. the aim of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of general dental practitioners (gdps) in tabriz, northwest of iran, regarding endocarditis prophylaxis in cardiac patients receiving dental treatments. materials and...

This Section considered the immense challenges presented by the changing demography of populations (in particular, cross-boundary flow), changing oral and dental disease trends. It also considered the difficulties of gathering data on such information. It then considered how these challenges may affect the education of the dental team in the future. The Section considered the concept of the 'gl...

In this chapter, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract that primarily affect areas other than the oral cavity are discussed. This chapter is not intended to be a complete review of all diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract; rather, emphasis is on the medical aspects, the dentist’s role as a primary health care provider in screening for undiagnosed conditions, and the dentist’s role in ...

In medicine stem cell-based treatments are being used in conditions like Parkinson's disease, neural degeneration following brain injury, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases. In dentistry, recent exciting discoveries have isolated dental stem cells from the pulp of the deciduous and permanent teeth, from the periodontal ligament, and an associated healthy tooth structure,...

a case of multiple pulp stones, a supernumerary tooth and a congenitally missed tooth accompanied by several developmental dental anomalies concurrently affect- ing the upper and lower anterior teeth in an iranian healthy girl is reported. devel- opmental tooth abnormalities are usually found in conjunction with certain diseases or conditions. in the present case, although the patient had consa...

Dental caries and periodontal diseases are the most prevalent infectious diseases of the oral cavity and are responsible for more than 50% cases of tooth mortality (Okell et al 1935, Sunitha et al 2008). Dental caries is a multifactorial disease causing irreversible loss of dental tissue and microorganisms have a critical role in its etiopathogenesis, initiation and progression which has been e...