Pregnant women are more susceptible to periodontal disease like gingivitis. Periodontal disease may be associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. There is no published literature on dental health in pregnant women in Arak city in Iran. This was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study conducted at the 340 pregnant women. The sampling procedure used was a stratified cluster sampling t...

Background Reuters reported that 8400 HIV cases were detected in the voluntary screening of drug addicts in Harm Reduction Programmes, and screening in prison and Narcotics Rehabilitation Centers in 2011. However, dental treatment for HIV inmates is highly constrained by high uncertainty resulting from the changes of epidemic profile after receiving medical treatment, relative inadequacy of den...

background: diabetes mellitus, according to world health organization (who) is a silent epidemic which affects large number of people around the world and is directly related to the oral health status of the patients. objectives: to know the prevalence of common dental diseases such as dental caries, periodontal diseases (pyorrhea), and treatment needs in a group of adult diabetic patients in p...

The current study included the collection and examination of 286 samples taken in form swabs from periodontal pocket people with disease, distributed among 186 auditors diseases branch Teaching Hospital at College Dentistry/University Mosul, some outpatient clinics for dentists, 100 health centers Tal Afar Sinjar districts. Affiliated to Nineveh Governorate investigate parasite Trichomonas tena...

Introduction: Although proximal dental caries are very common, clinical examinations cannot detect them all. Panoramic radiography has been widely used in dentistry for both diagnosis and screening. This study aimed to investigate and compare the efficacy of two digital panoramic radiography techniques in the diagnosis of proximal caries. Methods: A total number of 60 patients referred to a den...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Drug addiction causes severe oral damage and the socio-economic problems. Prevention and treatment of oral and dental diseases among substance abusers may facilitate their rehabilitation procedure and recovery from drug dependence. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relationship between drug abuse and oral heal...

During the past few years replacement of the missing teeth with dental implants has become an indispensible part of modern dental practice. As with other branches of dentistry for the optimal success in dental implant treatment proper diagnosis and treatment planning are the prerequisites. For proper diagnosis and treatment planning Implant imaging techniques and their accurate interpretation i...

OBJECTIVES Clinical studies to assess dental implants are common in implantology, but such studies are usually performed for specific indications and following a specific protocol with strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the Straumann Bone Level SLActive dental implant in a prospective, multicenter, noninterventional trial. METHOD AND MATERIAL...

Community Health Centers (CHCs) are one of the principal safety-net providers of health care for low-income and uninsured populations. Co-locating dental services in primary care settings provides an opportunity to improve access to dental care. Yet this study of California CHCs that provide primary care services shows that only about one-third of them co-located primary and dental care service...

background many dental problems such as tooth decay starts from childhood. in this regard, attitudes and beliefs of mothers about oral-dental health are important. the aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting oral-dental health in children of the mothers who referred to the qom health centers by using of the health belief model. materials and methods this is cross-sectional desc...