BACKGROUND The main stay of primary and secondary prevention of periodontal diseases has been the control of supra gingival plaque. Acceptable plaque control by mechanical means is difficult to achieve by most individuals, so mouth rinses represent one form of attack on oral microbes and the malodor. Chlorhexidine (CHX) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent known to cause damage to the cell m...

The aim of this study was to investigate whether there was a statistically significant positive correlation between dental students' Dental Admission Test (DAT) scores, particularly on the Perceptual Ability Test (PAT), and their performance on a dental school's competency exam. Scores from the written and clinical competency exam administered in the fall quarter of the fourth year of the curri...

Evaluation of the effects of a low dose of Asiasari radix on stem cell morphology and proliferation Jun-Beom Park, Ji-Eun Lee, Seong-Ho Jin Youngkyung Ko, Su-Hyeon Jeong Department of Periodontics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Chungju Hospital of Korean Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Semyung University Ori...

*Associate Professor, Dept. of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, # Associate Professor, Department of General Dentistry, Creighton University School of Dentistry, Omaha, NE ¶ Lt Col, US Army DENTAC, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX. ** Associate Professor of Oral Biology & Pharmacology, Department of Oral Bio...

While contemporary periodontics has witnessed the continued emergence of sophisticated techniques to resolve esthetic concerns through various periodontal procedures, frequently the early stages of periodontal diseases are best treated with non-surgical periodontal therapy. This short communication presents a case of reactive positioning of pathologically migrated anterior tooth following non-s...

S.Anil1,4, P.S. Anand2, H. Alghamdi3,4 and J.A. Jansen3,4 1Department of Periodontics and Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh 2People’s College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Bhanpur, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 3Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, HB Nijmegen, 4Dental Implant and Osseointegration Research Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh 1,4Sau...

Manabu KOMORIYAMA, Rie NOMOTO, Rin TANAKA1), Noriyasu HOSOYA2), Kazuhiro GOMI2), Fumiaki IINO2), Akihiro YASHIMA2), Yasuko TAKAYAMA3), Masahiko TSURUTA4), Hajime TOKIWA4), Kenzo KAWASAKI1), Takashi ARAI2), Toshio HOSOI3), Ayao HIRASHITA4) and Susumu HIRANO Department of Dental Engineering 1 Department of Anatomy 2 D epartment of Periodontics and Endodontics 3 Department of Removable Prosthodont...