UNLABELLED Studies reporting the dietary habits of children with ASD in relation to dental health are scarce, and similar studies are non-existent in Saudi Arabia. PURPOSE to report baseline information about the diet, oral hygiene and dental health of a group of autistic children in Riyadh. METHODOLOGY 450 self-administered cross-sectional questionnaires were distributed to parents of auti...

BACKGROUND The present study set to describe the socioeconomic inequality associated with oral hygiene behavior among Iranian pediatric population. METHODS A representative sample of 13486 school students aged 6-18 years was selected through multistage random cluster sampling method from urban and rural areas of 30 provinces in Iran. Principle Component Analyses (PCA) correlated variables sum...

The purpose of this review is to summarize a systematic review evaluating the evidence regarding the association between the incidence and prevalence of dental caries and: 1) socioeconomic status; 2) tooth-brushing; and 3) the use of the baby bottle. Literature was drawn from two databases, Medline and EmBase. Because of limited resources, we did not conduct hand-searching or search unpublished...

BACKGROUND Breath odor is a nuisance problem for many people around the world. Bad breath affects social interactions of people in daily life by causing personal discomfort and emotional stress. There are chemical and mechanical methods for controlling oral malodor. Many studies of various mouth rinse applications and tongue cleaning procedures have been conducted. However, few studies have com...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS To assess and compare the effects of different oral hygiene procedures on the reduction of morning bad breath, plaque and gingival status in healthy subjects. METHODS A four step cross-over trial was performed on 32 study subjects. They were allocated into four groups: Group I: tooth brushing; Group II: tooth brushing and tongue scraping; Group III: tooth brushing and mout...

Objective: Children's tooth brushing habits might have been affected by various factors such as social isolation, restrictions, and homeschooling due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. The recent study aimed determine whether there was a change in of sample pediatric patients during COVID-19 pandemic compared pre-pandemic period. Material Methods: This cross-sectional held on ...

BACKGROUND Salivary markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant status represent promising tool for the research of oral diseases. One of the criteria is the validation of these biomarkers from the perspective of the confounding and modifying factors. AIM To examine the effect of circadian rhythm, tooth-brushing and ascorbic acid treatment on selected salivary markers of oxidative and carbony...

Objectives: The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of dentifrice containing xylitol on the growth of salivary mutans streptococci. The amount of salivary mutans streptococci which was taken before and after tooth brushing from the groups using dentifrice containing xylitol and non-xylitol dentifrice are compared. The study was carried out to investigate the effect of dentifri...