Introduction: Over twenty developed and developing countries have regions with endemic floursis, on the other hand tooth decay as an infectious disease in human societies is reported to occur due to the shortage of fluoride in water. Since decayed, missing, and filled teeth DMFT is considered a 52 -character indicator in health equity, the present research aims at studying the relationship be...

Background and Aims: Disability is a global concern, involving a wide range of world’s population in all ages and social classes. Persons with disabilities have diverse personal factors with differences in gender, age, socioeconomic status, sexuality, ethnicity, or cultural herit­age. Women with disabilities experi­ence the combined disadvantages associated with gender as well as ...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is one of the most preventable yet prevalent chronic diseases worldwide. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of family structure and behavioral and eyesight problems as they relate to caries severity in schoolchildren. METHODS This research was carried out on 845 primary schoolchildren aged 9 yr in Kerman, Iran, in 2012. Ten variables, including health records, f...

background: for planning in health,preventing and representing valuable dentistry services, we need to identify and evaluate the information on the status of individuals' dental hygiene and health. in this examination, evaluating dental health which is one of hygienic main and key problems has been conducted according to world's standards in correction center of tehran province in 200...

introduction: over twenty developed and developing countries have regions with endemic floursis, on the other hand tooth decay as an infectious disease in human societies is reported to occur due to the shortage of fluoride in water. since decayed, missing, and filled teeth dmft is considered a 52 -character indicator in health equity, the present research aims at studying the relationship betw...

Introduction: Dental caries is common health condition affecting billions of people in the world. may be linked to obesity, while on other hand, it underweight/stunting; both are kinds malnutrition. This study aims find dental primary and permanent dentition nutritional status children aged between 5-14 years. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted among years who attended Departm...

BACKGROUND Experience and awareness of adult females concerning dental caries is important in its prevention particularly in children because of their natural role as care givers. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in an adult female Nigerian population. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, adult females attending outreach programmes were examined ...

A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus and the association of the two in a random sample (n=614) of the child population of the region of Valencia (Spain). Saliva samples were analyzed by the quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method to study the relation of these bacteria to caries prevalence and the DMFT...