background:oral cavity provides variety of surfaces for bacterial attachment and colonization. these bacteria can enter the circulatory system of the human body and become pathogenic. thus chronic oral inflammations are regarded as a potent risk factor for systemic pathologies. according to literature classic risk factors only can explain half to two thirds of cardiovascular diseases and is bel...

PURPOSE Helicobacter pylori infection plays a crucial role in pathogenesis of peptic ulcers; however, among infected individuals only a small percentage will develop peptic ulcers at any time during their life. This low virulence suggests that many additional factors beside H. pylori are implicated in pathogenesis of the disease. The aim of the study was to determine whether there is a relation...

This paper compares oral health status and presence of untreated, decayed permanent teeth in abused/neglected children with nonabused/non-neglected controls. The sample comprised 903 children between 5 and 13 years old; 30 were confirmed cases of child abuse and 873 served as controls. Their oral health status was assessed by two calibrated dentists using the DMFS index. Presence of untreated, ...

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence and severity of periodontal disease among pregnant women and also to evaluate the status of oral hygiene. The prevalence and severity of caries was evaluated, having estimated DMFS and DMFT. The prevalence of periodontal diseases and the degree of severity was evaluated by CPITN index, gums by Silness-Loė (GI) index, oral hygiene by OHI-S (ac...

Aim: To assess the oral health status of pregnant and non-pregnant women in the age group of 18 to 35 years in Mangalore. Materials and Methods: The oral health status of 153 pregnant and 168 non-pregnant women in the designated age group who presented at the outpatient department of a private hospital in Mangalore over a period of 6 months (june 2011-November 2011) was evaluated by various ind...

BACKGROUND There is scarce information available on oral health service utilization patterns and common oral hygiene practices among adult Nigerians. We conducted the 2010-2011 national oral health survey before the introduction of the national oral health policy to determine the prevalence of oral health service utilization, patterns of oral hygiene practices, and self reported oral health sta...

background: mental illness is associated with physical health. oral health affects people physically and psychologically and influences how they grow, enjoy life, look, speak, chew, taste food and socialize. oral health may have lower priority in the context of mental illness and these diverse and changing client group experiences similar oral and dental problems. objective: to assess oral heal...

Public health surveillance of oral health might benefit from increased access to and analysis of electronically available data including systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of outcome-specific data for use in public health action to improve oral health. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a new Health-oriented Electronic Oral Health Record (Health-EOHR) that ...

Liver is the largest internal organ and due its complexity, it is venerable to various dysfunctions and diseased condition such as hepatitis, hepatomegaly, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer etc. These disorders are generally associated with chronic alcohol abuse causing alteration in the metabolism of our body, subsequently leading to its failure. Oral health is also adversely affected due to vario...