Objective. The relationship between oral health and cardiovascular disease is an emerging area of research. The objective of the current study is to evaluate the association of cardiovascular disease and the number of missing teeth as a risk indicator. Methods. Cross-sectional study design with data on 275,424 respondents aged 50 or older from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System...

This study aims to investigate the preferred viscosity of irreversible hydrocolloid used in the preliminary impression for edentulism. Thirteen modalities of irreversible hydrocolloid were prepared by changing the W/P ratio. Discrimination test for the preferred viscosity was performed on 11 prosthodontists (10.4+/-5.3 years of prosthetic experience). The parameter of discrimination test (P%) w...

Aim: To evaluate the impact of xerostomia, edentulism, use dental prosthesis, and presence chronic diseases on quality life in relation to oral health institutionalized elderly individuals. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was administered containing following instruments: Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14), which measures related health; Summated Xerostomia Inventory...

The aim of this study was to estimate self-reported prevalence of edentulism, severe tooth loss and lack of functional dentition in elders, and to identify potential associated factors. A population based cross-sectional study was carried out with 1,451 elders (≥60 years), in Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios were estimated using Poisson regressions. The prevalence of ed...

Background To study the association between sleep quality and oral health related variables, which still have conflicts in literature. Material methods This was a population-based case-control subjects with versus without disorders from Brazilian Public Health System (SUS), city of Maringa (N=1,643). Subjects answered self-reported questionnaires: a) Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomand...

Edentulism is a condition that results in the partial or total loss of teeth. It may lead to problems during chewing and be cause self-isolation low self-esteem. can resolved both with removable prostheses (dentures) fixed implants, latter being more efficient. The installation implant involves real surgical operation which jaw/mandibular bone drilled through special drill. One main cautions su...

All living birds are toothless, constituting by far the most diverse toothless vertebrate clade, and are striking examples of evolutionary success following tooth loss. In recent years, an unprecedented number of Mesozoic birds have been described, illustrating the evolution of dentition reductions. Simultaneously, major advances in experimental embryology have yielded new results concerning av...