PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine gingival health and caries levels in HIV-infected children. METHODS The modified gingival index (GI) of 43 HIV+ children of both sexes, aged between 2 and 12 years, was measured and correlated with the DMFT/dmf. The children's immunodeficiency level was also established by means of the CD4:CD8 ratio. Pearson's product-moment correlation co-effici...

Electronic-cigarettes (e-cigs) represent a significant and increasing proportion of tobacco product consumption, which may pose an oral health concern. Oxidative/carbonyl stress via protein carbonylation is an important factor in causing inflammation and DNA damage. This results in stress-induced premature senescence (a state of irreversible growth arrest which re-enforces chronic inflammation)...

AIM Nail-biting is one of the most frequent deleterious oral habits in children. It can result in systemic diseases or oral traumatic lesion. This report describes a case of gingival abscess in a child due to a fingernail-biting habit. CASE DESCRIPTION A 5-year, 6-month-old female presented gingival swelling and fistula in the primary maxillary left central and right lateral incisors as an un...

DEFINITIONS Inflammation: A localized protective response elicited by injury or destruction of tissue, which serves to destroy, dilute, or wall off both the injurious agent and the injured tissue. A cellular and vascular reaction of tissues to injury. Gingivitis: Inflammation of the gingiva. Periodontitis: Inflammation of the supporting tissues of the teeth. Usually a progressively destructive ...

INTRODUCTION This study was carried out to compare the effect of different suture removal time on surgical wound healing. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-one male albino rabbits were used. Under general and local anesthesia a moucoperiosteal rectangular flap was raised in each animal and then repositioned and sutured. The animals were randomly divided into three experimental groups of seven anim...

OBJECTIVES Gingival inflammation is the physiological response to poor oral hygiene. If gingivitis is not resolved the response will become an established lesion.We studied whether gingivitis associates with elevated risk for stroke. The hypothesis was based on the periodontitis-atherosclerosis paradigm. METHODS In our prospective cohort study from Sweden 1676 randomly selected subjects were ...

168 Abstract Background: Cytochemical studies on peroxidase have contributed significantly to understanding of the movement of lysosomal enzymes and secretory protein through the various compartments of secretary pathway. The peroxidase in leukocytes (myeloperoxidase) could help in determining the severity of inflammation. Aim: To determine the severity of inflammation in gingival tissue associ...

Introduction: Orthodontic treatment can cause difficulties in maintaining good oral hygiene leading to the accumulation of dental plaque, gingival inflammation, periodontal disease, and caries. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of three different tooth brushing techniques on the prevention of periodontal diseases in patients with fixed orthodontics treatment. Materials and Methods:In t...

Inflammatory gingival enlargement is an excessive growth of tissue due to inflammation in response plaque accumulation. Enlargement gingiva hampers the efficiency daily oral hygiene practices which turn accumulates more plaque, thus causing inflammation. Phase I therapy, consisting scaling and root planning only reduces inflammatory component enlarged tissues but fibrotic remaining thereafter t...