background many dental problems such as tooth decay starts from childhood. in this regard, attitudes and beliefs of mothers about oral-dental health are important. the aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting oral-dental health in children of the mothers who referred to the qom health centers by using of the health belief model. materials and methods this is cross-sectional desc...

UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and the intensity of tooth decay among the middle-aged and elderly population of Kaunas, city, and to assess the need for prostheses as well as the possibilities for oral care. MATERIAL AND METHODS During 2006-2008, we studied 1,141 inhabitants of Kaunas city; the subjects' age was 45-72 years. Oral evaluation technique proposed b...

We comment on a recent suggestion by Amundson, Rosner, Worah and Wise to test the chirality of the b-quark decay coupling via polarized Λb baryons produced in e+e− → Z → Λb +X. We study the effect of contributions from an amplitude in which a right-handed b to c current couples to a V-A lepton current. Submitted to Physical Review D ? Work supported by the Department of Energy, contract DE–AC03...

BACKGROUND The National health insurance law enacted in 1995 did not include dental care in its basket of services. Dental care for children was first included in 2010, initially up till 8 years of age. The eligibility age rose to 12 years in 2013. The dental survey of 6 year-olds in 2007 found that the average of decayed, missing and filled teeth index (dmft) was 3.31 and 35 % of children were...

OBJECTIVE Several health care organizations recommend that physicians provide preventive dentistry services, including dental screening and referral. This study is the first to investigate characteristics of medical providers that influence their referral to a dentist of children who are at risk for dental disease. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was undertaken of primary care clinicians in ...

Dentistry has a new weapon in the fight against tooth decay. This ‘light saber’ of dentistry is the erbium laser. The dental laser is the latest modern innovation for the 21st Century. Erbium lasers have proven safe and effective for the removal of tooth decay and cavity preparation, in addition to many soft tissue and hard tissue surgical procedures. The FDA approved the erbium laser for marke...

OBJECTIVE To assess differences in the dental care provided to sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients depending on age. This retrospective study used secondary data from the dental records of the Center of Hematology and Hemotherapy in Maranhão (HEMOMAR). MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were obtained from 574 dental records of patients with SCA treated or under treatment in the Dental Department of HEM...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to describe dental caries experience in the primary and permanent dentitions of Maryland schoolchildren in kindergarten and third grade, with an emphasis on untreated disease. METHODS Data came from the Survey of the Oral Health Status of Maryland Schoolchildren, 2000--2001. Outcome variables were measures of dental caries experience for primary and perma...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to assess the dental caries and erosion status of 12-year-old Hong Kong children and study the determinants of dental caries and dental erosion of these children. METHODS The survey was performed from 2011 to 2012 with ethics approval. Stratified random sampling was adopted to select 12-year-old children in 7 primary schools in Hong Kong. The participating parents ...