BACKGROUND To investigate the caries predictive ability of a reduced Cariogram model without salivary tests in schoolchildren. METHODS The study group consisted of 392 school children, 10-11 years of age, who volunteered after informed consent. A caries risk assessment was made at baseline with aid of the computer-based Cariogram model and expressed as "the chance of avoiding caries" and the ...

It has been shown that children born extremely preterm (EPT) often suffer from medical complications and growth restrictions in early childhood. Catchup growth diminishes these effects but the children are known to have lower weight, height, and head circumference as school children. Effects on enamel development have been shown. How this affects the dento-alveolar outcome during adolescence is...

Aggressive periodontitis, characterized by a rapid rate of periodontal disease progression in the absence of large quantity of bacterial plaque and or calculus present, affects otherwise healthy individuals less than 30 years old. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of aggressive periodontitis among high school students in Qazvin, Iran. 780 students attending high school i...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the number and type of technical errors between 2 rectangular collimators, time/motion effort and radiographer preference. METHODS Subjects (n=17) were recruited to expose an 18 projection full mouth series (FMX) using Tru-Align™ (enhanced) and Rinn® (universal) collimator devices. Both FMXs were exposed using photostimulable phosphor (PSP) dig...

AIM Resin infiltration of proximal lesions is a new approach to stopping caries progression. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate four-year efficacy of proximal infiltrates in adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS In ten adolescents, a total of 21 proximal infiltrates (ICON® (DMG, Germany) were applied to initial proximal lesions of permanent incisors and premolars according t...

The study aimed to compare the sensitivity and specificity of digital radiographic systems for the diagnosis of proximal carious lesions. Extracted human teeth (3 canines, 3 premolars, and 3 molars) were submitted to one of three types of proximal lesions (demineralized area, cavity affecting the enamel alone, and cavity affecting enamel and dentin). Bitewing radiographs were obtained from each...

Objectives: To evaluate the self-perceived preparedness of final year undergraduate dental students in Malaysia and to compare difference level student public private universities. Material Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire study was conducted using a validated questionnaire, Dental Undergraduates Preparedness Assessment Scale (DU-PAS) no samplings were involved. The distributed via Univ...

Dental Caries are one of the most prevalent chronic diseases around globe. Detecting carious lesions is a challenging task. Conventional computer aided diagnosis and detection methods in past have heavily relied on visual inspection teeth. These only effective large clearly visible caries affected been limited performance due to complex characteristics dental images, which consist hidden or ina...

The methods used for disaster victim identification is comparative postmortem profiling of dental and fingerprint data. Twelve dental concordant features are normally required for dental identification. The radiographic image of dental amalgam restorations has been shown to be highly significant for identification purposes. The aim of this study was to investigate the radiological morphology of...