This paper aimed to describe the prevalence of dental caries in Quilombola schoolchildren aged 5 12 years using DEF-T (decayed, extracted and filled teeth) DMF-T missing indices. A cross-sectional study. The sample consisted 47 schoolchildren, between old, both sexes, a municipal school located community Tocantins state (Brazil). participants underwent clinical oral examination, performed by de...

The aim of this work is to assess the evolution of caries and fluorosis prevalence and indices at 7 and 12 years of age in the Canary Islands through three cross epidemiological studies conducted in 1991, 1998 and 2006. The three studies followed a similar methodology, using the WHO diagnosis criteria and indications, except for the assessment of fluorosis, which was measured with the "Thylstru...

Aims: Mutans streptococci include Streptococcus mutans and sobrinus, which can cause tooth decay. The current study aimed to compare their virulence genes with each other correlate them the clinical data of patients. Materials methods: Altogether 21 S. 19 sobrinus strains were investigated, originating from 24 children (age 2.7 ± 0.4 years) 13 mothers (27.3 3.7). PCR method was applied detect 1...

background and purpose: dental caries or tooth decay is one of the most important health problems in human life. in addition, tooth decay is an infectious disease that affects all populations worldwide. the purpose of this study was to determine the decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) index among a representative sample of 8-12 years old school children in zahedan city, iran. materials and...

OBJECTIVES Oral health in Down syndrome children has some peculiar aspects that must be considered in the follow-up of these patients. This study focuses on characterizing the environmental and host factors associated with dental caries in Portuguese children with and without Down syndrome. METHODS A sibling-matched, population-based, cross-sectional survey was performed. RESULTS Down syndr...

Copyright © 2010 American Dental Association. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. on Sptem er 1, 2010 jadada.org D ow nladed from lence of asthma has been increasing since the 1980s across all age, sex and racial groups. Asthma appears to be, after dental caries, the most prevalent chronic childhood disease in the United States. In the 1980s, asthma was associated with 500,000 hospita...

Background and purpose: Dental caries or tooth decay is one of the most important health problems in human life. In addition, tooth decay is an infectious disease that affects all populations Worldwide. The purpose of this study was to determine the decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index among a representative sample of 8-12 years old school children in Zahedan City, Iran. Materials and...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between different disability states in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) as determined by the expanded disability status scale (EDSS) and dental-periodontal measures. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Eighty patients with MS (64 females and 16 males) were included in this study. Data on MS types, attack frequency, disease duration, EDSS s...

background: atherosclerosis is the most common cause for heart attack and stroke. in the last decade, several epidemiological studies have found an association between periodontal infection and atherosclerosis. the aim of this research was to determine the possible association between chronic periodontal disease and severity of atherosclerosis. materials and methods: eighty‑two subjects that we...