1Sajjad Hasim Mithiborwala, 2Vishwas Chaugule, 3Autar Munshi, 4Vishwas Patil 1Associate Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Terna Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 2Head and PG Guide, Department of Pedodontics, DY Patil Dental College and Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India 3Dean, Head and PG Guide, Department of Pedodontics, KD Dental College and...

Purpose The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) intends this guideline to help practitioners make clinical decisions concerning preventive oral health care for infants, children, and adolescents. Because each child is unique, these recommendations are designed for the care of children who have no contributory medical conditions and are developing normally. These recommendations will ...

Priyo Ghosh, Nasir Warfa, Angela McGilloway, Imran Ali, Edgar Jones, Kamaldeep Bhui Centre for Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, London, UK Greater Manchester West, Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK King’s Centre for Military Health Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry,...

OBJECTIVES To assess Iranian dentists' knowledge of and attitudes towards preventive dental care. METHODS A questionnaire survey was conducted at two nationwide annual dental congresses in 2004 and 2005 in Tehran, Iran. Dentists' level of knowledge was assessed based on their responses on a Likert scale (0-4) to nine statements on preventive dental care. Higher scores indicated more accurate ...

background and aims. recent progresses in preventive dentistry and their correct application in many developed countries have remarkably decreased the rate of oro-dental diseases in children and teenagers, while the rate of oro-dental diseases is on the rise among the children in developing countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of educating school health care instructors b...

BACKGROUND: Increased dental caries and dental lesions have made preventive measures, especially among children, inevitable. This study investigated elementary schoolgirls’ mothers’ level of knowledge on preventive methods against dental caries. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, mothers of 250 schoolgirls were randomly selected from five regions of Tehran, Iran. Their knowledge about fiss...

Prosthetic dentistry is one of the fundamental pillars of dentistry. Even though it is highly specialized in replacement of missing teeth and adjacent soft and hard oral tissues, the cooperation with other branches of dentistry is very important. It usually provides final stages of rehabilitation of the whole maxillofacial system. The loss of several teeth doesn't have to be an immediate threat...

421 a Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University. b Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University. c Professor, e Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University. d Chairman, Department of Orthodontics, Chong-A Denta...