background and aims. preventing oral disease is the most desirable way of ensuring good dental health for children with heart disease. dental and gingival infections in patients with cardiac problems may lead to infective endocarditis. the aim of this study was to evaluate oral and dental health status in children with heart disease referred to a cardiac center compared with the control group. ...

BACKGROUND Data on epidemiology of dental caries of adults in rural India appear to be sparse. OBJECTIVE The purpose of the study was to assess the oral health status and dental treatment needs of a rural Indian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study population consisted of 189 volunteer subjects with a mean age of 34.9 ± 14.2 years and 54% males. Decayed, missing due to caries and fil...

introduction microbial plaque is the main etiologic factor which causes disease in soft tissue around dental implants. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of plaque on health indicies of soft tissue around dental implants. methods and materials 45 patients with 211 dental implants were examined clinically for four years after prosthodontic treatment. plaque index and health ind...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to identify the oral health status as well as oral health practices and access for care of graduating senior high school Tibetan students in Shannan prefecture of Tibet. METHODS Based on standards of the 3rd Chinese National Oral Epidemiological Survey and WHO Oral Health Surveys, 1907 graduating students from three senior high schools were examined for car...

Utilization of dental services is hampered by multiple barriers which include culturally influenced factors, misconceptions regarding oral health care, low education and health literacy level. The purpose of the study was to uncover the cultural and ritual practices and their effect on the oral cavity and the utilization of dental services. A cross-sectional door to door survey was conducted in...

1 Universidade Federal de Viçosa – UFV, Department of Nutrition and Health, Area of Public Health, Viçosa, MG, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF, Dental School, Department of Specific Formation, Nova Friburgo, RJ, Brazil 3 Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, Piracicaba Dental School, Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, Area of Biostatistics, Piracicaba, SP, ...

Probiotics in Treatment and Prevention of Periodontal Diseases: A Systemic Review Kakarla Priyanka1, Kudlur Maheswarappa Sudhir2, V. Chandra Sekhara Reddy3, R.V.S Krishna Kumar2,, G. Srinivasulu4 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. Reader, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Narayana Dental College and Hospital, Nellor...

The study describes a dental health education campaign and reports the epidemiology and prevalence rates of dental caries among male and female primary-school children in Jeddah. Over a 2-year period, all 296 public primary schools in Jeddah were visited by dentists conducting a health education campaign. A total of 82,250 children in the first and fourth grades were screened. The rate of detec...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the challenges of providing oral health advice/treatment as experienced by non-dental primary care providers in rural and remote areas with no resident dentist, and their views on ways in which oral health and oral health services could be improved for their communities. DESIGN Qualitative study with semistructured interviews and thematic analysis. SETTING Four rem...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the characteristics of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) who have unmet dental care needs. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the magnitude of unmet needs for dental care among CSHCN and to characterize those with unmet dental care needs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS We used data from the National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs...