BACKGROUND Previous research has documented multiple chains of risk in the development of PTSD among war veterans. However, existing studies were mostly carried out in the West, while they also did not analyze specific symptom clusters of PTSD. The aim of this study was to examine the role of socio-demographic characteristics, war experiences and subjective quality of life in the prediction of ...

BACKGROUND Psychological stress appears to contribute to poor oral health systemically in combination with other chronic diseases. Few studies directly examine this relationship. METHODS Data from a cross-sectional study of 2,412 participants between the ages of 25-64 years old living in the City of Toronto between 2009 and 2012 were used to examine the relationship between current stress and...

Abstract Objectives The prevalence of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) among the general population worldwide is 20%. This study aims to discover any correlations between RAS predisposing factors and gender year undergraduate dental students at Faculty Dental Medicine Airlangga University. Methods A cross-sectional analytical using simple random sampling was performed. respondents answered s...

The pathogenesis of ‘abfraction’ has been considered to be multifactorial with contributions from occlusal loading becoming increasingly prominent in recent years. The objective of this study was to find out whether the presence of an extensive occlusal amalgam restoration and eccentric parafunctional loads would cause increased cuspal movement and therefore, increase in cervical stress exceedi...

This article presents a child-centered philosophy for managing young dental patients. The goals of this approach are to reduce children’s dental fear to a minimum and to encourage a positive, accepting attitude toward regular dental care. Interventions which focus on the young child’s emotional needs in the dental setting are encouraged. The dentist uses techniques designed to help the child gr...