today, on the contrary of the last ten decades, the necessity of teaching hygienic issues, and caring the children’s health, is pretty obvious. avicenna (10 ac), the famous iranian physician and philosopher, scrutinized the health and hygiene with a deep insight to the matter. he considered the wellness not only as the recovery from the disease, but emphasized the maintenance of health by sugge...

objective: the main purpose of this study was to develop a simple reproducible system to compare abrasive effects of three different toothpastes. materials and methods: a specific mold was used to fabricate 37 samples made of po-lymethylmethacrylate. the samples were stroke by toothbrushes connected to a v8 cross brushing machine in a solution of fluoridated toothpastes and distilled water. the...

BACKGROUND Oral hygiene has been given due importance since ages. Different cultures have been using different methods for the maintenance of good oral hygiene. The study was done to find out the oral hygiene levels in children of tribal population and to correlate the brushing methods used and the oral hygiene levels. METHODOLOGY A total of 5129 children of 5-12 years age (boys 2778, girls 2...

There is a growing recognition of the involvement of the home in several public health and hygiene issues and of the need to promote effective hygiene practices for the home. Hygiene practice in the home includes the categories of personal hygiene, food hygiene, environmental or surface hygiene, and home health care. This article reviews some of the hygiene risks in the home, including the role...

This study was conducted to investigate first the bacterial contamination by Enterobacteriaceae, fecal coliforms and prevalence of Salmonella spp. second identify main associated risk factors in Algerian farms, slaughterhouses butcheries during a two-years period. Thus, cross-sectional performed using simple random sampling method target 20 10 5 butc...

OBJECTIVES Attitudes and practices concerning genital hygiene may influence topical microbicide use by men. This study examines knowledge and behaviours related to hygiene, genital hygiene, circumcision and hygiene, and to genital hygiene before and after sex among men in Nairobi, Kenya. METHODS We conducted 463 interviews of men recruited by respondent driven sampling techniques and 10 focus...

The present study was conducted to analyze the physico-chemical and colour properties of emu meat. The leg, back and breast portion along with a uniform mix of these three cuts were taken for evaluation of emu meat quality in respect to various physico-chemical parameters. The pH of breast meat was found significantly (P<0.05) lower than meat from leg and back portion. Water holding capacity of...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of professional preparation among clinical instructors employed in baccalaureate dental hygiene programs in the U.S. and to examine clinical instructors' and students' perceived need for educational preparation. The data-generating sample consisted of 285 dental hygiene clinical students and 76 dental hygiene clinical instructors fr...

Hygiene during slaughtering is paramount for meat processors and plugs are often used to reduce contamination from fecal matter. These products rendered along with other waste considered a serious contaminant rendering products. A life cycle assessment (LCA) was determine compare the environmental impacts of made polypropylene protein-based thermoplastic (Novatein). For Novatein plugs, resin pr...