This study aimed to determine variations in the dental status of a dentate adult population in terms of "decayed," "missing," and "filled" teeth in relation to several sociodemographic and behavioral factors. Quota sampling was used to draw 2531 subjects aged 20 years and over. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire and an oral examination. Multiple logistic regression analyses were pe...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to explore the impact of gender, birth weight, maternal age, type of delivery, gestational age and feeding practices on the eruption of teeth in children with no underlying medical conditions or developmental defects in their first year of life. DESIGN A cross-sectional observational study design was used. SETTING A primary healthcare setting in Riyadh, Saudi Ara...

Dental providers must determine the presence of orofacial injury, and diagnose and treat dental and orofacial outcomes of trauma caused by motor vehicle collisions. Determination of causation and relation to the trauma is indicated. Dental trauma includes concussion, subluxation and dislocation of teeth, and fracture of teeth and maxillofacial bone, in addition to soft tissue injury that may ca...

Cameriere introduced a method for determining human age based on the length and width of open apex from seven permanent left mandibular teeth panoramic radiograph. Therefore, this study aims to produce formula determination using Cameriere’s radiographs in Deutero-Malay subrace population. It was conducted an analytical design 240 with predetermined inclusion exclusion criteria. The tooth measu...

OBJECTIVES A low number of natural teeth, indicating poor oral health, is associated with various adverse outcomes to the extent that it has been proposed as a screening marker of life quality in older age. To further understand the mechanisms underlying oral health, this study investigated the associations between the number of natural teeth and personality traits in older age. METHOD In 793...

Pulpal respiration in second and third premolar dog teeth was measured by a radioisotope tracer determination. Dental amalgam, a zinc oxide and eugenol base, and a calcium hydroxide base were placed into a cavity preparation. Following a two-week period the teeth wer~ extracted intact. The pulp tissue was removed and suspended in a phosphate buffer saline solution (PBS) which 14C-succinic acid ...

The aim of this study was to assess the differences in eruption of permanent teeth (C, P1, P2 and M2) in a group of children with and without malocclusion. A sample of 1758 children (921 boys and 837 girls), aged 8-13 was randomly selected. The subjects were grouped by chronological age (11 groups) and by presence of malocclusion. Statistically significant differences were found for both, upper...

Without pre-extraction photographs or casts it is not easy to select suitable artificial teeth. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the width of frontal maxillary teeth and the width of the hard palate. The aim was also to determine the possibility of reconstructing maxillary frontal teeth dimensions, based on hard palate dimensions. Teeth and hard palate dimensions ...