it is of utmost importance to make children interested in and willing to use dental services in order to prevent and treat oral diseases. therefore, pediatric dental practitioners need to learn new technologies such as lasers, in addition to basic principles. lasers have opened new horizons in the treatment of both soft and hard oral tissue problems in children. the present article describes ap...

Predisposition to Carotid Atherosclerosis in ICARAS Dental Substudy To the Editor: We read with interest the study by Schillinger et al,1 who concluded that dental status is associated with the degree of carotid stenosis and predicts future progression atherosclerosis. However, a clear link between both conditions is missing in the study. We think that the following points may play a role in th...

The importance given to aviation and space science has increased with the advanced technological breakthroughs that made 21st century be called "Space Age". As industry evolved, it was found exposure flight conditions atmospheric pressure alterations a variety of adverse effects on physiological psychological states aircrew. There are several disorders might cause medical incapacitations thus j...

Background: Dental disease detection is essential for the diagnosis of dental diseases. Objective: This research compares Mamdani fuzzy logic and Naïve Bayes in detecting Methods: The first to process data on symptoms support tissues based complaints toothache consulted with experts at a community health centre (puskesmas). second apply proposed expert system. third provide recommended decision...

Dental calculus, a type of stone formed even under normal conditions, plays an important role in some periodontal diseases. Deposition of dental calculus follows plaque formation, and the variations in the degree of calcification reflect the changes in environment and form of its lamellar structure[1]. Dental plaque is composed of rods, cocci and filamentous bacteria[2], and these morphological...

Background and objectives: Dental technicians are in indirect contact with patients. Microorganisms find their way to dental labs through dental impressions. Infection control is a critical procedure to prevent the spreading of diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the levels of infection control knowledge and practice and the factors affecting them, in DLs in Yazd – Iran. Meth...

Introduction: Oral diseases are among the most important worldwide infectious diseases. Due to drug resistance and the side effects of chemical drugs, the use of herbal medicines has increased. Scrophularia striata (S. striata) is a herbal flowering plant that is used in microbial infections. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of S. striata essential oil on denta...

Results The literature review regarding progression of the global dental tobacco interventions identified significant barriers such as lack of reimbursement and training for implementation to dental practice and dissemination and undergraduate education. Recent findings regarding the effects of smoking cessation on oral biofilms and those of tobacco extracts on virulence factor of periodontal p...