Obezite vücuda alınan enerjiyle harcanan enerji arasındaki dengesizlikten kaynaklanan morbidite ve mortalite oranını önemli ölçüde arttırtan kronik bir hastalıktır. prevalansı dünyada olduğu gibi ülkemizde de hızla artmaktadır. kardiyovasküler hastalıklar, diyabet, hipertansiyon, kanserler dizi hastalıkla ilişkili olup; orta derecede kilo kaybı ile komorbiditeleri azalmaktadır. aynı zamanda çür...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of caries-free children using DMFT and significant caries (SiC) indexes in different caries prevalence groups in cities of the region of Campinas, São Paulo State, Brazil. The methodology proposed by the World Health Organization (1997) was used for caries diagnosis in 2,378 individuals. According to the DMFT index obtained in each evaluated ...

The main aim of this paper is to present epidemiological indicators of oral health among six-year olds in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) and to analyze values of dmft index and dental treatment needs in order to identify differences in parts of the country. Another aim is to identify the needs from the public oral health care system in Bosnia and Herzegovina related to early permanent dentition by...

Objectives: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine whether there is a relationship between dmft (decayed, missing and filled primary teeth) index and Body Mass Index for age (BMI-%) in 6-year-old children. Study design: A census sample of 2197 healthy children(51.1% boys/48.9% girls) aged 72-84 months with a mean age of 77.52 ± 3.49 months was included. The dmft index and BM...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate whether poor oral hygiene is associated with carotid and popliteal arterial intima-media thickness, which is one of the predictors of future progression of sub-clinical atherosclerosis, and highsensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and fibrinogen levels. METHODS A specialised dentist checked the patients and selected 550 patients during periodont...

BACKGROUND To evaluate oral health in postmenopausal women and verify whether there is a correlation between tooth loss according to index of decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) and bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 100 women. The DMFT and its associations with lumbar and femoral BMD (T-score and g/cm) were assessed. Analysis of covariance and mu...

AIM To investigate the prevalence of dental caries and treatment needs in schoolchildren aged 7-14 years from Zagreb. METHODS Dental examinations based on the World Health Organization criteria were performed on 1168 children in the period 2009-2010. The teeth were clinically examined with standard dental instruments using visual-tactile method under standard dental light. We recorded the cli...