Very little is known about the potential relationship between welfare state regimes and oral health. This study assessed the oral health of adults in a range of European countries clustered by welfare regimes according to Ferrera's typology and the complementary Eastern type. We analysed data from Eurobarometer wave 72.3, a cross-sectional survey of 31 European countries carried out in 2009. We...

BACKGROUND In view of the importance of neutral zone in complete denture construction, it was thought feasible to determine the relation between the centre of the alveolar ridge crest in relation to the neutral zone in a buccolingual direction which will help in positioning of the teeth in a region of minimum conflict so that the stability of the denture is enhanced. MATERIALS & METHODS The p...

OBJECTIVES To study the relationship between income and edentulousness and having a functional dentition from 1975 to 2002, and to examine whether or not the findings can be characterized as a social gradient. METHODS Four datasets were collected by personal interviews and precoded questionnaires by Statistics Norway in 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2002. The datasets were representative of the non-in...

BACKGROUND Periodontal disease has been found to be a potential risk factor for coronary heart disease. However, its association with cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs) is much less studied. METHODS This study examines the association between periodontal disease and CVA. The study cohort comprises 9962 adults aged 25 to 74 years who participated in the First National Health and Nutrition Examin...

background: the objectives of this study were to evaluate the prevalence of edentulousness, patient's perception on dietary changes resulting from tooth loss and to identify the disparity between actual and patient perceived need to replace missing teeth in an elderly rural population in south india. methods: a cross sectional study using the systematic cluster sampling method was used to selec...

A 47-year-old patient with no history in her medical presented to the department unimaxillary edentulousness rehabilitated by an ill-fitting prosthesis. Intraoral, we note presence of a sessile leaflet lesion characteristic “double lip” appearance maxillary mucosa. The treatment consisted surgical excision + muccoperiosteal sutures tissue conditioning KER FITT periodic checks creation new

Background: Oral health status and oral health problems can affect eating habits and thus consequently the nutritional status of frail older people. Objectives: To assess older service house residents' dentition and its associations with nutritional status and eating habits, and as well as to explore the prognostic value of dentition status for mortality. Design: A cross-sectional study with a ...

Objective: To evaluate the association between type 2 diabetes mellitus and the reduction of mandibular residual ridge in completely edentulous patients wearing complete dentures and to investigate the effect of gender, age and years of edentulousness/ denture wearing on ridge resorption on both groups. Methods: Seventy-two (36 men and 36 women) with a mean age 63.5 years (range of 52 to 73 yea...