Background:Despite the efforts, the level of dental caries remains prevalent in developed countries It has increased in developing countries due to dietary changes. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an educational intervention on the oral health of students in Chabahar city.   Methods: This quasi-experimental study carried out on 200 students selected with systematic cluster s...

Background and objectives: Black mulberry (Morus nigra L.) is well-known for its nutritional and medicinal values. Traditionally, the fruits have been used for treatment of mouth and throat inflammations. The aim of this study was evaluation of the effect of black mulberry fruit juice for treatment of gingivitis. Methods: The study was a randomized dou...

Background: Mouthwashes are adjunct to regular brushing and flossing. Chlorhexidine is considered as a gold standard among mouth rinses. However, the most commonly known side effects include discolouration of teeth tongue particularly on dorsum part. Hence study was conducted evaluate effectiveness Bromelain rinse in gingival inflammation bacterial plaque adolescents.
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background:despite the efforts, the level of dental caries remains prevalent in developed countries it has increased in developing countries due to dietary changes. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of an educational intervention on the oral health of students in chabahar city. methods: this quasi-experimental study carried out on 200 students selected with systematic cluster sampl...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this twenty-eight day, randomized, single-blind clinical trial was to assess the efficacy of the addition of daily oral irrigation to both power and manual tooth brushing, compared to a traditional regimen of manual tooth brushing and flossing, to determine which regimen had the greatest effect on the reduction of gingival bleeding, gingivitis, and supragingival plaque....

Objective: The study was conducted to compare the performance of three interdental products to dental floss in the control and removal of plaque, and in the reduction of gingivitis. • Methodology: One-hundred and twenty subjects were screened for the presence of interproximal sites of a size suitable for a GUM® Go-Betweens® cleaner, and for being in compliance with inclusion and exclusion crite...

Introduction/ Objectives: There exists a large number of papers that are published in around 500 journals within dentistry. Most of these published papers are observational studies with fewer experimental studies. Main objective of the present article is to provide basic knowledge of the study designs, qualitative and quantitative data, framing questions for designing a research for different t...

background and aims. the goal of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of a standard oral hygiene routine (daily tooth brushing and flossing) along with cetylpyridinium chloride (cpc) mouthwash in comparison to the same pro-tocol without mouthwash in chronic periodontitis patients during a 14-day period. materials and methods. this comparative study was carried out or 50 non-smoking ...

midwives may play an important role in oral health promotion of pregnant women, whom they are in close contact with. our aim was to evaluate an educational intervention on the oral health attitude and practices among the junior midwifery students of tehran university of medical sciences in 2010.the junior midwifery students were divided into intervention (n=29) and control (n=33) groups. the in...