BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Dental and periodontal disease are potentially involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We investigated whether dental and periodontal status is associated with the presence and future progression of carotid stenosis. METHODS We randomly selected 411 of 1268 participants from the prospective Inflammation and Carotid Artery Risk for Atherosclerosis Study and eval...

Background and Objective: This study identifies the prevalence severity of periodontal diseases in a given population Sulaimani using Community Periodontal Index Treatment Needs (CPITN) attempts to find relation CPITN with age, sex, location, visit dentist, tooth brushing, use mouth wash interdental aids, systemic disease, smoking status missing teeth. Methods: examinations were performed CPITN...

BACKGROUND Behçet's disease (BD) is a chronic, relapsing, systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology. The involvement of oral mucosal surfaces represents the onset feature of the disease in the majority of patients. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the periodontal status of BD patients and then compare with recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) patients and healthy controls. We als...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Teachers and healthcare providers play an essential role in raising the level of awareness and knowledge and serve as a model for different aspects of healthcare. Primary school healthcare providers with the necessary education could improve the oral health of the students. One of the methods for evaluating oral health is the assessment of p...

The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the periodontal status of orthodontic patients and non-orthodontic patients, aged 15-28 years, of both genders. The cross-sectional study included 100 orthodontic and 100 non-orthodontic patients evaluated using a Community Periodontal Index for Treatment Need (CPITN) probe on the index teeth. A questionnaire was distributed to the partici...

The aim of this cohort study was to determine whether periodontitis and gingivitis are associated with impaired salivary antioxidant status and increased oxidative injury. One hundred and twenty-nine patients attending a routine dental check-up were recruited for the study. Periodontal disease status was characterized using the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) system. Tota...

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship of orthodontic malocclusion with periodontal status, dental caries, and sociodemographic status. Our study population consisted of a sample of 836 school children (384 male and 452 female, aged 11-14 years). Four experienced orthodontists and two experienced periodontists performed the clinical examinations. The Treatment Priority Index (T...