systemic antibiotics in conjunction with scaling and root planing (srp), can offer an additional benefi t over srp alone in the treatment of periodontitis, in terms of clinical attachment loss (cal) and pocket depth change, and reduced risk of additional cal loss. however, antibiotics are not innocuous drugs. their use should be justifi ed on the basis of a clearly established need and should n...

aim and background: complex nature of children`s affectionate problems requires assessment and usage of modern treatments. the present study aimed to investigate the effects of attachment-based therapy on depression symptoms in girl students of primary school who had attachment problems. methods and materials: this study was an empirical plan with pretest-posttest, follow up and control group. ...

Periodontal pocketing, attachment loss, bone loss, and subgingival inflammation are among the clinical signs of periodontitis. Periodontal pockets and subgingival inflammation give evidence of actual periodontal infection, whereas attachment loss and bone loss are symptoms of former periodontitis that has caused tissue destruction in the past. Several clinical or radiographic methods are used t...

OBJECTIVE Different studies have reported contradictory results about the effect of osteoporosis on periodontal status. We performed this study to evaluate the periodontal status of menopausal women by methods with enough accuracy and confidence. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was performed based on the evaluation of bone mineral density using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry in 2010. A tot...

OBJECTIVE The relationship of the levels of cariogenic bacterial species with periodontal status and decayed root surfaces was investigated in elderly Japanese subjects. METHODS Three hundred and sixty-eight individuals (each 75 years old) were examined for periodontal status (pocket depth, attachment loss), root surface caries and salivary levels of mutans streptococci (MS) and lactobacilli ...

Objective : To study the relationship between vitamin C and the severity of periodontitis Materials and Methods : The study population consis ted of subjects from the Malabar/Purbasari tea estate on West Java, Indonesia. In 2002, clinical measurements were performed in 128 subjects, including evaluation of plaque, bleeding on probing, pocket depth and attachment loss. In 2005, 123 out of 128 su...