BACKGROUND AND AIM: Due to the inadequate of a toothbrush in cleaning of interdental areas and further advanced developing of the disease in this area, dental flossing seems essential. However, the developing of people’s using dental floss as a habit is difficult. The purpose of this paper is to determine the use of dental floss frequency in reducing plaque and the optimal dental floss daily us...

AIM To investigate the possible presence of H. pylori in subgingival dental plaque of children with upper gastrointestinal symptoms, as well as of their parents' and to detect any association between the presence of H. pylori and oral hygiene together with the periodontal status of children and their parents. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study comprised of 35 children with upper gastrointe...

The review deals with global position of the dental plaque, development of dental plaque and species involved and their pathogenicity. Streptococci are the initial colonizers in development of the dental plaque. They attach to the acquired pellicle on tooth surface and later on they show receptors for bonding with the secondary colonizers and late colonizers The conditions leading to the develo...

background: bacteria in dental plaque are one of the main factors causing periodontal disease. the aim was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of antimicrobial dentifrices with herbal extracts and conventional toothpaste with no antimicrobial action for improvement of oral hygiene  and reduction of gingival inflammation. methods: 48 volunteers with chronic marginal gingivitis were randoml...

o bjectives: gastric infection with helicobacter pylori may be one of the main causes of halitosis. this study was performed to evaluate the relationship of heli- cobacter pylori infection with halitosis. materials and methods : this case control study was performed on 44 dyspeptic patients with a mean age of 34.29±13.71 years (range 17 to 76 years). the case group included 22 patients with hal...

AIM The aim of present study was the assessment of association of helicobacter pylori of dental plaque and stomach in a more homogenous population and also to determine the diagnostic value of dental plaque for gastric infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS Based on the results of Rapid urease test (RUT) on specimens from gastric antrum, 88 patients with symptoms of dyspepsia were assigned into two...

The antibiotic sensitivity pattern of bacteria isolated from bacteraemia after dental extraction was compared with that of bacteria isolated from dental plaque samples from the same patient. The results supported the current practice of using penicillin and erythromycin empirically for prophylaxis. The prediction of the most appropriate antibiotic for prophylaxis using dental plaque samples was...

background and aim: toothbrushes cannot reach all interdental areas. interdental cleaning is an important part of oral hygiene care. the purpose of this study was to compare the supragingival plaque removal efficacy of an interdental cleaning power device (aquajet) and dental floss. materials and methods: thirty subjects were enrolled in this single-blind, split mouth clinical trial. all the su...

background and objective:   the aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical effects of a mouthwash containing sage (salvia officinalis) extracts on streptococcus mutans (sm) causing dental plaque in school-aged children. material and methods: a double blind clinical trial study was conducted in a dormitory on 70 girls aged 11-14 years having the same socioeconomic and oral hygiene conditions....

objective: the aim of this study was to investigate the existence of human t-lymphotropic virus type 1 (htlv-1) in subgingival plaque of htlv-1 seropositive pa-tients. materials and methods: a total of 18 patients including 13 females and fivemales, with a mean age of 37 years participated in this descriptive study. half of them were htlv-1 carriers and the others were in htlv-1 associated myel...