Objectives: To determine the periodontal health of pregnant women by using Community index treatment needs (CPITN). oral knowledge during pregnancy. correlation and hygiene practices with in women. compare health, different social classes Methods materials: A Cross-sectional study was carried out on 384 patients visiting gynea OPDs Mercy, Kuwait, prime teaching hospitals dental OPD Peshawar hos...

evaluation of periodontal status by cpitn among (35-44) – year – old population in khoramabad (2002) dr. f. haghighati* - dr. sh. salehi** - dr. r. valizadeh*** * - associate professor of periodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran university of medical sciences. **-assistant professor of periodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran university of medical sciences. ***- dentist. bac...

Scanning the literature reveals that in India there is little data available relating to dental health in mentally challenged. The study aims to determine prevalence of dental caries, oral health status, and periodontal needs in mentally challenged individuals of North Indian population. The cross-sectional study was conducted among patients attending a special education program at Faculty of D...

Objective: Diabetes mellitus has multiple effects on oral tissues. Oral symptoms especially periodontal disease and recurrent bacterial and fungal infections seem to vary in patients with different body mass index. The aim of this study was to investigate periodontal treatment needs Index in patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and its relation with body mass index (BMI). Materials and M...

background & objective : there are over 3 million mental retarded all over the world. so that promotion of oral and dental health of these patients is one of the major challenges in every society. this study was conducted to determine the periodontal treatment needs for these patients in tabriz institutes.   materials & methods : three hundred and eighty six mental retarded patients between 4 t...

Introduction: The available literature on the topic is inconclusive and sometime taking less parameters in consideration. Moreover, there no published data local population. Objectives: To determine compare salivary flow rate, pH, total proteins, alpha amylase periodontitis patients based community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN) score. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional st...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: CPITN, communiy periodontal index treatment needs; PSR, periodontal screening & recording; hBD 1, human beta defensin 1; hBD2, human beta defensin 2; LPS, lipopolysaccharides; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-alpha; IL-1β, interleukin-1 beta; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; PBS, phosphate buffered saline; ABTS, 2’-azino-bis-3-et...