Five hundred eighty patients underwent diagnostic flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy: during June 1988 to March 1993 at the bronchoscopy center of Kerman university of medical sciences. Seventy six specimens were obtained from patients with bronchogenic carcinoma and 155 from patients with benign disease of the lung. The efficiency of brushing and washing techniques was compared with forceps b...

Aim: To compare the effect of peer led and professional oral health education on knowledge, attitude practicesof child bearing age females. Methods: The design for this study was a randomized controlled trial in which changes practices were compared after providing professional-led education.480 females BHU Raiwind 500 Araiyaan randomly selected study. Brushing frequency, brushing timing fluori...

the role of self-efficacy and factors of health belief model in dental patients’ brushing and flossing    badri gargari r [1] , salek hadadian n [2]    received : 29 des , 2010 accepted: 13 feb , 2011   abstract:  background & aims: the self-efficacy and the health belief model (hbm) were utilized to understand brushing and flossing self-care in tabriz private dental clinics.  materials & metho...

PURPOSE Routine toothbrushing is the principal method by which individuals remove plaque and control plaque-related diseases, such as periodontitis and caries. Oral health care professionals generally recommend at least 2 minutes brushing with an appropriate technique, and yet the average brushing time in the general population is closer to 45 seconds. Our understanding of the relationship betw...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: scrubbing is the most common brushing method for children. the goal of our study was to find out what time length of scrubbing could be most effective on the reduction of plaque index among children of 10 to 12 years. materials and methods: in this interventional experimental research, 60 primary school children...