Oral lesions are an essential component of disease progression in HIV/AIDS patients and are related mostly to poor oral hygiene and low socioeconomic status. These lesions can further lead to nutritional and psychosocial problems in these patients. No study has been carried out in Pakistan to find out the relation between the frequency of oral lesions and poor oral hygiene as well as poor socio...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the periodontal and oral hygiene status of 18-year-old Lithuanian adolescents. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cross-sectional data were collected by a multistage sampling approach that was used to draw a representative sample of 1063 adolescents attending schools. In total, 20 schools from the alphabetical list of educational institutions in Lithuania...

BACKGROUND Several studies have recently demonstrated that a post-treatment communication to explain the importance of an oral hygiene can improve the orthodontic patients' compliance over a period of 66 days. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the effects of a structured follow-up communication after orthodontic appliance application on oral hygiene compliance after 30-40 days. METHO...

OBJECTIVE To assess and compare the oral hygiene and periodontal status among children with Poliomyelitis having upper limb disability, lower limb disability and both upper and lower disability at Udaipur city, Rajasthan, India. STUDY DESIGN Total sample comprised of 344 Poliomyelitis children (upper limb disability: 33.4%; lower limb disability: 33.7%; both upper and lower limb disability: 3...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of oral hygiene instruction, fluoride varnish and casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate (CPP-ACP) for remineralizing white spot lesions (WSL), and the effect of these on the dmft index in primary teeth. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In this 1-year, randomized clinical trial, 140 children aged 12-36 months with WSL in the anterior maxillary teeth ...

AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health status and oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL) in Iranian patients undergoing hemodialysis. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study 145 (95 dentate and 50 edentulous) patients undergoing hemodialysis participated. Demographic information, laboratory findings and dental health status was recorded by a standard form. Ora...

Objective: To evaluate the effects of fixed orthodontic treatment on gingival health. Materials and methods: In the present study 30 orthodontic patients under fixed mechanotherapy mean aged 19.82 years were selected. The selection criteria were: Treatment that consisted of full-mouth fixed orthodontic appliances. Exclusion criteria included patients with systemic disease, are on antibiotics or...

Background Gingival inflammation and periodontal disease are the common complications of fixed dental prosthesis. They can be overcome by good oral hygiene maintenance. Objective The objective of this study was to assess the oral hygiene and gingival condition in patients after placement of fixed dental prosthesis for a period of six months. It was also analyzed how factors like type of fixed d...

AIMS To assess oral hygiene knowledge, perceptions and practices, and assess oral hygiene status among school settings in rural Chennai, India. METHODS A pilot cross sectional study was done during August-September, 2013 in a rural school in Chennai, South India. A convenient sample of 100 secondary (6-8 standards) and higher secondary (9-10 standards) school students was taken. A modified ve...