BACKGROUND Preterm-low birth weight delivery is a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality in sub Saharan Africa and has been linked to poor periodontal health during pregnancy. This study investigated predisposing and enabling factors as Determinants of oral health indicators in pregnancy as well as the association between periodontal problems at 7 months gestational age and the infants' ...

BACKGROUND Evidence from Western countries indicates that there are fundamental discrepancies between self-perceived illness of immigrants and the provision of health care, according to the Western bio-medical health service model. These need to be understood in the planning and implementation stages of public health care programs for new immigrants. The objectives of the present study were to ...

I t has been estimated that as many as 60 million consumers in the United States have periodontal disease, an estimated 35% ofthe adult population needing care.l It is now possible, utilizing evidence-based technology and supported care, that active periodontal disease with 6 mm of pocket depth or less can be controlled successfully and periodontal health maintained. Pocket depths greater than ...

I n 2005, the American Academy of Periodontology undertook the development of guidelines for the management of patients with periodontitis. The development process took into consideration the latest research in the field of periodontics, comments from Academy members, and input from other dental organizations. The final product – Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Periodontal Diseas...

I n 2005, the American Academy of Periodontology undertook the development of guidelines for the management of patients with periodontitis. The development process took into consideration the latest research in the field of periodontics, comments from Academy members, and input from other dental organizations. The final product – Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Periodontal Diseas...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the effects of oral hygiene care by oral professionals on periodontal health in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diabetic participants were recruited at a university hospital and matched at a 1:1 ratio by age and gender, and randomly allocated into intervention (40 people) and control groups (35 people). Tooth brushing instructio...

Background. Oral infection models have emerged as useful tools to study the hypothesis that infection is a cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor. Periodontal infections are a leading culprit, with studies reporting associations between periodontal disease and CVD. The results, however, have varied, and it often is unclear what conclusions can be drawn from these data. Summary. An association...

Periodontitis is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases. The etiology is clearly bacterial and a number of putative bacterial pathogens have been associated with the disease, including Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Tannerella forsythus and Porphyromonas gingivalis. Comparatively, little attention has been paid to the identification of health-associated and potentially ben...

Periodontal disease has not been well characterized in the cat, and it is not known if foline tooth resorptions (FR) are equivalent to those observed in humans and dogs. The aim of this study was to investigate the difforent patterns of periodontal inflammation in cats, and to evaluate their prevalence in a standardized healthy population (n=109). Particular emphasis was placed on the potential...