Aim. To assess self-reported halitosis, oral hygiene practices, oral health conditions, general health problems, sociodemographic factors, and behavioural and psychological characteristics among workers in Ilala and Temeke municipals. Materials and Methods. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Four hundred workers were recruited using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Resul...

Dental trauma generally requires multidisciplinary planning and treatment for good prognosis. When immature teeth are traumatized to a degree where pulp necrosis ensues, the objective of root canal treatment should be apexogenesis and root maturation. Apexification of the root is the conventional choice, which involves cleaning the canal and filling it with a temporary medication that stimulate...

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a gram-negative coccobacillus which is a very rare cause of bacterial endocarditis. Preexisting cardiac lesions are a main contributing factor, and antibiotic prophylaxis has long been felt necessary before dental or other manipulation to prevent endocarditis. Penicillin in combination with an aminoglycoside has been the most often used treatment regimen....

OBJECTIVES To determine oral health status, dental treatment needs, and to identify barriers that prevent easy access to dental care by elderly care home residents in Lodz. BACKGROUND Studies in many countries show that oral health status of elderly care home residents is poor and there is an urgent need to improve it. METHODS The study included 259 care home residents, aged 65 years and ol...

The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the cleaning effect of CO(2) on surface topography and composition of failed dental implant surfaces. Ten failed dental implants were retrieved from nine patients (mean age, 46.33 +/- 5.81 years) as a result of early or late failure. The implants were divided into two parts: one side of the implant was irradiated with a CO(2) laser (test side), whil...

Evidence suggests that stopping oral anticoagulation with warfarin is not necessary in patients requiring low-risk dental procedures and may actually increase thrombosis risk. However, widespread belief remains among dentists that stopping oral anticoagulation for dental procedures is necessary. The purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching practice of U.S. dental faculty responsibl...

AIM To describe the oral health status and investigate factors affecting dental caries experience among children with cerebral palsy (CP) in rural Bangladesh. METHOD A cross-sectional study was conducted among children with CP who are part of the Bangladesh Cerebral Palsy Register (BCPR) study. Caries experience was measured by identifying decayed, missing, and filled teeth for deciduous and ...

Veterinary dentistry is constantly progressing. The purpose of this document is to provide guidelines for the practice of companion animal dentistry for the veterinary profession. Dental care is necessary to provide optimum health and optimize quality of life. Untreated diseases of the oral cavity are painful and can contribute to local and systemic diseases. This article includes guidelines fo...

The field of endodontics is devoted to the study and treatment of tissues inside (endo) the tooth (dontia). When a nerve within a tooth becomes necrotic andor infected, socalled root canal therapy might be considered. In this case, a dental practitioner cleans and widens the inner root canal system by chemical irrigation and mechanical instrumentation with respect to the original canal morpholo...

BACKGROUND Advances in orthodontics are leading to the use of minimally invasive technologies, such as transparent removable aligners, and are able to meet high demands in terms of performance and esthetics. However, the most correct method of cleaning these appliances, in order to minimize the effects of microbial colonization, remains to be determined. PURPOSE The aim of the present study w...