Background: The implementation of the self-cleaning practice is fundamental importance for maintenance oral health and to remove human dental biofilm which considered main etiological factor development caries periodontal diseases. Objective: This study aimed evaluate use chewing gum, Rolly Brush® apples as forms mechanical control removal in absence brushing. Materials Methods: Eighteen volunt...

BACKGROUND Clinical validation of laboratory toothbrushing tests has important advantages. It was, therefore, the aim to demonstrate correlation of tooth cleaning efficiency of a new robot brushing simulation technique with clinical plaque removal. METHODS Clinical programme: 27 subjects received dental cleaning prior to 3-day-plaque-regrowth-interval. Plaque was stained, photographically doc...

The majority of gastrointestinal (GI) foreign bodies (FBs) discovered in adults are the result of intentional ingestion, most of which are found in patients with a preexisting psychiatric illness, with substance abuse disorders, or in people seeking secondary gain. No similar case of internal injuries following unintentional ingestion of a barbecue grill cleaning brush bristle has been reported...

statement of problem: fixed orthodontic appliances in the oral cavity make tooth cleaning procedures more complicated. objectives: this study aimed to compare the efficacy of computerized oral hygiene instruction with verbal technique among fixed orthodontic patients referred to the evening clinic of orthodontics of shiraz dental school. materials and methods: a single-blind study was performed...

The ability to afford needed dental care is the key difference between those children who miss school due to a dental problem and those who do not. Among all school age children, those who need dental care but cannot afford it are more likely to miss one or more school days due to dental problems Of the 7,240,000 school age children ages 5-17 in California, an estimated 504,000 (7%) missed at l...

OBJECTIVES We tested a dental health program in remote Aboriginal communities of Australia's Northern Territory, hypothesizing that it would reduce dental caries in preschool children. METHODS In this 2-year, prospective, cluster-randomized, concurrent controlled, open trial of the dental health program compared to no such program, 30 communities were allocated at random to intervention and c...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate self-reported oral health attitude and behavior among a group of Turkish dental students and to compare differences in oral health attitudes between years of study and gender. METHODS This study included 267 (153 female, 114 male) dental students. A modified English version of Hiroshima University Dental-Behavioral Inventory (HU-DBI) which ...

Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB) is a group of rare, genetic skin disorders characterized by fragility and blistering to minimal trauma. All oral surfaces may be involved, including the tongue, buccal mucosa, palate, floor of the mouth and gingiva. Common oral findings of the disease include microstomia, intraoral ulcerations and bullae formation, ankyloglossia, tongue atrophy, elimination of buccal ...