AIM The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the relationship between childhood obesity and dental caries, in paediatric subjects, through the use of two methods of diagnosis of overweight-obesity: Body Mass Index (BMI), and Dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA). METHODS A total of 107 healthy patients, aged between 6 and 12 years (53.3% females, 46.7% males) were include...

Objective: To determine the dental health of children with Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) and to evaluate parents’ knowledge importance oral risk Bacterial Endocarditis. Material Methods: This research included 140 divided into study group (80 CHD) control (60 healthy children). The were from different parts Kosova, aged between 3-15. parents asked complete a questionnaire containing demograph...

Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION From a microscopic ab-initio point of view, a solid material is an interacting many-particle system involving both ions and electrons. However, according to the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (Born and Oppenheimer, 1927), the ions and electrons can be treated separately. Indeed, many properties of solids can be well described by the electronic degree of freedom, whil...

Objectives: The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine whether there is a relationship between dmft (decayed, missing and filled primary teeth) index and Body Mass Index for age (BMI-%) in 6-year-old children. Study design: A census sample of 2197 healthy children(51.1% boys/48.9% girls) aged 72-84 months with a mean age of 77.52 ± 3.49 months was included. The dmft index and BM...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate whether poor oral hygiene is associated with carotid and popliteal arterial intima-media thickness, which is one of the predictors of future progression of sub-clinical atherosclerosis, and highsensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and fibrinogen levels. METHODS A specialised dentist checked the patients and selected 550 patients during periodont...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate caries and dental fluorosis among Mexican preschoolers and school-aged children in a non-endemic zone for fluorosis and to measure its biological indicators. METHODS DMFT, DMFS, dmft, dmfs, and CDI indexes were applied. Fluoride urinary excretion and fluoride concentrations in home water, table salt, bottled water, bottled drinks, and toothp...

AIM The relationship between bone mineral density (BMD), age and dental caries has been studied. Quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) is an economic, non invasive, and reproducible method for measuring both bone mineral density and bone elasticity in growing subjects in large populations. METHODS This study evaluated the relationship between BMD and prevalence of dental caries (Decayed Missing ...

Objective To determine the dental caries experience and treatment needs among 5-year-olds in Albania. Research Design This cross sectional study was conducted in 2015 by using a cluster sampling technique. The dmft was used to assess dental caries experience and caries prevalence as percentages of children with dmf⟩0. Caries treatment needs were assessed with dt/dmft x 100, missing teeth with...