conclusions the pregnancy adaptation training package increased the adaptation and maternal-fetal attachment scores in pregnant women with a history of baby loss. results before the intervention, there were no statistically significant differences between the study and control groups in terms of maternal-fetal attachment (p = 0.280) and adaptation to pregnancy (p = 0.883). however, following th...

objective: periodontal diseases are common in the society and some researchers suggested an association between rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and periodontal diseases. the present study was carried out to evaluate the so-called association in iranian adults. materials and methods: in this case-control study, the samples were recruited from patients referred to loghman hospital, tehran, during 2004-...

abstract: background and aim:  micro-ultrasonic tips are similar to hand instruments in their clinical application of subgingival scaling.  in spite of their favorable results, excessive penetration of mini-insert ultrasonic scalers to the bottom of gingival pocket may cause harmful effects. the aim of this study was to evaluate the immediate effect of root instrumentation with gracey curettes ...

different studies have reported contradictory results about the effect of osteoporosis on periodontal status. we performed this study to evaluate the periodontal status of menopausal women by methods with enough accuracy and confidence.this study was performed based on the evaluation of bone mineral density using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry in 2010. a total of 60 patients who met the inclu...

background: periodontitis is common in adults and cardiovascular diseases (cvd) are the most common cause of adult death in the world. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between cvd and periodontitis. methods: sixty patients with myocardial infarction (mi) as case and 63 subjects with periodontitis without mi as control were studied. periodontitis was assessed according to ramfjor...

Introduction: Parents' attachment to the child is an intimate,warm and continuous relationship which is the basis of the natural development of the child. Attachment starts long before birth, and is affected by a variety of factors that are not definitively recognized. Also, several interventions have been proposed for improving it that their effectiveness has not yet been determined. Given the...

This study examined the naturally occurring dimensions of the dentogingival junction in 10 adult human cadaver jaws. The connective tissue attachment, epithelial attachment, loss of attachment, and sulcus depth were measured histomorphometrically for 171 tooth surfaces. Mean measurements were 1.34 +/- 0.84 mm for sulcus depth; 1.14 +/- 0.49 mm for epithelial attachment; 0.77 +/- 0.32 mm for con...