background. this study aimed to evaluate whether the parents’ knowledge about the adverse effects of oral habits and dentoskeletal discrepancies would improve by an educational pamphlet. methods. a parallel-group randomized clinical trial was conducted on parents in kindergartens of shiraz, iran, 2013. the parents completed a designed questionnaire to determine the pre-intervention score. the s...

background: the purpose of this study was to evaluate oral health attitude and behavior of a group of turkish children aged between 6-12 years. methods : a sample of 139 children attending marmara university dentistry school (muds) department of pediatrics den­tistry be­tween december 2002 to april 2003 was selected. results : the mean age for girls was 8.82 yr (sd=2.06) and for boys was 8.87 y...

background there is a dearth of epidemiologic studies that provide important information to understand the incidence, prevalence and severity of oral lesions in patients with tuberculosis (tb). objectives this study aimed to determine the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and adverse habits among hospitalized tb patients. patients and methods the study was conducted on all the tb patients (n =...

background: the role of retinoblastoma (rb) protein in cell cycle regulation prompted us to take up this study with the aim of assessing its role in the progression of oral cancer and to correlate with various clinicopathological parameters, including habits such as smoking, paan chewing, and alcoholism. materials and methods: this observational study included surgical specimens from 10 apparen...

Oral habits, if persist beyond certain developmental age, can pose great harm to the developing teeth, occlusion, and surrounding oral tissues. In the formative years, almost all children engage in some non-nutritive sucking habits. Clinicians, by proper differential diagnosis and thorough understanding of natural growth and developmental processes, should take a decision for intervening. This ...

BACKGROUND A variety of oral mucosal lesions and conditions are associated with the habit of smoking and chewing tobacco, and many of these carry a potential risk for the development of cancer. There have been no studies that report the prevalence of habits and associated oral changes in the population in Dharwad region, of Karnataka, south India. MATERIALS AND METHODS A hospital-based, cross...

This study investigated the prevalence of oral habits in children with clefts aged three to six years, compared to a control group of children without clefts in the same age range, and compared the oral habits between children with clefts with and without palatal fistulae. The sample was composed of 110 children aged 3 to 6 years with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate and 110 children wi...

Many oral diseases and conditions, including dental caries (cavities) and malocclusions, have their origins early in life. Prudent anticipatory guidance by the medical and dental professions can help prevent many of the more common oral health problems. This article provides information on the rationale for early dental examination and instructions for pediatric and family practitioners in sche...

AIM The present study was designed to investigate oral hygiene habits and fluoride use in cystic fibrosis (CF) homozygotes, heterozygotes and healthy controls as a function of caries experience (DMF-T) and oral cleanliness (dental plaque, dental calculus and gingival bleeding). METHODS Oral hygiene habits in CF homozygotes (n=42), heterozygotes (n=48) and healthy controls (n=62) were used in ...