Acknowledgement Sincere appreciation now is expressed to the many volunteer workers and other persons, without whose cooperation and assistance the various aspects of this study would not have been possible, Special thanks are due Dr. Mamie JO Jones, and her staff, of the Georgia Department of Education, Services for Exceptional Children, and to Mrs. Louise Stewart, Executive Secretary, Georgia...

BACKGROUND A previous study has shown that dental practitioners in Benghazi believed that the less prevention-oriented education system is one of the barriers to applying preventive dentistry. OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and perceived competence of the dental graduates in Benghazi towards prevention and early management of dental caries. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based surv...

An adequate dentition is of importance for well-being and life quality. Despite advances in preventive dentistry, edentulism is still a major public health problem worldwide. In this narrative review, we provide a perspective on the pathways that link oral to general health. A better understanding of disease indicators is necessary for establishing a solid strategy through an organized oral hea...

AIMS To determine the self-assessed continuing professional development (CPD) needs of dental practitioners and identify how each discipline can best be served by a dental CPD programme. To set findings in the context of the available literature and contribute to the development of CPD programmes. METHOD Topics were arranged into eight disciplines: practice management; paediatric dentistry; p...

Denise Martins Carvalho* Master’s Candidate in Dentistry, field of Pediatric Dentistry; Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry; School of Dentistry. State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Mariana Salazar* Master’s in Dentistry, field of Pediatric Dentistry; Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry; School of Dentistry. State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) Branca Heloís...

Corresponding Author Dr. Nishat Shahi Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, M.M. College of Dental Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala. Contact : 08968140058 Email: [email protected]

statement of problem: pit and fissure sealant therapy has been approved as an effective measure in the prevention of occlusal dental caries. resin based ma- terials are the most common materials used worldwide. a variety of resin based fissure sealants are produced and used. most of them have been presented with ideal results in research environment. however, their effectiveness in the real lif...

1Sapna Prasanna, 2Anjan Giriraju, 3Nagesh Lakshmi Narayan 1Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India 2Postgraduate Student, Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka, India 3Professor and Head, Department of Preventive and Community Dentis...

1Reader, 2,3Professor, 4Professor and Head 1,4Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Himachal Institute of Dental Sciences, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh India 2Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Swami Devi Dyal Hospital and Dental College, Panchkula, Haryana India 3Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Dental Scien...