The purpose of this study was to study the stability of teeth adjacent to posterior edentulous spaces and correlate it with patient age and time lapse since tooth loss. Dental casts, panoramic radiographs, and questionnaires of patients treated in a University setting were employed. Teeth adjacent and opposing posterior edentulous spaces were examined for the following parameters: Supraeruption...

This study assesses perceptions, memories and beliefs about tooth loss in a group of Japanese-Brazilian senior citizens, selecting forty individuals through a random sampling process, with inclusion criteria related to their background (Issei/Nissei) and oral status (edentulous/non-edentulous), divided into four groups, each with ten subjects. Home interviews were conducted with individuals com...

Changes that occurred in the pattern of tooth extraction in the last 13 years among a population of children in Nigerian were studied. The result of this study was then compared to that of a past study done in the same institution 13 years earlier. Information on age, gender, and indication of tooth extraction was collected prospectively from 379 consecutive patients who visited the outpatient ...

AIM The aim of this study was to identify the causes and patterns of tooth loss among Nigerian adults. BACKGROUND Tooth loss continues to be a major problem in clinical dentistry and has received significant attention in everyday dental practice. In Nigeria there is a discernible lack of current data that would explain the reasons and patterns of tooth loss from its different geopolitical zon...

tooth transplantation can be considered a valid and predictable treatment option for rehabilitating young patients with permanent teeth loss. this study presents several cases of successful autogenous tooth transplantation with a 6-9 months follow-up. tooth auto-transplantation can be considered a reasonable option for replacing missing teeth when a donor tooth is available. the auto-transplant...

. DENTAL CARIES-THE ROLE OF DIETARY S T A R C H . . C O R N S T A R C H SWEETENERS A N D DENTAL H E A L T H . . ORAL RETENTION OF FOOD A N D CARIES RISK . . NON-SUGAR SWEETENERS . MALNUTRITION A N D DENTAL CARIES . DIETARY CAUSES OF DENTAL EROSION . THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOOTH LOSS, DIET AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS . . THE INFLUENCE OF TOOTH LOSS O N THE DIGESTION O F FOODS . . THE INFLUENCE OF T...

Reasons for tooth loss is a crude index o f the dental health of a community, and was determined in a sample o f 600 Blacks on the Witwatersrand. Dental caries with or with­ out concurrent pathology was responsible for 67 per cent of tooth loss, periodontal disease for 19 per cent, trauma for 5 per cent, impacted teeth for 3 per cent and prosthetic reasons for 2 per cent. Dental caries was the ...