PURPOSE To provide an overview on diagnosis, risk factors and prevention of erosive tooth wear, which is becoming an increasingly important factor when considering the long- term health of the dentition. RESULTS Awareness of dental erosion by the public is still not widespread due to the cryptic nature of this slowly progressing condition. Smooth silky-glazed appearance with the absence of pe...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to describe oral health behaviour the individuals and determine relationship level knowledge participants about dental procedures their personal variables. Methods: total number who answered questionnaire was 575. Oral behaviours were assessed according tooth brushing frequency, floss or interdental brush use, when last time he/she went dentist reason for...

In present scenario, restoring non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) is clinically common. Major reasons for this are increased elderly population, the decreasing levels of tooth loss, and possible increase in etiologies. These factors poor brushing technique due to which gums recede, consumption corrosive foods beverages, occlusal stress concentrators (occlusal disorders, premature contact, cle...

This research aimed to explore gender differences in nutritional, odontological and psychological patterns of adolescent students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order achieve study’s aim, 127 (17.61 ± 7.43 years) completed an online questionnaire which analysed variables regarding their psychological, oral health, physical activity profiles habits crisis. Students showed a higher weekly alcoh...

BACKGROUND Tooth wear has a multifactorial etiology, thus it should be assessed within a multiple-variable framework. The objective of this investigation was to assess the association of dietary habits and parental-reported sleep tooth grinding (STG) with tooth wear in children with mixed dentition. METHODS One hundred twenty-one (N = 121) subjects (mean age 9.6 years) participated in a cross...

OBJECTIVE An earlier clinical study demonstrated that brushing with a commercial Arm & Hammer dentifrice containing baking soda physically removed significantly more plaque than brushing with either of two commercial dentifrices which did not contain baking soda. However, little has been done to confirm these results and to compare baking soda-containing dentifrices with more recently commercia...

Brushing teeth is very influential in the process of child development. Dental health problems children that arise are damage to primary teeth, dental caries early childhood, deyaced under 6 years age. Tooth brushing education important for childhood as an effort prevent problems. Storytelling was chosen educational method because it interesting and easily accepted by childhood. To describe app...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between toothbrushing habits of 8-9 year-olds and maternal behaviours and attitudes towards oral health in a sample of Japanese population. METHODS Cross-sectional data on mothers' behaviours and attitudes towards oral health and children's toothbrushing habits were collected from 378 mother-child pairs by self-administered questionnaires. Logistic regress...

OBJECTIVES Treatment of dental discolorations with external bleaching is becoming very common in dentistry, however, possible irreversible alterations on enamel surface due to bleaching procedures is a topic of discussion. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical effects of bleaching by measuring the dental plaque accumulation on human enamel and tooth discoloration in vivo. STUDY D...