BACKGROUND Oral cancer is the 2nd most common cause of death due to cancer in the south-western coastal region of Taiwan; the standardized mortality of oral cancer is higher than elsewhere in the world. According to the evidence, alcohol, betel-nut and cigarette (ABC) consumption cause oral, nasopharyngeal and related cancers. This study describes the relationships between ABC consumers and hea...

AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of school children towards oral health. SETTINGS AND DESIGN Descriptive study. MATERIALS AND METHODS School children (n=700) aged between 10 to 14 years in a Davangere school were recruited into this study. The subjects completed a questionnaire that aimed to evaluate young school children's behavior, knowledge, ...

BACKGROUND Wearing a dental prosthesis is known to increase oral candidal colonization and predispose the wearer to oral candidosis. Denture wearers frequently use fingers to take the prosthesis out of their mouth. Oral Candida, if present may contaminate wearer's finger. The objective of this study was to investigate the simultaneous candidal colonization of oral cavity and fingertips of compl...

The triggers for the onset of oral diseases are still poorly understood. The aim of this study was to characterize the oral bacterial community in healthy humans and its association with nutrition, oral hygiene habits, and the release of the inflammatory marker IL-8 from gingival epithelial cells (GECs) with and without stimulation by bacterial endotoxins to identify possible indicator operatio...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of Body Mass Index (BMI) on oral hygiene practices of adolescents in Bhopal City, India. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Arts College, Bhopal, from February to March 2014. METHODOLOGY Aconvenience sample of 17 - 23 years college-going adolescents from Arts College, Bhopal city was selected for the study. Self-reported question...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to gather data on infant feeding habits and oral hygiene practices of Hong Kong preschool children, on the dental knowledge and attitudes of their caregivers and on the oral health status of the same group of children. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SAMPLE AND METHODS Data was gathered for a total of 369 boys and 297 girls (207 1-year-olds, 269 2-year-olds ...

Erratum After publication of this research article [1], we noticed a mistake in the names of two of the authors. Olusegun V Osho name should be Olusegun V Oshomoji, and Nneka M Chukumah name should be Nneka M. Chukwumah. This has been now corrected. We apologise for any inconvenience. et al. Association between knowledge ofcaries preventive practices, preventive oral health habits of parents an...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the reliability and validity of Arabic Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (AREALD-30) in Saudi Arabia. METHODS A convenience sample of 200 subjects was approached, of which 177 agreed to participate giving a response rate of 88.5%. Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry (REALD-99), was translated into Arabic to prepare the longer and shorter versions o...