The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge and practice behaviors of one state's internists and endocrinologists who treat patients with any type of diabetes. A thirty-five-item questionnaire was mailed to 1,000 internists and 115 endocrinologists in North Carolina. Questions were open and closed ended and Likert-scaled. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis were utilized. The...

A previous Nigerian study had reported high incidence of periodontal disease in young Nigerians though global studies show the contrary. Aim: To determine the periodontal status and treatment needs of adolescents attending private and public secondary schools in Ibadan, south-western Nigeria. Methods: One thousand, five hundred and twenty two secondary school children in Ibadan were assessed. S...

Contributors: 1Professor & Head, Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, New Horizon Dental College, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India; 2Post-graduate Student, Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, New Horizon Dental College, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India. Correspondence: Dr. Thilagrani PR. Department of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics, New Horizon Dental Colleg...

A comprehensive plan for periodontal disease (PD) care in Taiwan provides non-surgical and supportive periodontal treatment. The aim of this study was to determine whether the care plan could improve the oral health-related quality of life of patients with PD.This study was conducted by purposive sampling and a quasi-experimental design. Patients with PD were assigned to either comprehensive pe...

BACKGROUND: Clinical (normative) and subjective (self-assessment) evaluation of caries and periodontal diseases have been reported to demonstrate a significant disparity. The dental public health team is obligated to recognize and understand this gap. The objectives of the study were to investigate the practical values of using questionnaires (self-perceived assessment) as compared to clinical ...

The impact of smoking on general health has been widely studied and is directly related to several important medical problems including cancer, low birth weight, and pulmonary and cardiovascular disease. In the past 25 years, there has also been an increasing awareness of the role of cigarette consumption in oral health problems such as periodontal disease. Smoking is considered the major risk ...

georgia is a country with a human development index (hdi) score of 0.733. significant deterioration in socio-economic conditions in the 1990s caused serious health problems in the population including oral health. since then, there has not been an epidemiological survey of dental diseases among the adult population in georgia.the pathfinder survey- cluster- stratified method derived by who was ...

background: there have been speculations about the effects of hormonal changes and socio-demographic factors on periodontal health during pregnancy.objective: according to the lack of sufficient epidemiologic information about the periodontal status of pregnant women in yazd, this study was accomplished to determine the changes of community periodontal index for treatment needs (cpitn) during p...

BACKGROUND Contemporary neurobiology, periodontal medicine, and immunology are now focusing on the relationship between chronic periodontitis and systemic diseases, which also include Alzheimer's disease (AD). However a causative relationship between dementia and periodontitis has yet to be confirmed. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to determine whether periodontal health status and cognit...

BACKGROUND This study aims to determine whether periodontal conditions or dental health behaviors are risk factors for preterm birth (PTB), and whether periodontal pathogens are risk indicators for PTB among Korean mothers. METHODS This study was designed as a hospital-based case-control study. Examiner masking was ensured for the validity of the examinations. The mothers included those who g...