Introduction/Objective. Factors such as nature of psychiatric disorder, length hospitalization and oralside effects psychotropic medications may considerably contribute to high prevalence oral diseases among people with schizophrenia, a consequent need for prosthetic rehabilitation. The aim this study was ascertain the health level rehabilitated patients schizophrenia consider their needs futur...

Background: The aim of this study is to quantify chemotherapy agents in the saliva oncology patients undergoing intravenous treatment, and evaluate oral periodontal clinical modifications possible correlations between them. Materials Methods: was conducted on 29 treatment with cisplatin, oxaliplatin or gemcitabine. Three total samples were gathered from each patient three key points regarding c...

Background: Evaluation of existing oral health services showed that it is predominantly urban oriented, mostly curative in nature and accessible mainly to small a part of population, i.e., privileged few. Periodontal diseases are more prevalent in a rural population than the urban population. The socio demographic profi le is highly contrasting between the urban and rural population. It is esse...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the oral health status of women with high-risk pregnancies. METHODS A case-control study of 142 pregnant women was conducted. The case group included 81 pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies, while 61 women with normal pregnancies served as controls. The following variables were recorded for each woman: age, general health status, DMF, CPITN, a...

PURPOSE The determination of the relationship between the mineral status of the organism and the number of teeth present and periodontal condition in women after menopause. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study covered 65 postmenopausal women with partial loss of dentition, mean age was 66.2 years. The group was divided into 3 subgroups: healthy, with osteopenia and with osteoporosis. The division w...

PURPOSE The aim of the study was the evaluation of parodontium according to Community Peridental Index of Treatment Needs (CPITN) index in 455 students of The Medical and Dentistry Department of The Medical University of Białystok. MATERIAL AND METHODS After the examination, the students filled a survey according to their own project concerning hygienic habits as well as smoking, sweet intake...