Abstract This study aimed to assess the prevalence of tooth loss and associated factors in institutionalized adolescents. cross-sectional included 68 male adolescents incarcerated from Socio-Educational Assistance Center (CASE) aged between 15 19 years. Questionnaires were applied individually sociodemographical, economical, medical, behavioral oral health self-perception variables. All present...

To serve as a baseline for a future study of enamel decalcification in relation to orthodontic treatment, the pre­ valence and severity of decalcification was determined in 204 schoolchildren who had not received orthodontic treat­ ment (mean age 12.3 years), and who lived in a Jluroide deficient area. The severity of decalcification indicated by a Decalcification Index (DI) was calculated usin...

We evaluated the DMFT (decayed, missing and filled teeth) index and the prevalence of candidiasis, linear gingival erythema, oral hairy leukoplakia, herpes simplex, aphthous ulcers, Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma, as well as the association with TCD4 count, viral load (VL) and antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 140 HIV-infected adult individuals. A standardized examination to determine the DMFT ind...

This study investigated the change in interproximal force (IPF) in mandibular anterior teeth during retention and the relationship between the irregularity index before orthodontic treatment and the IPF. The effect that an erupting third molar had on IPF was also examined. Forty treated patients (40 with extraction of four bicuspids) were followed for 18 months during the retention phase. The i...

BACKGROUND Different factors can be responsible for the increased prevalence of dental caries and missing teeth in HIV-positive patients. OBJECTIVES This study evaluates dental health status and its relationship with social, behavioral, and medical factors in HIV-positive patients under the coverage of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in Southeast Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS In a cross...

The aims of this in vitro study were to evaluate the effect of enamel fluorosis on the shear bond strength (SBS) of orthodontic brackets and to determine whether adhesion promoter, Enhance LC, increases the bond strength of brackets to fluorosed enamel. Forty-five (30 fluorosed and 15 non-fluorosed) non-carious fresh human premolar teeth, extracted for orthodontic reasons and without any caries...

PURPOSES The purposes of this study were to: (1) determine the prevalence of dental caries and developmental enamel defects in children with congenital heart (CHD) disease; and (2) evaluate previous dental treatment. METHODS One hundred and seventy-six 2- to 16-year-old children were examined during their outpatient cardiology appointment. The study group consisted of 86 CHD children. Sixty h...

background: since there has been no published report on the impact of permanent canines in shiraz population, this study was conducted to investigate the prevalence and the location of the impacted permanent canines in patients referred to the department of radiology of shiraz dental school in 2012. materials and methods: this was an analytic cross-sectional study on 1012 panoramic radiographs....

a case of a compound odontoma which caused delayed eruption of right maxillary central incisor in a ten year old girl is presented with clinical and radiographic findings. the patient presented with complaint of a hard painless swelling in the right anterior region of the maxilla and absence of right maxillary central incisor. after clinical examination, periapical and occlusal radiographs of t...

Stabilizing or reducing periodontal pocket depth can have a positive influence on the retention of teeth in dogs. A topical 2% clindamycin hydrochloride gel (CHgel) was evaluated for the treatment of periodontal disease in dogs. The CHgel formulation provides for the sustained erosion of the matrix, but also flows into the periodontal pocket as a viscous liquid, and then rapidly forms a gel tha...