Background/Aim It is considered that over 450 million people worldwide suffer from some form of mental disorder. Previous studies in other countries have shown that schizophrenia is among the most frequent. Oral health is significant for general health and should not be separated from mental health. Studies in other countries have shown an increased incidence of carious and extracted teeth, and...

A case of pediatric progressive systemic sclerosis is reported and a literature review concerning medical and dental aspects of this condition is provided. Systemic features include sclerodactyly, Raynaud's phenomenon, telangiectasia, calcinosis, myositis, arthritis, tenosynovitis, renal failure, esophageal hypomotility, pulmonary fibrosis and heart failure. Oral manifestations include reduced ...

The aims of this study were to evaluate possible relationships between trait anxiety, dental anxiety and the total number of decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index of patients attending a dental school clinic. A sample of 558 patients was surveyed with the Turkish version of the Spielberger Trait Anxiety Inventory and Dental Anxiety Scale. DMFT index was calculated by clinical and radio...

OBJECTIVE To analyse a possible predictive index for dental caries in 3 to 6 year old children in urban Beijing. METHODS Using random cluster sampling, 2,333 participants from six kindergartens, comprised of 35.7% 3-year-olds, 32.4% 4-year-olds and 31.9% 5-year-olds in urban Beijing were selected. At baseline, questionnaires were administered to about half of the parents. Children's oral heal...

Objective: To assess the systemic and oral health status of geriatric patients hospitalized in an intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study a convenience sample 78 older ICU inpatients. single calibrated examiner collected demographic clinical data by analyzing patients’ records assessing their cavities. Descriptive analysis was performed to 5.00% significance leve...

Aim. To evaluate the dental health of children in early childhood, middle and adolescence. Materials Methods. The prevalence intensity caries were assessed 90 from different age groups: 20 childhood group (6 years old), 45 (12 25 teenagers (15 old). Results. In group, “Decayed” component DMFT index (Decayed, Missing, Filled Teeth) starts to appear, showing a clear increase with age. For instanc...

To evaluate the association between source of drinking water and dental caries at age 5 to test whether socioeconomic conditions act as confounding factors in such association. The study was carried out a sub-sample 2004 Pelotas Birth Cohort, which comprised application questionnaire clinical oral examination. exposure water, collected through question primary caregiver. outcome dentition, meas...

The aim of this study was to determine the dental health status and treatment needs of personnel in the Infantry Regiment of the Malaysian Territorial Army (TA).This cross-sectional study involved stratified and systematic random sampling with a total sample size of 300. Dental health status and treatment needs were assessed using the standard WHO oral assessment criteria (1997). The prevalence...

The aim of study was to investigate the Prevalence of dental caries among 5-14 years old poor locality school children of Lahore Pakistan. Sixteen hundred and seventy three poor locality school children aged 5-14 years; 1113, 5-11 years old and 560, 12-14 years old were examined for dental caries and oral hygiene status using the World Health Organization criteria for diagnosis of caries and or...