The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the impact of faculty calibration training on intra- and interrater reliability regarding calculus detection. After IRB approval, twelve dental hygiene faculty members were recruited from a pool of twenty-two for voluntary participation and randomized into two groups. All subjects provided two pre- and two posttest scorings of calculus deposits on ...

Abstract Periodontal disease is a common oral health condition occurring in adult dogs, yet it preventable disease. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy novel dental chew dogs. All animal care and experimental procedures were approved by University Illinois Institutional Animal Care Use Committee prior experimentation. Twelve female beagles (mean age = 3.50 yr; mean BW 8.77 ...

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the effects of oral hygiene care by oral professionals on periodontal health in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diabetic participants were recruited at a university hospital and matched at a 1:1 ratio by age and gender, and randomly allocated into intervention (40 people) and control groups (35 people). Tooth brushing instructio...

Periodontal disease is considered the most common disease of dogs and cats. The clinical sign most frequently reported by clients is oral malodor. Clindamycin hydrochloride has been used for several years for the treatment of periodontal disease in both cats and dogs. This study was designed to assess the effect of clindamycin HCl when used in two different post-prophylaxis treatment regimens o...

Although there are many excellent ways presenting the principle of the classical calculus, the novel presentations probably leads most naturally to the development of the non-Newtonian calculus. The important point to note is that the non-Newtonian calculus is a self-contained system independent of any other system of calculus. Since this self-contained work is intended for a wide audience, inc...