OBJECTIVE To assess the oral and dental manifestations in non- diabetic and diabetic uraemic patients who were undergoing haemodialysis and to estimate and compare the salivary pH in these two groups. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninety Seven uraemic patients who were undergoing maintenance haemodialysis were included in the study. Subjective and objective findings were evaluated and recorded in a sp...

BACKGROUND This position paper was commissioned by the European Association of Dental Public Health, which has established six working groups to investigate the current status of six topics related to oral public health. One of these areas is epidemiology of periodontal diseases. METHODS Two theses "A systematic review of definitions of periodontitis and the methods that have been used to ide...

OBJECTIVE This study was aimed at determining periodontal treatment needs, as determined by the Community Periodontal Index of Treatment Need (CPITN), in a sample of adults from the Mixteca region of the State of Puebla, in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a descriptive, cross-sectional, single-centre study. Previous informed consent was obtained; 60.0 % of the sample were women whose m...

OBJECTIVES The study sought to determine barriers to accessing oral health services amongst the elderly residing in retirement villages in Johannesburg. The objectives were to determine the normative and perceived oral health needs, the barriers experienced and the predictors of oral health utilisation. MATERIALS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study. Three hundred and eight (n=308) pa...

The aim of this work was to assess the score variation of scales 1 and 2 of the DCBS (Dental Coping Beliefs Scale) of beliefs on oral health regarding oral health needs, clinical progression of the viral infection, medical care needs, age and gender in HIV+ patients. The DCBS was randomly administered to 102 HIV+ patients at the "Juan A. Fernandez Hospital", Buenos Aires, Argentina. For each of...

Objective: the aim of this study was to investigate relationship between periodontal health condition and weight fetuses in Iraqi pregnant women order magnify importance maintenance during pregnancy. Material Methods: fetus determined using ultrasound scanning for 222 women, accordingly they were divided into two groups: group A: normal B: below fetal weight. Their examined by means Plaque inde...

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