Recent research has suggested that susceptibility to destructive periodontal disease may not be as universal as was previously thought. This report analyzes data from a representative national sample of 11 338 American adults aged 25-74, examined in a national survey in 1971-74. Results showed that 46.1% of those aged 65-74 were edentulous, but half of the dentate persons in that age group were...

Aim: To investigate the impact of dental crowding on oral hygiene in adult populations using Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S) as a reference indicator. Methods: The study is designed an analytical cross-sectional with comparison group and was done multiple settings Lahore, including orthodontic department college. sample includes 456 patients or without crowding. participants assessed OHI-...

The Ocean Health Index (OHI) is a framework to assess ocean health by considering many benefits (called 'goals') provided by the ocean provides to humans, such as food provision, tourism opportunities, and coastal protection. The OHI framework can be used to assess marine areas at global or regional scales, but how various OHI goals should be weighted to reflect priorities at those scales remai...

The present study aimed to verify the influence of breastfeeding on children's oral and systemic health, verifying hospitalization, use, indication type antibiotics used. This is a cross-sectional longitudinal with sample 42 children at 30 months age. logistic regression test was used significance level 5% for statistical analysis. Among children, 64.28% had already been weaned before reaching ...

Background: Oral health literacy (OHL) and dental indicators in people with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are important conditions that have been less investigated this group of patients. The aim the present study was to evaluate oral OHL adult patients who referred clinics southwest, Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional conducted Ahvaz, Iran 2021-2022. status 302 were investigated, data collec...

INTRODUCTION This article compares and evaluates the effect of dental health education through schoolteachers and dental health professionals to "specific learning needs" children attending special school. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 71 "specific learning needs" children attending special school participated in the study. The baseline oral hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S) for all the par...

Aim: The aim of the study was to analyze how selfperceived satisfaction with dental appearance is affected by oral health status of an individual keeping in mind various socio-demographic factors. Methodology: A sample size of 850 was obtained from the Out Patient Department of Nair Hospital Dental College in a cross sectional survey. The clinical oral health status was recorded after thorough ...

The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of two preventive protocols -fluoride gel (F) alone or combined with chlorhexidine varnishes (CHX) - on sialochemical, clinical and microbiological parameters in a group of children at high cariogenic risk Two therapeutic-preventive protocols were applied in 73 children at high cariogenic risk (average age 6.2 +/- 1.4 years old) and clinical par...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to identify the socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables associated with oral hygiene status in schoolchildren aged 6 to 12 years in Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in 3,048 schoolchildren. A questionnaire was used to determine socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables, and a clinical oral examination w...