introduction: a large number of software programs have been used in dentistry for diagnosis and treatment planning to date. however, due to promotion of programming languages and developments in dental sciences, it is necessary to develop and update these softwares. use of softwares for treatment planning for removable partial dentures has been popular for some time and always new softwares hav...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the mean number of missing teeth, lack of functional dentition and total tooth loss (edentulism) among adolescents, adults and the elderly in Brazil, comparing the results with those of 2003. METHODS Data from 5,445 adolescents aged 15-19, 9,779 adults aged 35-44 and 7,619 elderly individuals aged 65-74, participants in the Brazilian Oral Health Survey (SBBrasil) 2010, w...

Total edentulism is the loss of all teeth for any cause by a multifactorial process that involves biological and patient-related factors. Studies on risk factors in Mexico are limited, epidemiological surveillance data scarce controversial since official governmental reports not statistically representative country. We estimate distribution according to sociodemographic socioeconomic variables ...

Conceptual models suggest that certain microorganisms (e.g., the "red" complex) are indicative of a specific disease state (e.g., periodontitis); however, recent studies have questioned the validity of these models. Here, the abundances of 500+ microbial species were determined in 16 patients with clinical signs of one of the following oral conditions: periodontitis, established caries, edentul...

Objective: To determine the pattern of partial edentulism and cast removable dental prosthesis design in relation to Classes recorded.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place Duration Study: Department Prosthodontics, Armed Forces Institute Dentistry (AFID), Rawalpindi Pakistan, from Apr Sep 2021.
 Methodology: A total 67 partially dentate male female patients presenting Pro...

Abstract Evidence on the association between oral health and mortality is inconclusive, few studies have accounted for non-random selection bias in estimating their relationship. The present study aims to investigate link community-dwelling older adults by adjusting confounding factors with a doubly robust survival estimation. Data came from third National Health Nutrition Examination Survey (N...