Aim: Analyze the oral health and challenges faced by children with special needs to educate them about benefits ways of maintaining good hygiene. Material Methods: 100 participants were divided into two groups: intellectually disabled physically disabled. Oral examination was done clinical parameters like plaque index (PI), hygiene index-simplified (OHI-S) organoleptic assessment done. Parents ...

Plaque biofilm is considered one of the etiological factors involved in onset caries and gingivitis, associated with progression periodontitis peri-implant inflammation. There no agreement literature on effectiveness oscillating-rotating (OR) powered toothbrush (PTB) high-frequency sonic (HFS) PTB improving oral health. Thus, using present proof-of-concept study we aimed to evaluate OR versus H...

Posttraumatic osteoarthritis constitutes a major cause of disability in our increasingly elderly population. Unfortunately, current imaging modalities are too insensitive to detect early degenerative changes of this disease. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a promising nondestructive imaging technique that allows surface and subsurface imaging of cartilage, at near-histological resolution,...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that salivary thiobarbituric acid reactive substances are related to the periodontal status in adults. Such an analysis has not been done on children yet. The aim of our study was to analyze salivary markers of oxidative stress in relation to periodontal and dental status in children. METHODS The periodontal and dental status of 82 consecutive pediatric ...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to determine the application of health belief model in oral health education for 12-year-old children and its effect on oral health behaviors and indexes. METHODS A quasi-experimental study was carried out on twelve-year-old girl students (n-291) in the first grade of secondary school, in the central district of Tehran, Iran. Research sample was selected ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The present study is aimed to describe short-term results on selected microbiological and clinical parameters obtained by treatment with soft laser in conjunction with methylene blue and/or mechanical subgingival debridement in human periodontal disease. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients, in whom each dental quadrant was randomly designated to receive on...

Introduction: Hygienic oral health practices are necessary from a young age to ensure positive long-term and general health. The hygiene status among the underprivileged Chepang children of Nepal have not been adequately assessed.
 Objective: To assess 12-year-old Nepal, identify association demographic variables with children.
 Methods: This was descriptive cross-sectional study wher...

The study was based on the use of a toothpaste with antiphlogistic activity, containing Australian Melaleuca alternifolia oil (tea tree oil-TTO) and ethanolic extract of Polish propolis (EEP). Fifty-one patients with varying conditions of the gingiva were divided into two groups. The study group received the toothpaste with TTO and EEP, while the control group received the same toothpaste but w...