The purpose of this review is to present the reality of oral health among high performance athletes. All data collected and pertinent information to construct this review was retrieved from the indexed scientific literature. The results observed enhanced that the oral health among high elite athletes has been neglected. There is a necessity to apply the previous knowledge about preventive oral ...

Objective: Oral hygiene must start at a young age. Childhood is the perfect time to start the conversion of knowledge into creative thinking and subsequent health care activity. This study aimed to assess the efficacy of oral hygiene instruction via an educational film for oral health promotion of elementary students. Methods: In this experimental, interventional, before and after study, data ...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Development of patient-based outcome measures has enhanced our ability to assess the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Present study aimed to compare the performance of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) as two methods of assessment of oral health-related quality of life.METHODS: In this cross-sectio...

evaluation of periodontal status by cpitn among (35-44) – year – old population in khoramabad (2002) dr. f. haghighati* - dr. sh. salehi** - dr. r. valizadeh*** * - associate professor of periodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran university of medical sciences. **-assistant professor of periodontics dept. - faculty of dentistry – tehran university of medical sciences. ***- dentist. bac...

introduction: multiple myeloma is a neoplasm of monoclonal plasmacells which may cause oral manifestations. we report a 50-year-old man with a mass burned out of a post extraction socket. he had recived an eight month period of chemotherapy and was supposed to be ready for hematopoetic stem cell transplantation. after clinical and histopathological examinations, the mass was diagnosed as a plas...

BACKGROUND The study aimed to develop and test a Malay version of the Child-OIDP index, evaluate its psychometric properties and report on the prevalence of oral impacts on eight daily performances in a sample of 11-12 year old Malaysian schoolchildren. METHODS The Child-OIDP index was translated from English into Malay. The Malay version was tested for reliability and validity on a non-rando...