BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the safety of tooth extraction in elderly patients with cardiovascular diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 13 527 patients underwent tooth extraction at the Affiliated Ninth People's Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University. Age, sex, and diseases were analyzed. Cardiac monitoring during tooth extraction was performed in 7077 elderly patients with...

News In the early 2000s, Thailand was in the throes of rolling out universal health care for its citizens and Prathip Phantumvanit knew – from years of dental practice and research – that tooth decay was remarkably widespread among adults and children for a developing country. Phantumvanit teamed up with the health ministry to create a new cadre of dental nurses to staff rural health centres an...

atherosclerosis is the most common cause of myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. various risk factors have been identified for atherosclerosis. recently, bacterial and viral organisms, which are involved in chronic inflammatory processes, have been also implicated in atherosclerosis development. individuals with a prior history of periodontal diseases and/or tooth loss are considered to be...

A plethora of dental materials are successfully used for partial dental tissue repair, while innovative dental implants are used for tooth replacement. Cell-based tooth regeneration is an attractive approach that complements traditional restorative or surgical techniques for replacement of damaged dental tissues. Recent efforts focus mostly on partial tooth regeneration for the treatment of dis...

This report is a clinical case of a 7-year-old child who presented right impacted second primary mandibular molar. This tooth was positioned inferior to the second premolar successor and a supernumerary tooth superior to the second premolar. Clinical examination did not reveal systemic diseases ot trauma in the facial region. Treatment consisted of the extraction of the impacted second primary ...

OBJECTIVE To observe replacement of missing teeth with artificial teeth in subjects with and with out cardiac diseases and find its possible association with coronary heart diseases (CHD). METHODOLOGY Consecutive patients aged 20 and above with coronary heart disease and accompanied healthy subjects with tooth loss were examined for oral prosthesis after having a verbal consent, over a one mo...

Tooth and mouth disease, a dental health problem in the community, is tooth-supporting tissue (periodontal disease) dental/dental cavities. The causes of caries include food consumption, maintenance, teeth’ condition. In Indonesia, children very important major oral diseases. survey conducted by Indonesian Dental Health Foundation (YKGI) 2003 on Jakarta showed that 70% suffered gum inflammation...