Various reasons for permanent tooth extractions in a Caribbean population--Antigua.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the ability of 0.1%w/w o-cymen-5-ol/ 0.6%w/w zinc chloride dentifrice to maintain gingival health compared to a sodium fluoride control dentifrice. DESIGN:Following a baseline examination, subjects went through a regimen to bring them to a high level of gingival health. This included a professiona...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Kakar A,Newby EE,Kakar K,Ghosh S,Targett D,Bosma ML

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe Early Childhood Caries (ECC) severity in South Africa and examine the association between ECC and socio-demographic factors, area-based measures of sugar consumption and water fluoride levels. METHODS:Children, aged 36-71 months, were examined during the 1999/2002 South African National Children...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Postma TC,Ayo-Yusuf OA,van Wyk PJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth sensitivity is a common complaint of patients in dental practices. Studies have demonstrated dentinal hypersensitivity to affect 10-30% of the population. There are various potential causes of tooth sensitivity and a variety of available treatment options. This narrative review will discuss the possible aetiolog...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Clark D,Levin L

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although concern for patient safety is inherent to the practice of the health care professions, its transformation into a specific body of knowledge is relatively recent and thus patient safety may be considered as a comparatively 'new' discipline. Its main objectives are to avoid the occurrence of preventable adverse...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yamalik N,Perea Pérez B

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to assess the oral health status and treatment needs of a Lebanese adult population. DESIGN:An epidemiological survey of 401 Lebanese adults aged 35-44 years was carried out in 1996. It followed the WHO methodology in assessing the oral health status and treatment needs of adul...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Doughan B,Kassak K,Bourgeois DM

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between dental anxiety and heart rate prior to a dental checkup. Anxiety was determined in 44 patients using the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). Heart rate was measured 24 hours before, and immediately prior to, a dental checkup. The mean heart rate was hi...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Brand HS,Gortzak RA,Abraham-Inpijn L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:There is a high prevalence of tobacco consumption among prisoners. This study aimed to establish tobacco use, to explore and assess oral cancer awareness and to identify associations between oral cancer awareness and tobacco use in a sample of male prisoners in a local Indian prison. METHODOLOGY:A systemati...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Dahiya M,Croucher R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the enamel abrasivity of three whitening toothpastes and a silica toothpaste and to measure the brushing forces used. METHODS:Polished human enamel blocks were indented with a Knoop diamond and attached to dentures of adult volunteers. The blocks were brushed ex vivo, twice per day with either ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Joiner A,Pickles MJ,Lynch S,Cox TF

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper gives general information on the location of Kenya, its demography, economy, organisation of health services, general health policy, health financing, oral health infrastructure, problems that hamper health financing and proposals on how to solve these problems. Further, a summary of health status of the Ke...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Kaimenyi JT

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate the possible relationship between dental anxiety and cortisol excretion prior to dental treatment. Trait and state dental anxiety of male subjects were determined using the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS) and a visual analogue scale (VAS), respectively. Urine and stimulated parotid ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Brand HS

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies, based on the tooth surface as a unit of reference, confirm a strong correlation between dental plaque and the initiation of dental caries and periodontal disease. Therefore, prevention of caries and periodontal disease must be based on plaque control. Dental plaque can be controlled both mecha...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Axelsson P

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontal diseases and patients at risk for progression of disease can be diagnosed on the basis of age, previous episodes of periodontal disease and loss of attachment, as detected by periodontal probing and radiographic evaluation. For early onset periodontitis, family history may be important. Microbiological eva...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Ciancio SG

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontal disease is a widespread condition ranging from simple gingival inflammation to severe periodontal breakdown. Early detection and diagnosis are key elements in the prevention of this oral pathology. Diagnostic aids available to dentists, such as the Periodontal Screening and Recording or PSR Index, accelera...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Landry RG,Jean M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Health interventions based on cognitive theories effectively bring about behaviour change. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the determinants of oral hygiene behaviour (OHB) based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) among patients with moderate and severe periodontitis. METHODS:A cross-secti...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Patel J,Kulkarni S,Doshi D,Reddy BS,Reddy MP,Buunk-Werkhoven YAB

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of an FDI questionnaire-based survey involving dentists from five countries reporting on 507 implants were compared with those of similar surveys on implantations conducted by the American Dental Association in 1977 and subsequent years. There were questions on retention time, materials used and types of i...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Hahn W

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate factors associated with the clinical consequences of untreated dental caries in children attending public and private preschools. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted with a complex, preschool-based sample of 769 children, 5 years of age, from public and ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Neves ÉTB,Perazzo MF,Gomes MC,Ribeiro ILA,Paiva SM,Granville-Garcia AF

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oral piercing can lead to complications and dentists are in a unique position to detect such complications. The purpose of this study was: (i) to assess the immediate and the long-term effects, on dental students, of a training programme about oral piercing knowledge; and (ii) to assess the immediate effec...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Junco P,Barrios R,Ruiz MJ,Bravo M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tensile and shear bond strengths between prepared surfaces of coronal dentine and cores of composite materials using different bonding systems were determined. Control procedures demonstrated that tensile bond strengths were approximately doubled by the use of bonding agents in systems requiring initial cleansing or e...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Stanford JW,Sabri Z,Jose S

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of periodontal status and treatment needs among dental patients was performed using the CPITN criteria, with the worst score per sextant being recorded, based on examination of all surfaces of all teeth. Regularly attending patients (n = 1092) from 36 general dental practices in two North Carolina counties we...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Bader JD,Rozier RG,McFall WT,Ramsey DL

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standardised mortality ratios (SMR) were obtained for dentists in Tokyo according to the causes of their deaths, in order to compare them with those for general Tokyo citizens. Furthermore, an abridged life table was prepared and those dentists' life expectancies were estimated. The materials used were 560 death c...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Shimpo H,Yokoyama E,Tsurumaki K

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conventional film radiography, image quality is determined once the film has left the processing solutions. Conversely, in digital imaging, image quality may be interactively manipulated after image acquisition. Each of the parameters which define image quality: contrast, blur and noise, may be altered digitally. F...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Wenzel A

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ageing is a physiological process which impairs vitality and ultimately leads to death. It is found in all differentiated multicellular organisms. Recent theories attribute ageing to an accumulation of errors as the capacity of mechanisms for their repair and compensation becomes limited. Erroneous processes leading t...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Hofecker G

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of a calcium carbonate/perlite toothpaste on the levels of extrinsic stain removed at two weeks compared to a silica control toothpaste. DESIGN:In this parallel group, double-blind study, subjects were stratified by natural baseline stain and tobacco use and allocated at random to one of...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Collins LZ,Naeeni M,Schäfer F,Brignoli C,Schiavi A,Roberts J,Colgan P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe a recent health promotion project undertaken by the United Mission to Nepal Oral Health Programme (UMN OHP) to increase the availability and consumption of affordable, fluoridated toothpaste in Nepal. METHOD:The process of advocating for the fluoridation of toothpastes in Nepal is based on Tearfund's ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yee R,McDonald N,Walker D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To reassess the recall frequency interval for dental examinations for children, based on annual caries increments. METHODS:Cross sectional data collected on school children in eight rural and urban schools through the national Incremental Dental Care Programme (IDCP) for one district in Malaysia were analys...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Tan EH,Batchelor P,Sheiham A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to substantiate biocompatibility of dental materials and techniques and thereby reduce iatrogenesis, tests for pulpal and dentinal responses have been developed. These have shown that: high-speed tooth cutting techniques are superior to low-speed techniques even when both incorporate air and water coolant spr...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Stanley HR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A special form and field manuals defining examination criteria were prepared for recording the following: 1. Number of teeth present both primary and permanent 2. Periodontal disease (a) Oral hygiene using the simplified oral hygiene index. (b) Periodontal condition using a modified P.I. index. (c) Periodontal treatme...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Moller IJ,Beck DJ

更新日期：1976-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of helium-neon (He-Ne) laser on the prevention of pain, swelling and trismus following the removal of an impacted third molar was studied in 100 patients randomly allocated to receive He-Ne laser, ibuprofen or placebo in a prospective double-blind parallel clinical trial. Trismus was significantly reduced i...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Carrillo JS,Calatayud J,Manso FJ,Barberia E,Martinez JM,Donado M

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a population growth unparalleled in the rest of the world. This is placing severe constraints on health care education and especially on dental education. The 16 or so dental schools in this part of the continent cannot train sufficient dentists for Africa's needs. In consequence, ma...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Dreyer WP

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A CPITN survey involving Chileans aged 35-44 and 65-74 was conducted. A random, stratified sample by age, gender, socio-economic status and educational level was obtained, comprising 1150 individuals. Prevalence of chronic inflammatory periodontal disease (Codes 3 + 4) was 90.89 per cent in subjects aged 35-44, and 10...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Gamonal JA,Lopez NJ,Aranda W

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00