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Filter by:The program titled "Campus to Community: breaking the barrier in oral health education and dental care" is uniquely designed program to link University (Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences) to community (Sanghutar, Ramechhap). Dhulikhel Hospital, Kathmandu University Teaching Hospital has established a model dental clinic in the premises of Him Ganga Secondary School, Shangutar which is operated by council registered Dentist and dental hygienist. The objective of this study is to assess oral health condition of the children aged 6-15 years of the school followed by application of pit and fissure sealant (PFS) in non-carious permanent molar and Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in carious permanent teeth. Data will be recorded according to the WHO Oral health assessment form for children, 2013 by a calibrated dentist from Dhulikhel Hospital and retention of PFS and efficacy of SDF application will be followed up after 6 months by the same investigators. The program is proposed with the expectation that proper oral hygiene prevention program combined with preventive procedures like pit and fissure sealant and SDF can reduce the burden of oral diseases in rural setup.
There is still a need for the assessment of different minimal intervention strategies and treatments focusing on the prevention and arrest of carious lesions of primary molars The evidence-based clinical practice guideline on non-restorative treatments for cavitated carious lesions advocate the use of silver diammine fluoride biannually for high caries risk patients
This study will evaluate fluoride (F) bioavailability in saliva when using an over-the-counter mouthrinse of 226 ppm F, immediately after brushing with an over-the-counter toothpaste of 1,100 ppm F or a prescription toothpaste of 5,000 ppm F. The study population will include twenty individuals, over the age of 18 years-old, from both genders, with normal oral health conditions and salivary flow rate, no need of urgent dental needs, from the Ann Arbor, MI area. Participants will be recruited from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, in Ann Arbor, MI. Using a crossover design, twenty participants will be rotating through 4 different combinations of fluoride toothpaste (over-the-counter or prescription concentration) and fluoride mouth rinse (yes or no), in a 2 x 2 factorial design. Treatments to be tested will be as followed: Group #1 will brush with 1,100 ppm F (over-the-counter) toothpaste; Group #2 will brush with 1,100 ppm F (over-the-counter) toothpaste and rinse with over-the-counter 226 ppm F mouthrinse; Group #3 will brush with 5,000 ppm F (prescription) toothpaste; Group #4 will brush with 5,000 ppm F (prescription) toothpaste and rinse with over-the-counter 226 ppm F mouthrinse.
The experiment is based on earlier research where it was proven that chewing gum usage with anthocyanin rich sour cherry extract significantly reduces the amount of human salivary alpha-amylase in unstimulated saliva samples and stimulated saliva samples taken in every 10 minutes till a half an hour as compared to placebo. The S. mutans counts' number on agar base cultures were greater in case of the stimulated samples of placebo and anthocyanin containing chewing gum groups. The investigators' aims were to extend the background of the earlier established phenomena: The sour cherry (anthocyanin) containing chewing gum usage (around 2 weeks, daily 3 times) is beneficent on the human oral microflora and cytokine level/expression.
The aim of the present study is to compare the success of dental fillings prepared using 3D printing technique to those manufactured with the direct composite technique. A total of 100 adult patients will be selected from dental patients attending Kaarina Municipal Health Care Centre from October 2020. The inclusion criteria are as follows: presence of multiple cavities, fractures or cosmetic demands on bilateral permanent teeth. The restorative demand should be a class II, III or IV on first or second molars, or premolars. At least two fillings should be from the same tooth group (premolar/molar) in each patient. This will be a split-mouth study, whereby one tooth on one side will be restored using direct technique, and the contra lateral tooth restored using the indirect technique through random allocation. For both direct and indirect restorations, commercially available short-fibre reinforced composite material (Ever X Flow, GC) is used for core material (replacing dentin) and flowable composite material (Gaenial Universal Injectable, GC) for surface (replacing enamel, appr. 2mm thickness from the surface), according the manufacturer´s instructions. Clinical evaluations will be conducted immediately after the final finishing, and after 1 year, 3 years and 5 years. The evaluation will be based on the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) criteria. Descriptive statistics will be used to describe the frequency distributions of the evaluated criteria. To analyse the failure rate for direct vs. indirect restorations, 2x2 tables will be created. Non-parametric statistical procedures will be used due to ordinally structured data for the assessment of the restorations. Mann-Whitney U-test will be used to explore significant differences at different time points between direct and indirect restorations.
To investigate the short term effect of probiotic oil on plaque acidogenicity among orthodontic patients. Shortage on testing the effect of probiotic on Orthodontic patients can be seen on litterateurs making a gap of whether is product of help in preventing dental caries or not ?
Aim of study: is to asses biological and esthetical success of ceramic onlay restorations while preparing the teeth using shoulder finish line preparation versus butt joint with bevel preparation. Methods: Patients with need to posterior onlay restoration (premolars and molars) will be allocated into two groups either conventional (shoulder finish line) or conservative group (butt joint with bevel), after tooth preparation impression, restoration fabrication, try in, cementation and restoration will be evaluated two weeks post cementation then follow up will be held every two months for 1 year.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the Clinical performance of alternating current impedance spectroscopy (CarieScan PRO) in comparison with digital radiograph and ICDAS-II in detection of occlusal carious lesions.
It is essential that athletes have perfect general health. Oral health plays an important role in this healthy framework necessary so that the results that must be achieved by athletes are not influenced. Inflammatory and / or infectious processes such as periodontal disease, caries, or even joint problems such as temporomandibular joint dysfunction can affect performance or impair participation in training and competitions.
Purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Fluor Protector S in preventing tooth decay in adolescents and to isolate factors that reduce its effectiveness. In this study, half of the randomly assigned participants will received fluoride varnish (Fluor Protector S) and will be considered an intervention group. The other half will undergo placebo application.