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Filter by:Tooth decay is one of the most common chronic infectious disease found in children worldwide and if left untreated, is rapidly progress. Severe tooth decay in children is not only affect child's health and school performance, but also has impact on the family well-being. Oral rehabilitation in children requires time, resources and effort of dental specialists, the child and parents. Caries is a destructive condition of organic and inorganic components of the tooth structures but reversible and most importantly, preventable. Topical fluoride therapy, delivered by dentists has been effectively used to speed up the repair process as well as to strengthen the surface of intact tooth structure. Topical fluoride is available in various preparations. Regular application of sodium fluoride varnish is every three months, by far, considered as effective method in preventing new caries, particularly in the high-risk children. It has the advantage of containing therapeutic concentration of fluoride and ability to flow over and stick to the tooth surface. Whereas silver ion and relatively higher fluoride concentration in Silver Diamine Fluoride (SDF) has been shown to be the most effective in harden the decay, stop the caries progress and eliminate pathogenic bacteria. It can be hypothesize that when use in combination in school children, both reagents might have synergistic effect on arresting existing caries as well as preventing new caries.
Background: Nationally and internationally, more people over the age of 65 and especially an increase of people over the age of 80 enter nursing homes with natural dentition and complex prostheses and bridges than previous generations. Furthermore, there is an increased incidence of dental diseases in the elderly. This is leading to increased and different oral care needs. There is a large discrepancy between the elderly who need help with oral hygiene and the elderly who actually receive help. In order to improve the oral hygiene competencies of healthcare professionals at nursing homes, it is necessary to increase their education and improve organizational strategies. Hypothesis: The Intervention Shared Oral Care improves the elderlys bleeding and plaque index after 6 months. Study type: An intervention study. A cluster randomization of 14 nursing homes in Aalborg municipality is carried out. Outcome Measures: Change in mucosal-plaque score (MPS) index Change in Oral Related Quality of life Outcome Measure Time Frame: Change in mucosal-plaque score index measured at 0, 3 and 6 months. Change in Oral Related Quality of life measured at 0 and 6 months.
The objective of the CHORAL study is to evaluate the de-adoption of oral chlorhexidine and the introduction of a bundle of oral care practices on selected outcomes in critically ill mechanically ventilated adults.
Oral Health care has been shown to have low priority among nursing personnel, especially among personnel with shorter education.
Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common congenital anomalies in children. As the risk for endocarditis following bacteraemia is more common during daily oral hygiene routines, such as tooth brushing, than during dental treatment, the maintenance of optimal oral health in children with CHD may be considered of outmost importance. Children with CHD have a higher caries prevalence compared to healthy controls. Aim: The primary aim of the study is to explore if an educational intervention including information, counselling and support provided at early stage to families affected by major CHD, or CHD combined with a syndrome, can increase the awareness of the importance of maintaining of good oral health, and avoid the development of poor oral health including dental caries, leading to less dental anxiety and a higher oral heath related quality of life. The secondary aim is to elucidate factors associated with the development of poor oral health and/or orofacial dysfunction as well as family attitudes and needs of support. Hypothesis: Early information, counselling and support will lead to a) increased awareness of the importance to maintaining good oral health, b) prevent the development of poor oral health and dental caries, c) lead to less dental fear, and d) lead to higher oral heath related quality of life. Study design: Randomized educational intervention trial. Study population: Children born in Finland and under 12 months of age in 1.7.2017-31.12.2021 with, a) major CHD and potentially included in the criteria of endocarditis prophylaxis, or b) with a major CHD combined with a chromosomal syndrome, will be offered to participate in the study. Patients will be recruited until 200 patients are obtained at the Helsinki University Children's Hospital. A control group consisting of approximately 100 healthy children will also be recruited at birth. Main outcomes: Dental caries, dental anxiety, oral health related quality of life, and awareness of importance to maintain and behaviour to maintain good oral health. Significance: Better information to patients leads to better possibility to achieve good oral health. Better oral health leads to 1) less dental procedures and thereby less dental anxiety, 2) less dental procedures under general anaesthesia, which may potentially be a risk procedure for the child with CHD, and 3) better oral health related quality of life.
Background: A person s dental health depends on many factors. Some are social, economic, or behavioral. Some are environmental. People with Sj(SqrRoot)(Delta)gren s Syndrome have a change in the amount and quality of saliva. This may affect dental health. Researchers want to study the dental health needs of people with this and other salivary gland problems. They will compare these findings with healthy volunteers. This will help them improve health care for these groups of people. Objectives: To study dental health needs of people with salivary gland problems and healthy volunteers. To study the disparities in dental health between these groups. Eligibility: Adults 18 and older who were in a Sj(SqrRoot)(Delta)gren s Syndrome study Healthy volunteers the same age Design: Participants will take an online survey. It should take less than 30 minutes. They can skip any questions. They will be asked about dental health, general health, and well-being. Information in the survey will be kept secure.
Effect of electric toothbrush on oral hygiene in nursing home residents tested I randomized clinical trial for 2 months and followed up 12 months after baseline
Intellectual disabled persons faced more dental problems. According to a medical review paper of international and local studies, this group has poorer dental hygiene, more severe gum disease and more untreated caries. In 2010, a report from the guardians in Hong Kong mentioned that most adults with intellectual disability cannot clean their teeth, the have dental problems and it is very difficult for intellectually disabled students to co-operate during the dental treatment. In order to alleviate their dental problems, supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk are proposed. The investigators investigate the effectiveness of the supervised toothbrushing programme and an oral health education talk. The target group of the study is mild to moderate grade intellectual disabled students of special schools in Hong Kong. A clustered randomised controlled trial design is adopted.
To provide a point-in-time measurement of the oral health of elderly inpatients across the trust (elderly defined here as over 70 years). This will provide information about the number of teeth, need for restorative and periodontal treatment, and extractions, the health of the oral mucosa, quality of any dentures and hygiene of the teeth and dentures.
This study determines the effects of a single dose of different antiseptic mouth washes within the oral cavity, on the composition of the oral microbiome using next generation sequencing (NGS) techniques. Twelve healthy volunteers will receive all three test products in a randomized order to compare the effects of each mouth wash.