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Relation of caries status on the salivary total antioxidant levels in asthmatic children

Contemporary Clinical Dentistry, 2012
Aim: To study the correlation between the caries status and the salivary antioxidant levels among asthmatic children. Settings and Design: One hundred children within the age group of 6 12 years were selected and equally subdivided into children having
Amitha M Hegde, Kiran Raj, Suchetha Shetty   +2 more
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Effective factors on the number of decayed and filled teeth using the Conway-Maxwell-Poisson count model [PDF]

Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2019
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Recognizing the factors affecting the number of decayed and filled teethhas a major role in oral health. Dental data usually suffer from over-dispersion and excess zero frequencies.
Omid Karimipour-Baseri, Soleiman Kheiri, Morteza Sedehi, Ali Ahmadi   +3 more
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Influence of Vitamin D Deficiency on the Level of Salivary cathelicidin LL-37 in relation to Dental Caries Experience: A Case-Control Study

مجله كليه طب الكندي, 2023
Background: Vitamin D improves innate immunity by enhancing the expression of antimicrobial peptides. The antimicrobial action of cathelicidin is widespread and effective against cariogenic bacteria.
Narjes M. Alhelfi, Nibal M. Hobi
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Environmental lead pollution and its possible influence on tooth loss and hard dental tissue lesions [PDF]

, 2013
Bacground/Aim. Environmental lead (Pb) pollution is a global problem. Hard dental tissue is capable of accumulating lead and other hard metals from the environment.
Cenić-Milošević Desanka, Jakovljević Ankica, Kolak Veljko, Melih Irena, Mileusnić Ivan, Pejanović Đorđe, Pešić Dragana, Popović Milica, Ristić Tamara   +8 more
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Evaluation of Demographic Characteristics and Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth Index in Adults Referred to Yazd Dental School in 2021

Journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, 2023
Introduction: Oral health assessment plays an important role in determining the health status and health planning of communities. The most important indicator that indicates the oral health status of individuals is the Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index.
Abdolrahim Davari, Arezo Khabbazian, Seyed Abolghasem Baghestani   +2 more
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Influence of oral health on mucositis in patients undergoing hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (HPCT) [PDF]

, 2012
Aims: To establish whether or not the state of patient oral health can influence the occurrence and/or severity of oral mucositis during hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation (HPCT).
Cabrerizo Merino, María del Carmen, de Arriba de la Fuente, Felipe, Heras, I., Hernández Fernández, Ana, Oñate Sánchez, Ricardo Elías, Vicente García, Vicente   +5 more
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Investigating the Relationship Between Decayed, Missing, and Filled Teeth Index and Preterm Labor in Pregnant Women in Hamedan, 2016 [PDF]

Avicenna Journal of Dental Research, 2019
Background: Preterm labor is defined as labor before 37 weeks of gestation, which is associated with neonatal mortality. Due to contradictory results of studies conducted on the relationship between preterm labor and dental decays and lack of research in this regard in Iran, the present study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the relationship ...
Azita Tiznobaik, Safoura Taheri, Zohre Momeni Movahed, Ghodratollah Roshanaei, Loghman Rezaei, Mahdi Shirinzad, Mahdi Tahmasebi   +6 more
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Status of decayed, missing, filled teeth index among Iranian children and adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Journal of Analytical Research in Clinical Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Oral health status is one of the health-related priorities in Iran. The present study was conducted with the aim to systematically review the status of oral health in Iran using the decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) index. Methods: In this meta-analysis, all data available on DMFT were reviewed and 35 published studies were included ...
Fatemeh Pournaghi-Azar, Naser Asl-Aminabadi, Zahra Jamali, Akbar Azami, Kameliya Hazem, Saber Azami-Aghdash, Mohammad Naghavi-Behzad, Sina Ghertasi-Oskouei, Sajjadi Shirazi, Reza Piri   +9 more
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Mothers’ Oral Health Literacy and its Relationship with Children’s dmft: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Iranian Population [PDF]

Journal of Mashhad Dental School
Background: Mothers are mainly responsible for their child’s oral and dental health during childhood and must acquire adequate oral health literacy especially regarding the primary dentition. Therefore, the present study investigated mothers' oral health
Samaneh Salarian, Mohammad Reza Ansari Bejestani, Fatemeh Owlia   +2 more
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Caries assessment and salivary microbial analysis in patients diagnosed with mucopolysaccharidosis

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
Background and Objectives: Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a group of lysosomal storage disorders that cause the deposition of polysaccharides in cells.
Vinod Anju, N. Sunil Raj
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