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Dental caries is one of the most common diseases in humans. In modern times, it has reached epidemic proportions. Dental caries is an infectious microbiologic disease of the teeth that results in localized dissolution and destruction of the calcified ...
Shivakumar K, Vidya S, Chandu G
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Oral Health Literacy and its Determinants in Young Couples
Objectives: Oral health literacy (OHL) is an interplay of cultural, social and individual factors and plays an effective role in public health promotion.
Maryam Fazli+3 more
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Dental caries is a biofilm-mediated, sugar-driven, multifactorial, dynamic disease that results in the phasic demineralization and remineralization of dental hard tissues. Caries can occur throughout life, both in primary and permanent dentitions, and can damage the tooth crown and, in later life, exposed root surfaces. The balance between pathological
Pitts, Nigel B+9 more
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The caries pattern of primary teeth and its determinants among 5-7-year-old children in Tehran, Iran [PDF]
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Dental caries is one of the most common chronic diseases in children that affects oral health, general health, and quality of life; and often leads to pain and discomfort when left untreated.
Pegah Khazaei+2 more
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Salivary melatonin is depleted in patients with dental caries due to the elevated oxidative stress
Objectives: To determine salivary melatonin and malondialdehyde levels in individuals with and without dental caries. Materials and methods: Saliva samples were collected in a fasting state from patients with active dental caries (n = 16) and patients ...
Sindhu Saeralaathan+4 more
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Explaining gender differences in caries: a multifactorial approach to a multifactorial disease. [PDF]
Many studies have demonstrated that caries rates are higher in women than in men. This review attempts to provide an explanation for this trend by examining each factor which contributes to caries and how the factor differs in men and women. Evidence has
Ferraro, Maria, Vieira, Alexandre R
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Endodontic management of a rare case of the geminated maxillary second molar tooth using CBCT
This report illustrates a rare case of a geminated maxillary right second molar tooth using CBCT in a 23‐year‐old man with severe pain. Nonsurgical endodontic treatment was performed, which gave rise to an asymptomatic tooth at the 12‐month follow‐up.
Masoumeh Ramezani+2 more
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External root resorption is a clinical problem that is difficult to diagnose, therefore radiographic examination is important for diagnose.
Marjan Bolbolian+5 more
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Geographical distribution of dental caries in children in the southern region of Brazil
The objective was to investigate the experience and severity of dental caries, from the medical records of children who visited the Children's Dental Clinic of a Faculty of southern Brazil, for four years.
Paula Rosalen+3 more
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