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Dental Calculus – An Evergrowing Heap of Periodontal Pathogens

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2019
Dental calculus is defined as an adherent, calcified, or calcifying mass that forms on the surface of teeth and dental appliances. Calculus plays a key role in maintaining and accentuating periodontal disease by withholding the plaque in close contact ...
Kevin Saraiya, Prasad Nadig, Monali Shah, Deepak Dave   +3 more
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Oral Health-Related Complications of Breast Cancer Treatment: Assessing Dental Hygienists’ Knowledge and Professional Practice

, 2014
Purpose: Approximately 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. every year. These patients commonly suffer from oral complications of their cancer therapy.
Inglehart, Marita Rohr, Taichman, L. Susan, Gomez, Grace   +2 more
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Gingival Recession, Oral Hygiene and Associated Factors Among Tanzanian Women. [PDF]

, 2009
Females are generally more motivated with regard to oral hygiene practices and thus brush their teeth more frequently than males. To determine the prevalence of gingival recession, oral hygiene status, oral hygiene practices and associated factors in ...
Mumghamba, E G S, Honkala, S, Honkala, E, Manji, K P   +3 more
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Periodontal status among 12-year-old schoolchildren: a population-based cross-sectional study in Quito, Ecuador

Brazilian Oral Research
This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and extent of bleeding on probing and calculus in 12-year-old schoolchildren of Quito, Ecuador, and evaluate the associated factors.
Marco MEDINA-VEGA, Mariela Cumandá Balseca IBARRA, Maritza Del Carmen QUEZADA-CONDE, Isabella Neme Ribeiro dos REIS, Antonio Carlos FRIAS, Daniela Prócida RAGGIO, Edgard MICHEL-CROSATO, Fausto Medeiros MENDES, Claudio Mendes PANNUTI, Giuseppe Alexandre ROMITO   +9 more
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Assessment of Dental Calculus, Plaque and GingivalInflammation in Patients with Urinary Stone

Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry, 2019
Background: Dental calculus is mineralized dental plaque formed on teeth and dental prosthesis surfaces in the oral cavity. Urinary stone is a crystal aggregation formed in urinary system due to minerals saturation present in urine.
Maher B Mohammed, Maha Sh. Mahmood
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A sampling survey of gingival bleeding and dental calculus in Guangdong Province (2015⁃2016)

口腔疾病防治, 2018
Objective To investigate the current status of gingival bleeding and dental calculus in the 12⁃ to 74⁃ year old population in Guangdong Province with the aim of providing information to support oral health care. Methods A stratified, multistage, random
FAN Wei⁃ hua, LI Jianbo, ZHAO Wanghong, LIU Ziqiang, HUANG Shaohong   +4 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of dogs with dental calculus: 392 cases (2012-2020)

RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries
Dental calculus is a local irritant to adjacent soft tissues, causing an inflammatory response that contributes to the development of periodontal diseases. Mineralized plaque contains bacterial toxins, which can lead to systemic infections.
Anna S. Spirina, Olga A. Spirina, Vladislav S. Bychkov, Aleksey M. Ermakov   +3 more
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Periodontal conditions in adolescents and young Brazilians and associated factors: Cross -sectional study with data from the Brazilian oral health survey, 2010

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2019
Background: Diseases of the gingival tissues are considered a global public health problem concern. These diseases show great differences in their distribution and prevalence in the different localities investigated.
Kelly Cristine Knack, Clarice Elvira Saggin Sabadin, Karine Lima Sírio Boclin, Elenusa Souza Oltramari, Michele Natara Portilio, Lilian Rigo   +5 more
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Metagenomic analysis of ancient dental calculus reveals unexplored diversity of oral archaeal Methanobrevibacter

Microbiome, 2021
Background Dental calculus (mineralised dental plaque) preserves many types of microfossils and biomolecules, including microbial and host DNA, and ancient calculus are thus an important source of information regarding our ancestral human oral microbiome.
Lena Granehäll, Kun D. Huang, Adrian Tett, Paolo Manghi, Alice Paladin, Niall O’Sullivan, Omar Rota-Stabelli, Nicola Segata, Albert Zink, Frank Maixner   +9 more
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Quantitative metaproteomics of medieval dental calculus reveals individual oral health status

Nature Communications, 2018
Mineralized plaque, or dental calculus, is a valuable reservoir of the ancient oral microbiome. Here, the authors use quantitative metaproteomics to analyze the dental calculus of 21 individuals from a medieval cemetery, identifying human and microbial ...
Rosa R. Jersie-Christensen, Liam T. Lanigan, David Lyon, Meaghan Mackie, Daniel Belstrøm, Christian D. Kelstrup, Anna K. Fotakis, Eske Willerslev, Niels Lynnerup, Lars J. Jensen, Enrico Cappellini, Jesper V. Olsen   +11 more
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