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DENTAL FLOSS; CONCEPT AND USE AMONG THE UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS

THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2016
Objectives: To assist the concept and use of dental floss amongundergraduate dental students of Liaquat University of Medical & Health sciences,Jamshoro. Study Design: Cross-sectional, descriptive case series study. Setting:Institute of Dentistry, Liaquat University of Medical Health, Jamshoro, Pakistan.Period: June 2015 to December 2015 ...
Shazia Parveen Rajpar, Munir Ahmed Banglani, Suneel Kumar Punjabi, Miss Priya   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Knowledge, Behaviour and Practices regarding Oral Health among Public School Students

Brazilian Dental Science, 2018
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, behaviour and practices regarding caries lesions, periodontal disease, preventive measures, diet and oral hygiene among public school students by using specific questionnaire and then guide ...
Luiza Maria Mendes Leme, Bruna Gonçalves Alvarenga de Oliveira, Daniela Maria de Toledo Ungaro, Eduardo Galera da Silva, Ana Paula Martins Gomes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationship between oral hygiene knowledge, source of oral hygiene knowledge and oral hygiene behavior in Japanese university students: A prospective cohort study.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to examine whether oral hygiene knowledge, and the source of that knowledge, affect oral hygiene behavior in university students in Japan.
Daiki Fukuhara, Daisuke Ekuni, Kota Kataoka, Ayano Taniguchi-Tabata, Yoko Uchida-Fukuhara, Naoki Toyama, Toshiki Yoneda, Yoshio Sugiura, Md Monirul Islam, Hikari Saho, Yoshiaki Iwasaki, Manabu Morita   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pengaruh Penyuluhan dengan Media Flip Chart Terhadap Tingkat Pengetahuan Tentang Dental Floss pada Siswa SMP [PDF]

, 2022
Dental floss yang belum cukup dikenal di Indonesia menjadi penyebab kurangnya pengetahuan tentang dental floss. Kurangnya pengetahuan tentang dental floss mengakibatkan kurangnya kesadaran dalam penggunaan dental floss.
widayati, aryani
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Engineering of bioactive nanocomplexes on dental floss for targeted gingival therapy

Bioengineering & Translational Medicine, 2023
Periodontitis induced by chronic subgingival infection is a ubiquitous disease that causes systemic inflammatory consequences and poses a negative impact on quality of life. The disease is treated and potentially prevented by patient's self‐care aimed at
Mayuka Nakajima, Nao Nakajima, Junling Guo, Samir Mitragotri   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison between water flosser and regular floss in the efficacy of plaque removal in patients after single use

Saudi Dental Journal, 2021
Objective: The objective was to compare water flosser and regular floss in the efficacy of plaque removal in patients after single use. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted to compare the plaque removal efficacy of ...
Hoda Abdellatif, Nassreen Alnaeimi, Hessah Alruwais, Rawan Aldajan, Mamata Iranna Hebbal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first case report of dental floss pick-related injury presenting with massive hemoptysis: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2008
Introduction A tracheobronchial foreign body is a rarely mentioned cause of massive hemoptysis. Although an aspirated toothpick is a well-known cause of traumatic injury to the respiratory tract, a similar device called a dental floss pick, which is much
Huang Chun-Ta, Ho Chao-Chi, Tsai Yi-Ju, Yang Pan-Chyr   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dental flossing as a diagnostic method for proximal gingivitis: a validation study

Brazilian Oral Research, 2016
This study evaluated the clinical diagnosis of proximal gingivitis by comparing two methods: dental flossing and the gingival bleeding index (GBI).
Alessandra Pascotini GRELLMANN, Karla Zanini KANTORSKI, Thiago Machado ARDENGHI, Carlos Heitor Cunha MOREIRA, Cristiane Cademartori DANESI, Fabricio Batistin ZANATTA   +5 more
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Fluorotic Enamel Susceptibility to Dental Erosion and Fluoride Treatment

, 2023
The purpose of this in vitro study was to test the hypothesis that fluoride treatment can prevent dental erosion on fluorotic enamel of different severities.
Silva, Cristiane Araújo Maia, Vieira, Basílio Rodrigues, do Nascimento, Johnatan Meireles, Martinez-Mier, Esperanza Angele, de Sousa, Frederico Barbosa, Hara, Anderson Takeo   +5 more
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How many times is the optimum dental floss frequency in people with normal ‎periodontium? A randomized controlled single blind clinical trial

Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology, 2015
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Due to the inadequate of a toothbrush in cleaning of interdental areas and further advanced developing of the disease in this area, dental flossing seems essential.
Hoda Shamsaddin, Amin Motamedi
doaj   +2 more sources