Parental awareness and dental health behavior of children with congenital heart disease, with diabetes mellitus, or undergoing anti-cancer treatment, compared to healthy children [PDF]
IntroductionChildren with chronic diseases tend to experience a considerably higher burden of oral disease compared to their healthy peers. Low awareness of the impact of systemic diseases on oral health, lack of motivation, and discomfort may render the
Elinor Halperson+7 more
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Patient Characteristics in Oral Cancer Staging
BackgroundOral cancer is a largely preventable malignancy with many modifiable risk factors, such as tobacco use and proper oral hygiene. Early detection of oral cancer is an important goal for oral healthcare providers, as survival rates for oral ...
Matthew J. Hoffman+2 more
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Role of family physicians in maintaining oral health and wellness
The family physician's role is to provide whole-body care across all age groups irrespective of the organ system. They provide preventive, promotive, and curative care to families and communities.
Raman Kumar
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Oral Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice Behaviour among Secondary School Children in Chandigarh [PDF]
Introduction: Oral health knowledge is considered to be an essential prerequisite for health-related practices and better oral health. Healthy practices adopted at young age are more sustainable.
Anshu Blaggana+7 more
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The level of two trace elements in carious, non-carious, primary, and permanent teeth
Purpose: The boron and fluoride mainly accumulate in the bones and teeth of the human body. The purpose of this study is to determine boron or fluoride levels in the whole tooth, to evaluate the correlation between their levels and to compare these ...
Fikrettin Şahi̇n+6 more
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Oral Health Needs Including Unmet Dental Needs among Transgender Population- A Review [PDF]
Healthcare is a fundamental human right irrespective of gender, race, religion, caste, social status or the community in which they live. But transgender people are mostly victims of such barriers which eventually lead to compromised oral health.
Ipseeta Menon+4 more
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AI-Dentify: Deep learning for proximal caries detection on bitewing x-ray -- HUNT4 Oral Health Study [PDF]
Background: Dental caries diagnosis requires the manual inspection of diagnostic bitewing images of the patient, followed by a visual inspection and probing of the identified dental pieces with potential lesions. Yet the use of artificial intelligence, and in particular deep-learning, has the potential to aid in the diagnosis by providing a quick and ...
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Objectives: Calculate the prevalence and severity of dental caries and periodontal health among school students aged 12-18 years old and their attitudes toward dental health and oral hygiene at Al-Mafraq governate- Jordan.
Leena Smadi+4 more
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Application of Reactive Oxygen Species-Based Nanomaterials in Dentistry: A Review
Maintenance of dental health has attracted attention of researchers at present. Various materials have been constructed and applied for curing different dental diseases, although limitation of biocompatibility and safety is still a big challenge.
Fenglin Liu+4 more
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Dentistry and Risk Management – A Challenging Balance in an Era of COVID-19
The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) originated in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China, in December 2019, and due to its rapid spread rate, the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic and a public health emergency of international concern.
Amina Sultan+2 more
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