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Correlation of plaque nitric oxide levels with plaque Streptococcus mutans, plaque pH and decayed, missing and filled teeth index of children of different age groups

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2016
Context: Dental plaque is considered one of the most important etiological factors for dental caries. Nitrate and Nitrite levels in saliva are considered protective against oral and gastrointestinal disease.
Sawinderjit Saini, Hina Noorani, P K Shivaprakash   +2 more
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Automated classification of dual channel dental imaging of auto-fluorescence and white lightby convolutional neural networks [PDF]

Journal of Innovative Optical Health Sciences, 2020
Prevention is the most effective way to reduce dental caries. In order to provide a simple way to achieve oral healthcare direction in daily life, dual Channel, portable dental Imaging system that combine white light with autofluorescence techniques was ...
Cheng Wang, Haotian Qin, Guangyun Lai, Gang Zheng, Huazhong Xiang, Jun Wang, Dawei Zhang   +6 more
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Selfie Dental Plaque Index: A New Tool for Dental Plaque Assessment

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, 2022
Plaque quantification indices are frequently used to evaluate personal oral hygiene. Education in self-care and self-diagnosis is effective in prevention and control of both dental and periodontal disease. Mobile technology has become a ubiquitous technology and can be particularly useful in the self-monitoring of health promotion.
Azevedo, Camila-Lindoni, Henriques, Paulo-Sérgio-Gomes, Pannuti, Claudio, Crosato, Edgard-Michel   +3 more
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Role of plaque in the clearance of salivary sucrose and its influence on salivary ph

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, 2011
Background: The prevalence of dental caries in children, in India, is higher than many of the industrialized countries. The sugar most commonly associated with dental caries is sucrose, as the microorganisms in the dental plaque have the ability to ...
A Kumar, R Hedge, U Dixit
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Microbial differences between dental plaque and historic dental calculus are related to oral biofilm maturation stage

Microbiome, 2019
Background Dental calculus, calcified oral plaque biofilm, contains microbial and host biomolecules that can be used to study historic microbiome communities and host responses. Dental calculus does not typically accumulate as much today as historically,
Irina M. Velsko, James A. Fellows Yates, Franziska Aron, Richard W. Hagan, Laurent A. F. Frantz, Louise Loe, Juan Bautista Rodriguez Martinez, Eros Chaves, Chris Gosden, Greger Larson, Christina Warinner   +10 more
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A Combination of Zinc and Arginine Disrupt the Mechanical Integrity of Dental Biofilms

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Mechanical cleaning remains the standard of care for maintaining oral hygiene. However, mechanical cleaning is often augmented with active therapeutics that further promote oral health.
Erin S. Gloag, Yalda Khosravi, James G. Masters, Daniel J. Wozniak, Carlo Amorin Daep, Paul Stoodley   +5 more
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Comparing the effectiveness of water flosser and dental floss in plaque reduction among adults: A systematic review

Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology, 2023
Introduction: Interdental aids such as dental floss and water flossers have been found to be effective in removing interdental plaque. This systematic review aimed to compare the available data on the efficacy of dental floss and water flossers in plaque
Subhashree Mohapatra, Ladusingh Rajpurohit, Rahul Mohandas, Sujeet Patil   +3 more
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UJI EFEKTIFITAS EKSTRAK SIWAK (Salvadora Persica) BERBAGAI KONSENTRASI TERHADAP PEMBENTUKAN PLAK GIGI - Studi terhadap Murid MTsN Sale

ODONTO: Dental Journal, 2015
Background: Nowdays many people who care about the health switching from chemical drugs to herbal medicine. There are many herbs that used for health. One is miswak (Salvadora persica) are many benefits to general health and dental health. Siwak can help
Ervina Diah Ruslinawati, Rahmawati Sri Praptiningsih, Siti Chumaeroh   +2 more
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Usefulness of the newly developed artificial denture plaque for practical denture care training

Clinical and Experimental Dental Research, 2020
Objectives The aim of this study was to investigate whether the newly developed artificial dental plaque (A‐DP) is useful as an educational tool for denture care of dental hygienist that compared it with conventional artificial dental plaque from the ...
Katsuya Kawanishi, Tomoe Okahashi, Hideki Aita, Yuki Kan, Masao Yamazaki, Kenya Asahiro, Shizue Oyama, Takumi Ueki, Kana Sugihara, Riyo Chiba, Masa Yamagata, Kunio Matsubara, Yukie Murata, Kaname Shirai, Mai Kono, Mizuho Sasaki, Yoshifumi Toyoshita, Yasunori Sakakura, Toshiyuki Nagasawa, Hisashi Koshino   +19 more
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New dimensions in mechanical plaque control: An overview

Indian Journal of Dental Sciences, 2017
Plaque control is the daily removal of dental plaque, oral biofilm and also prevention of their accumulation on the teeth and other parts of oral cavity. Dental plaque is the major etiology of maximum gingival and periodontal diseases. It is also related
Arnab Mandal, Dhirendra Kumar Singh, Humaira Siddiqui, Diptajit Das, Arka Kanti Dey   +4 more
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