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Correlation between salivary mutans streptococci, lactobacilli and the severity of early childhood caries

open access: yesJournal of Dental Sciences, 2019
Background/Purpose: Mutans streptococci (MS) and lactobacilli (LB) are associated with dental caries, but the acquisition of these organisms in young children with early childhood caries (ECC) and severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) has only been ...
Jeng-fen Liu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Participatory System Dynamics Approaches to Improve Community‐Based Oral Healthcare Delivery: A Case Study of the ElderSmile Program

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study leveraged system dynamics approaches to improve community‐based oral healthcare delivery via the ElderSmile program. Insights and inferences from focus groups and key informant interviews with older adults and their service providers, respectively, were integral to understanding feedback mechanisms articulated in participatory ...
Sara S. Metcalf   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Maternal Lead Exposure Induces Glandular Alterations in the Salivary Glands of Rat Male Offspring

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Lead (Pb) is a widely distributed environmental pollutant that is highly noxious due to its toxicokinetic characteristics. Pb exposure can damage vital organ systems, including the central nervous and stomatognathic systems. As salivary glands play an important role in oral homeostasis, this study aimed to investigate the effects of maternal ...
Rayssa Maitê Farias Nazário   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A reappraisal of the Middle to Later Stone Age prehistory of Morocco Réévaluer la préhistoire du Maroc, du Middle Stone Age au Later Stone Age

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Over the last 25 years, perceptions of the early prehistory of Northwest Africa have undergone radical changes due to new fieldwork projects and a corresponding growth in scientific interest in the region. Much of this work has been focused in Morocco, known for its extremely rich fossil and archaeological records in caves and rock shelters.
Nick Barton   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Non‐Understandable World of Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Therapist's Implicit Understanding and Subsequent Deepened Understanding

open access: yesJournal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the concept of non‐understandable in psychotherapy, based on the author's own play therapy with a boy with mild ASD (autism spectrum disorder). ASD is considered to belong to an area beyond comprehension, as psychotherapy is often deemed ineffective for it.
Toshio Kawai
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Early Childhood Caries

open access: yesRisk Management and Healthcare Policy, 2023
Rong-Yin Li,1 Dong-Mei Yang,2 Nan Ding,1 Qi-Yan Bao1 1Department of Stomatology, Beijing Luhe Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 101149, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Capital Medical University School of ...
Li RY, Yang DM, Ding N, Bao QY
doaj  

The Relationship Between Severity of Apical Periodontitis and Next‐Generation Systemic Inflammatory Biomarkers

open access: yesAustralian Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apical periodontitis (AP) is an endodontic infection that may persist asymptomatically and be reflected in systemic inflammatory status. This study aimed to evaluate the association between radiographic severity of AP and next‐generation systemic inflammatory biomarkers in systemically healthy adults.
Gözde Akbal Dincer, Rezan Sungur Güzel
wiley   +1 more source

Expert consensus on early childhood caries management

open access: yes, 2022
Early childhood caries (ECC) is a significant chronic disease of childhood and a rising public health burden worldwide. ECC may cause a higher risk of new caries lesions in both primary and permanent dentition, affecting lifelong oral health.
Xuedong Zhou   +15 more
core   +1 more source

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