BMC Oral Health, 2021 Background Caries in the elderly has been associated with dependence, oral-health status and -care practices. This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the association between root/coronal caries and individual factors among institutionalised ...
Margarita Usuga-Vacca +3 more
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Risk Factors Influence on the Prevalence and Severity of Root Caries in Mosul (Rural and Urban) [PDF]
Al-Rafidain Dental Journal, 2010 Aims: To determine the association of root caries with some risk factors among adult population in Mosul City (rural and urban). Materials and Methods: A sample of 231 subjects was selected, aged 20-70 years old, from rural and urban areas of Mosul City.
Aisha A Qasim
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Association of Root Caries with Oral Habits in Older Individuals Attending a Rural Health Centre of a Dental Hospital in India [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Background: Many risk factors can compromise an older adult’s systemic health. Among the oral ailments in the elderly, root caries is a significant one which causes tooth loss in them.
Jayanna Vinayaka Bharateesh +1 more
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Engineering peptide-polymer hybrids for targeted repair and protection of cervical lesions
Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2022 By 2060, nearly 100 million people in the USA will be over the age of 65 years. One-third of these older adults will have root caries, and nearly 80% will have dental erosion.
Paulette Spencer +10 more
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Gene expression profile of Scardovia spp. in the metatranscriptome of root caries [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2020 A few investigations of caries biofilms have identified Scardovia spp.; however, little is known about its involvement in caries pathogenesis. The purpose of this study was to assess the gene expression profile of Scardovia spp.
Naile DAMÉ-TEIXEIRA +4 more
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Prevalence of root caries among elders living in residential homes of Bengaluru city, India [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Among the various oral ailments which have been observed in elderly, root caries is a significant one. Tooth loss is chief oral health-related negative variable to the quality of life in elderly and root caries is the major cause of tooth ...
Kumara-Raja, Balasubramanian, Radha, G.
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Extensive description and comparison of human supra-gingival microbiome in root caries and health. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Knowledge of the polymicrobial etiology of root caries is limited. To conduct a comprehensive research study on root caries, we utilized 454-pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA gene libraries and quantitative PCR to compare supra-gingival bacterial communities ...
Lin Chen +7 more
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Radiation-induced root surface caries restored with glass-ionomer cement placed in conventional and ART cavity preparations: Results at two years [PDF]
, 2005 The document attached has been archived with permission from the Australian Dental Association (8th Jan 2008). An external link to the publisher’s copy is included.Background: There are no published studies comparing the clinical performances of more ...
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Randomized Clinical Trial on Preventing Root Caries among Community-Dwelling Elders [PDF]
, 2017 Dental root caries is a common disease among elders. More efforts on preventing this disease are needed. Silver diammine fluoride (SDF) is known to prevent dental caries in primary teeth.
Chu, CH +4 more
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Actinomyces spp. gene expression in root caries lesions [PDF]
, 2016 Background: studies of the distribution of Actinomyces spp. on carious and non-carious root surfaces have not been able to confirm the association of these bacteria with root caries, although they were extensively implicated as a prime suspect in root ...
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