Search

Diabetes Mellitus has become a global epidemic and presents many complications. Oral lesions related to DM described are: dry mouth, tooth decay, periodontal disease and gingivitis, oral candidiasis, burning mouth syndrome (BMS), taste disorders, rhinocerebral zygomycosis (mucormycosis) and various other lesions. It is a retrospective study, to study the oral lesions associated with diabetes mellitus in patients who visited Saveetha Dental College and hospitals in between June 2019 to March 2020. The data of 86000 patients was reviewed and patients with diabetes mellitus and having single or multiple oral lesions were selected for this study. Chisquare test was used to detect the significance between age, gender, diabetes and oral lesions. Prevalence of diabetes was high in males (68.2%) and in individuals more than 65 years of age (49.2%) . Among both males and females dental caries and pulpitis was found to be the most common oral lesion ( 44.3% and 16.7% respectively ) oral complications in patients with DM are considered major complications of the disease and can influence the patient's quality of life. There is evidence that chronic and persistent oral complications such as dental caries, periodontitis, gingivitis, candidiasis in these patients adversely affect blood glucose control. Thus, prevention and management of oral complications due to diabetes are considerable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globally, the internet has made contemporary revolutions making the shared information more accessible. Retrieving any information is much easier now than ever before. The availability of ubiquitous access to various social networks and modern search engines via smartphones, tablets or laptops has made any information accessible almost at any time of the day. A large number of tools is available to assess the quality of information. DISCERN is an instrument, or tool, which has been designed to help users of consumer health information judge the quality of written information about treatment choices. To determine the readability and the reliability of dental caries-related information retrieved on Indian websites. The present study was designed to assess the readability and the reliability of dental caries-related information retrieved on Indian websites. After determining specific search strategy, the websites were retrieved from most used search engines like Google search and Yahoo. The English term "Tooth decay" was entered in the most commonly search engine Google and Yahoo. From a total of 1,81,00,000 results obtained in various search engines we included in our study the first 25 links in each search engine. We evaluated about 50 websites, not connected to each other. The data was subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. In this study, among the 50 websites, only 7(14%) had good reliability, about 40(80%) had fair reliability. Also only about 3(6%) had good quality of information on treatment choices, about 35(70%) had fair quality. It also shows that only about 18(36%) had good overall quality. Based on the aim of the study, internet-based information about dental caries is yet not completely reliable source and also in terms of quality of source of information in treatment choices. Also, dental caries related contents were fairly easy according to the FRE-BP scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Oral diseases are the major public health problem due to their high prevalence and noteworthy social impact and it can be controlled only if it was diagnosed at an earlier stage. This study is aimed to evaluate oral health status, oral hygiene practices, among 8-10-year-old school going children in Kanchipuram district. A clinical trial was conducted in 90 schools in Kanchipuram district. Students were selected from 3rd, 4th and 5th standard consists of 4 students from each class with a total of 12 students from each school. Dental caries (DMFT and dmft index), brushing frequency, use of fluoridated toothpaste and sugar intake were assessed. Mean decayed permanent teeth and mean decayed milk teeth were found to be 0.29± 0.692 and 2.65± 2.711 respectively. 95.93% of the participants use fluoridated toothpaste and 69.44% brushes once in a day and 30.37% of participants brushes twice a day. Children of 8 years, 9 years and 10 years have 19.2%, 21.8% and 10.6% prevalence of dental caries respectively. Significant association was found between decayed permanent teeth use of fluoridated toothpaste(p=0.001) as children using fluoridated toothpaste had lower prevalence of caries in our clinical trial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Oral SubMucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a chronic, potentially malignant disorder of the oral cavity seen predominantly in the south east asian region[1].The most common cause is tobacco chewing habits like pan, areca nut and gutkha. This cross sectional study aims to determine the prevalence of OSMF among habitual tobacco chewers. This study was designed as a cross sectional study. All the patients with a tobacco chewing habit were included in the study. The patient records were accessed and data was collected between June 2019 and March 2020.The clinical diagnosis of OSMF was based on the presence of palpable fibrous bands, blanched oral mucosa and limited mouth opening. The data collected was analysed using SPSS software and the results were recorded. Out of the 311 habitual tobacco chewers, OSMF was prevalent in 30.5 % of the population with pan chewing(39%) being the most common abusive habit. Men were predominant (92.4%). Buccal mucosa (68.5%) was the most commonly affected site. This study shows a prevalence of 30.5% among habitual tobacco chewers.OSMF was highly prevalent in men within the age group 31-50 years. Pan chewing habit was common over gutkha and areca nuts. Awareness and education on the detrimental effects of tobacco chewing and the risk associated with it should be implemented to limit the frequency of occurrence amongst the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fluorosis is an endemic disease that affects millions of people all over the world. Long term ingestion of excess fluorides through drinking water and other sources can lead to fluorosis affecting both the skeletal system and teeth. Dental fluorosis is a developmental disturbance of enamel due to the excessive exposure to fluoride. It mostly affects families located in high-fluoride belt regions with excessive fluoride present in drinking water. The aim of the study is to determine the awareness of dental fluorosis among college students in chennai. The study was conducted through an online survey link where a structured questionnaire containing 14 questions were distributed among 150 college students in chennai. This study revealed that nearly 50% of the population were unaware about dental fluorosis and Only 42% of the participants agreed that the main cause of dental fluorosis was the water quality. About 46% of the participants agreed that dental Fluorosis may cause tooth problems as well as skeletal problems. More than 50% of the participants were unaware of the various modes of treatments that are available for dental fluorosis. Hence this study shows that there is a lack awareness about dental fluorosis among the college students in Chennai. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of Ayurveda is to achieve physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being by implementing preventive, health promoting and holistic methods towards life. Recently there is renewed interest in use of various ayurvedic drugs for dental health. To determine the anti-bacterial efficacy of Solanum xanthocarpum, Terminalia chebula, Emblica offinalis Mimosa pudica and 0.2% chlorhexidine on oral bacteria Streptococcus mutans, Candida albicans, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. An in-vitro study done with eight strains of microorganisms (Streptococcus mutans, Candida albicans, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus) were taken and incubated in Mutans media, Mueller Hilton agar, Sabouraud Dextrose agar media, brain heart infusion broth, Muller Hinton Agar and Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) broth respectively for each microorganism respectively. Sterile discs were incorporated with equal amounts of prepared extracts using micropipette. then these discs were placed equidistant to each other following which these plates were incubated for 24 hours. The zone of inhibition against Streptococcus mutans, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumonia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa was found to be highest in Terminalia chebula when compared to the other plant extracts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Corporate workers constitute a well-defined population. Every workplace is really a work environment where there are interactions between people and the chemical and physical demands involved with performing a job. Oral diseases in adults negatively impact their employability and systemic health. To assess the dental caries experience among corporate employees in Chennai. The corporate workers with age groups of 20-50 years were included in the study. Dental caries experience was assessed using DMFT index and gingival status was assessed by gingival index. Independent t test was used to assess the dental caries experience between professionals and skilled workers. The mean DMFT score was found to be statistically significant between professionals and skilled workers (pvalue-0.02). The mean gingivitis score was not found to be statistically significant between professionals and skilled workers(p value-0.62). The present study revealed that Decay and missing were observed to be increased in skilled workers compared to professionals. Oral health of corporate workers is compromised which might be primarily due to the exposure to sugar products during their job hours and lower awareness level regarding the significance of oral health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cord blood cells are too valuable to discard. Stem cells have been used in treatment for over 2 decades and the list of diseases treated with cord blood has doubled. This study can be used in the development of public cord blood banks in Chennai. The list of clinics and hospitals in Chennai was obtained and using convenient sampling three hospitals were selected. Equal representations from all three hospitals were taken till the sample size was met. A Self-administered questionnaire was distributed to the pregnant women. 340 pregnant women received the questionnaire. 88.8% had little or very little knowledge about stem cells and cord blood. 29.1% of women had a misconception that the surgical procedure of collecting cord blood cells might harm them or their infant. 85.6% of women said that they would be willing to know more information about cord blood banking. It can be concluded that pregnant women lack sufficient knowledge but there is a positive attitude, regarding the cord blood banking and donation. It also stresses that health care professionals play a vital role in providing the required information to their patients at the right time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]