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The triple-headed toothbrush showed better efficacy in plaque removal and could potentially be a good alternative to the conventional single-headed toothbrush in young children with limited hand skill.
The triple-headed toothbrush showed better efficacy in plaque removal and could potentially be a good alternative to the conventional single-headed toothbrush in young children with limited hand skill.
Unprofessionalism in the use of Facebook has been found among healthcare professionals including dental students. The improper content may be shared to the public, negatively impacting their professions. This study explored account privacy and professionalism on Facebook usage in conjunction with evaluating whether there were correlations among presence of clinical experience, account privacy, and professionalism.
This study retrospectively explored professionalism in the use of Facebook among Mahidol dental undergraduates in the academic year 2019. The students who had identifiable Facebook and accepted a friend request were included into this study. The content on both "About" and "Wall" sections was examined and analyzed using descriptive statistics and χ
test.
Facebook profiles of 522 students were identified. There were 382 (73.18%) students who accepted the friend requests, revealing account privacy 32 (8.38%) private, 200 (52.36%) limited, and 150 (39.27%) public profiles. Clearly unprofessional content was mostly relevant to sharing information of patients (15.97%), followed by parody content of patients (8.9%). Questionably unprofessional misconducts included political discriminations (14.66%), profanity (3.14%), and alcohol consumption (2.88%). Professionalism was found to be significantly correlated with privacy (
<0.001) and clinical experience (
<0.001).
Unprofessionalism tended to be higher in clinical years, so professionalism should be emphasized constantly throughout the dental program, especially before starting clinical practice. Privacy concerns should also be suggested for students at the beginning of the program.
Unprofessionalism tended to be higher in clinical years, so professionalism should be emphasized constantly throughout the dental program, especially before starting clinical practice. Privacy concerns should also be suggested for students at the beginning of the program.
The aims of this study were to explore the use of unsupervised machine learning in clustering the population based on reports of oral pain, psychological distress, and sleep problems and to compare demographic and socio-economic characteristics as well as levels of functional domains (work, social, and leisure) between clusters.
In this cross-sectional study, a total of 1613 participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2017-2018 were analyzed. Five variables, including oral pain, depression, anxiety, sleep apnea, and excessive daytime sleepiness, were selected for cluster analysis using the
-medoids clustering algorithm. The distribution of categorical variables between clusters was assessed using χ
test. One-way analysis of variance and Kruskal-Wallis
test were used to compare numerical variables as appropriate.
Five distinct clusters were identified healthy, norm, anxiety, apnea-comorbid, and pain-comorbid. The apnea-comorbid cluster had mean age of 59 years and higere significantly impaired. The comorbid clusters thus call for public health intervention.
This
study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of lemongrass (
) essential oil in eradicating
biofilm pre-established on the maxillofacial silicone specimens.
Two maxillofacial silicones, namely, MDX4-4210 and Multisil Epithetik, were used for the fabrication of 6 mm diameter disks (
= 21 for each brand of silicone). A 48-h mature
ATCC 10231 biofilm was pre-established on sterile silicone specimen. These disks were then exposed to various concentrations of lemongrass essential oil ranging from 0.31% to 5% (v/v), 20% (v/v) nystatin, and RPMI-1640 medium for 18-20 h. After exposure, the remaining viable fungal biofilm was examined by the XTT [2,3-bis-(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide]-reduction assay. All data were analyzed by using a regression coefficient and a
Tukey HSD multiple comparisons test (
= 0.05).
Different brands of silicone used for fabrication did not significantly affect the formation of mature
biofilm (
=0.302). A 5% (v/v) lemongrass essential oil significantly eliminated fungal biofilm by approximately 95% (
=0.031). However, less than 50% of the fungal biofilm was eliminated by the tested oil at a concentration as low as 0.31% (v/v). Furthermore, the fungicidal efficacy against
biofilm of lemongrass essential oil at 2.5% (v/v) was as potent as that of 20% (v/v) nystatin suspension (
= 0.99).
Lemongrass essential oil expressed fungicidal effect on
biofilm pre-established on the disks fabricated from different brands of silicone. Additionally, the fungicidal effectiveness of the oil against the mature fungal biofilm was dose-dependent.
Lemongrass essential oil expressed fungicidal effect on C. albicans biofilm pre-established on the disks fabricated from different brands of silicone. Additionally, the fungicidal effectiveness of the oil against the mature fungal biofilm was dose-dependent.
This study aimed at evaluating oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) among adults with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) and compared it with adults with no orofacial cleft. The study also intended to find out the impact of cleft severity, gender, and age on the perceived OHRQoL.
The study was composed of a sample of 70 adult participants who received and completed dental treatments 35 participants with CL/P (CL/P group) and 35 participants with no orofacial cleft (control group) agreed to participate. Each participant completed the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-49) with no missing data. The OHIP-49 data were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney
test, and a
-value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
Adults with CL/P reported higher scores in all the seven subscales of the OHIP-49. These results were statistically significant in physical disability (mean scores of 1.22,
= 0.017) and social disability (mean scores of 0.93,
= 0.046). Females with CL/P recorded better OHRQoL in the handicap domain (
= 0.026). Participants with cleft lip only recorded better OHRQoL compared with those with cleft lip and palate, and that was statistically significant at both the functional limitation (
= 0.003) and the physical pain (
= 0.046). There was a significant positive correlation between increasing age and functional limitation (
= 0.025).
CL/P negatively affected OHRQoL for adults with CL/P mainly on physical and social disabilities of OHIP-49 when compared with a general non-cleft sample.
CL/P negatively affected OHRQoL for adults with CL/P mainly on physical and social disabilities of OHIP-49 when compared with a general non-cleft sample.
The current study aimed at describing the short-term effect of nonsurgical periodontal treatment on dental anxiety and blood glucose level change among diabetic patients.
One hundred and fifty patients with diabetes participated in a cross-sectional study design. All of them were divided into two groups, with 75 patients in each group. The first group was treated with air scaling, whereas the second group was treated with manual scaling. The determination of treatment needs and the evaluation of periodontal health status were achieved by using Community Periodontal Index for Treatment Need (CPITN). The level of dental anxiety was assessed by using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The glucose change was calculated by subtracting the glucose level before treatment from the glucose level straight after treatment.
No significant difference in glucose level was observed between manual scaling and air scaling after treatment (
= 0.076), and the level of glucose was significantly lower after scaling treatment within the treatment groups (
= 0.000). The level of glucose change between the groups was significantly lower for the manual scaling treatment group (
= 0.013), and it was significantly correlated with VAS (
= 0.000). Multiple regression analysis showed a significant association between the treatment groups (
= 0.007).
Scaling reduced blood glucose and dental anxiety levels in patients with diabetes. Ro 61-8048 Manual scaling was associated with reduced glucose level change less than air scaling after treatment.
Scaling reduced blood glucose and dental anxiety levels in patients with diabetes. link2 Manual scaling was associated with reduced glucose level change less than air scaling after treatment.
To evaluate the pooled sensitivity and specificity of ultrasonography (USG) in maxillofacial fractures.
A systematic search was performed in five databases (PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL, Web of Science, Dentistry and Oral Sciences Source) from inception to September 12, 2020. Studies that reported or from which sensitivity and specificity can be calculated and studies published in the English language were included. Conference proceedings, letter to editors, and case reports were excluded. Screening of studies, data extraction, and risk of bias assessment (QUADAS -2) were done separately by two review authors. A bivariate random-effects model was used to calculate the pooled estimates.
After the removal of duplicates, 1852 studies were included for screening of title and abstracts. Only 22 studies were included in the quantitative synthesis. The sample size ranged from 6 to 87. The majority of the studies assessed orbit and nasal bones fractures. link3 Only two studies included a comprehensive assessment of facial fractures. The overall sensitivity and specificity values were 0.94 and 0.96, respectively.
USG has good diagnostic accuracy for the assessment of fractures of orbit and nasal bones. Clinicians need to consider the advantages and limitations of USG before recommending advanced imaging modalities.
USG has good diagnostic accuracy for the assessment of fractures of orbit and nasal bones. Clinicians need to consider the advantages and limitations of USG before recommending advanced imaging modalities.
The link between periodontal disease and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has been the subject of major research over the past several years. The primary objective of this review is to understand the cellular and molecular components that link common risk factors (exposure) in adult patients (population) with periodontal disease and other NCDs (outcome). The secondary objective is to interpret from existing literature the possibility of identifying the molecular plausibility of the Common Risk Factor Approach (CRFA).
A literature search was performed in PubMed/MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, and Google Scholar for all published articles pertaining to the molecular and cellular basis of the risk factors between periodontal diseases and major NCDs. Data from all randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials, cross-sectional studies, case-control, cohort studies, literature, and systematic reviews were included.
Periodontal pathogens, stress, obesity, smoking, and dietary factors are some of the common risk factors between periodontal disease and NCDs.
