ABSTRACT Introduction: nearly 15% of the world's population lives with some kind of disability. Colombia has no official reports on indigenous people with disabilities. Being an indigenous person with a disability increases health vulnerabilities and the risk for oral diseases. The objective of this st...
Resumen El objetivo del presente estudio es determinar la prevalencia del apiñamiento dental determinando el comportamiento y la prevalencia de esta anomalía en el ciclo de vida de las personas y el grupo dentario más afectado en la población que consulta los servicios de odontología de la CCSS. Se ...
Resumen Introducción: Determinar la prevalencia de fluorosis dental y los factores asociados a su presencia, en escolares de 10 a 12 años del cantón Pimampiro, provincia de Imbabura, Ecuador. Metodología: Muestra de 302 alumnos de centros educativos del cantón Pimampiro, provincia de Imbabura que...
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: High prevalence of dental caries in ulcerative colitis (UC) has been attributed to diet and changes in salivary environment. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to characterize the prevalence of dental caries, salivary flow rates, salivary buffering capacity and cariogenic bacteria counts of Mut...
Carga Bacteriana,
Colitis Ulcerosa/complicaciones,
Estudios Transversales,
Caries Dental/etiología,
Caries Dental/microbiología,
Caries Dental/inducido químicamente,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Higiene Bucal,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Saliva/microbiología,
Streptococcus mutans/aislamiento & purificación
ABSTRACT: Childhood is a period of life when the human being is constantly going through progressive steps of psychosocial, physical, and mental development. The quality of hygiene habits of family members will be reflected on the characteristics and attitudes of children, which significantly increases t...
Objetivo: avaliar os conhecimentos e as práticas dos cuidadores sobre saúde bucal em crianças com câncer, na instituição beneficente Lar Amigos de Jesus, em Fortaleza, Ceará, além de identificar as principais complicações bucais decorrentes do tratamento oncológico e como é estabelecida a rel...
The oral hygiene of individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) is markedly impaired by difficulties in toothbrushing due to motor impairment and tremors. Additionally, it appears that other features associated with PD have an impact on the quality of oral health. Objective: this cross-sectional observationa...
Estudios Transversales,
Salud Bucal/estadística & datos numéricos,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/epidemiología,
Encuestas de Salud Bucal/estadística & datos numéricos,
Enfermedades de la Boca/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de la Boca/etiología,
Enfermedad de Parkinson/complicaciones,
Prótesis Dental/estadística & datos numéricos,
Higiene Bucal/estadística & datos numéricos,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Pérdida de la Inserción Periodontal/epidemiología
Introduction: The process to evaluate the effectiveness of preventive programs involves follow-up and monitoring activities, assessing if these programs really contribute to the improvement of oral health conditions of the target population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of oral health program...
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify studies about strategies for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia deployed in health services and classify their level of evidence. Method: integrative review of the literature, in 7 databases, which included the following descriptors: Prevention and Control AND...
Abstract: Objective: To compare peer-led dental education (PLDE) versus conventional dental instruction (CDI) in modifying children's oral self-care. Materials and methods: The intervention group (two schools) received PLDE and the control group (two schools) received CDI. The quality of oral self-ca...
