Diagnosing Oral Disease Bony Enlargement of the left Maxilla

To decrease the chance of spread of highly infectious coronavirus disease, the complete lockdown has been taking place in India as well as many other countries of the world. At this difficult time, telehealth can play a major role as it is ideal for the treatment and management of infectious diseases, thus fulfilling the purpose of ‘social distancing’. Telehealth can be beneficial to those who are at higher risk of getting infected and also to the health care providers by decreasing the exposure as well as the workload of health care providers. Telehealth uses computer technology to convey clinical data for diagnosis, treatment as well as management of the disease. Tele-dentistry is telemedicine in dental practice which can also be helpful in the current national emergency. Within the dental practice, teledentistry is widely used in disciplines like preventive dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontal conditions, early dental caries detection, and education. Patients, oral medication and diagnosis. Some of the main modes and methods used in teledentistry are electronic health records, electronic referral systems, image scanning, teleconvention and telediagnosis. All applications used in teledentistry aim to improve efficiency, provide access to an ineligible population, improve quality of care, and reduce the burden of oral disease. This article provides a review of the use of telemedicine and teledentistry in the time of coronavirus disease.

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A Study of Suboptimally Controlled Participants Previously Taking Oral Disease-Modifying Drugs (DMDs) for Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis (RMS)

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct03933202 ◽

2019 ◽

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Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

Oral Disease ◽

Disease Modifying Drugs ◽

Disease Modifying

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Oral Health and Risk Factors for Oral Disease

Case Medical Research ◽

10.31525/ct1-nct04081025 ◽

2019 ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Oral Health ◽

Oral Disease

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Towards an Affordable Human Waste Management Programme for the Poor – A Report on Bangladesh

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.1986.0271 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 18 (7-8) ◽

pp. 33-40

Author(s):

K. M. Minnatullah

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Disease Transmission ◽

Limited Resource ◽

Health Impact ◽

Management Programme ◽

Oral Disease ◽

Personal Hygiene ◽

Positive Health ◽

Water And Sanitation ◽

Human Waste

Nearly 80% of all illness in Bangladesh is related to water and sanitation. The combined rate of enteric diseases in Bangladesh is the highest in the world. 30% of all the deaths of children under 5 are due to diarrhoea, claiming more than 200,000 lives annually. Environmentally sound human waste management, along with personal hygiene awareness, are of critical importance to the prevention of faecal-oral disease transmission. present rural sanitation coverage is about 3%. A national target has been set to ensure that 13% of the rural poor will be covered under the human waste management programme by 1990, the end of the U.N. Water Decade. This however, contrasts with the similar target of 77% for the rural water supply programme, which received higher resource allocation and priority for a much longer period. This lack of correlation between water and sanitation has highly reduced the positive health impact of these developments. An affordable human waste management programme for the rural people, where 87% of the total population lives under conditions of the greatest poverty and underdevelopment, urgently needs serious and realistic consideration in the context of the limited resource prospects for future years. This report addresses the above issues and describes the commendable momentum that has been gained through the continuous efforts of national planners and policy makers. It is hoped that this might in the near future, through the rural human waste management programme, produce the long desired continual reduction of faecal-oral disease transmission.

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An oral disease prevention program for patients receiving radiation and chemotherapy

The Journal of the American Dental Association ◽

10.14219/jada.archive.1985.0292 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 110 (1) ◽

pp. 43-47 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

William E. Wright ◽

Julie M. Haller ◽

Shelley A. Harlow ◽

Philip A. Pizzo

Keyword(s):

Disease Prevention ◽

Prevention Program ◽

Oral Disease ◽

Oral Disease Prevention

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Challenges, Barriers, Strategies Implementing an Oral Hygiene Program in Assisted Living Facilities Post COVID-19

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3426 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 935-935

Author(s):

Kim Attanasi ◽

Victoria Raveis

Keyword(s):

Oral Health ◽

Assisted Living ◽

Oral Hygiene ◽

Health Program ◽

Dental Hygiene ◽

Oral Disease ◽

Final Decision ◽

Assisted Living Facilities ◽

New York University ◽

Term Care

Abstract [Objective] Almost 8% of the U.S. population, 65 and older, reside in long term care facilities with limited delivery of essential dental care to prevent and manage oral health disease. By 2050, this population is expected to increase by 1.6 billion. Multiple bi-directional connections exist between oral disease and overall health. [Methods] Faculty from the Dental Hygiene Department, New York University College of Dentistry conducted an extensive outreach effort and randomly selected assisted living facilities. Facilities were offered the opportunity to receive at no-cost, a dental hygiene-led, educational, preventive oral health program delivered virtually to their residents as a community service. Incentives discussed. [Results] Twenty-one facilities were contacted, 17 (94.4%) had no oral healthcare program; one had an oral health component. In 13 (72%), the concierge functioned as gatekeeper, unwilling to transfer calls or deliver messages. In five (28%), calls were directed to the activity coordinator. Feasibility concerns and uncertainty about oral health service necessity and resident safety were voiced. Two facilities mentioned familiarity with dental hygiene professionals. Strategic changes in outreach resulted in successfully engaging with facility administrators. Strategies included identifying directors with familiarity or experience with dental hygiene profession, establishing a portfolio and utilizing technology that facilitate incorporating COVID-19 protocols. [Conclusions] Efforts to initiate a dental hygiene-led virtual oral health program encountered gatekeeper challenges. Although facility activity coordinators acknowledged benefits for their population, they were not final decision-makers. It was necessary to implement strategies that facilitated discussing the virtual oral hygiene program directly with the facility’s executive leadership.

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Association between sleep habits and symptoms of oral disease in adolescents: the 2017 Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey

BMC Oral Health ◽

10.1186/s12903-021-01575-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Eun-Sil Choi ◽

Hyun-Sun Jeon ◽

So-Jung Mun

Keyword(s):

Risk Behavior ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

Oral Disease ◽

Type B ◽

Quality Of Sleep ◽

Sleep Habits ◽

Web Based ◽

Disease Symptoms ◽

Youth Risk Behavior

Abstract Background This cross-sectional study aimed to examine the relationship between sleep habits and oral disease symptoms in adolescents. Methods Among 62,276 adolescents who participated in the 13th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey (2017), we selected a total of 54,766 adolescents (age, 12–18 years; male, 49.9%) for the final analysis, after excluding those who did not report their sleep duration. The 13th Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web-based Survey data were obtained from a stratified, multistage, clustered sample. Independent variables included general characteristics, oral health behavior, sleep types, sleep duration, and sleep quality; dependent variables comprised oral disease symptoms. Sleep was categorized according to bedtime astype A (bedtime < 1 a.m.) and type B (bedtime ≥ 1 a.m.). Data were analyzed using logistic regression analysis. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results After adjusting for all covariates, adolescents with type A sleep had a higher risk of toothache on chewing (OR = 1.08, 95% CI 1.02–1.15) than adolescents with type B. Adolescents who slept for 6 h or less each night had a higher risk of pain in the tongue and buccal mucosa (OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.18–1.54), gingival pain, and bleeding (OR = 1.31, 95% CI 1.19–1.45) than those who slept for more than 8 h. Adolescents with low quality of sleep had a higher risk of toothache or throbbing (OR = 1.70, 95% CI 1.60–1.81), toothache on chewing (OR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.65–1.82), and halitosis (OR = 1.51, 95% CI 1.41–1.59) than those with high quality of sleep. Conclusions Our findings indicate that some oral symptoms are related to sleep duration and quality. It is essential to inculcate good sleeping habits in adolescents by emphasizing the effects of inadequate sleep duration and quality.

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Salvadora persica: Nature’s Gift for Periodontal Health

Antioxidants ◽

10.3390/antiox10050712 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 712

Author(s):

Mohamed Mekhemar ◽

Mathias Geib ◽

Manoj Kumar ◽

Radha ◽

Yasmine Hassan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Clinical Trials ◽

Periodontal Therapy ◽

Periodontal Treatment ◽

Oral Disease ◽

Salvadora Persica ◽

Periodontal Health ◽

Clinical Investigations ◽

Therapeutic Mechanisms ◽

Pharmacologic Actions

Salvadora persica (SP) extract, displays very valuable biotherapeutic capacities such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory effects. Numerous investigations have studied the pharmacologic actions of SP in oral disease therapies but its promising outcomes in periodontal health and treatment are not yet entirely described. The current study has been planned to analyze the reported effects of SP as a support to periodontal therapy to indorse regeneration and healing. In consort with clinical trials, in vitro investigations show the advantageous outcomes of SP adjunctive to periodontal treatment. Yet, comprehensive supplementary preclinical and clinical investigations at molecular and cellular levels are indispensable to reveal the exact therapeutic mechanisms of SP and its elements for periodontal health and therapy.

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