scholarly journals Prevalence of Dental Crowding in the Kabul Dental Hospital, Kabul-Afghanistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 34-36
Author(s):  
Ozair Erfan ◽  
Gulbahar Taka ◽  
Hosna Qaderyar

Background: Dental crowding, also called overcrowding, is a condition in which there is not enough space in the mouth for the steady growth of permanent teeth. Common problems that crowding can cause for a person include difficulty chewing food, speech problems, tooth decay, enamel loss, premature tooth loss, pressure on the jaws and pain, gingival resorption, and tenderness. Crowding always creates an unpleasant appearance for a person and even causes a person to be isolated from society and reduce self-confidence due to an ugly appearance. Crowding raises serious functional and aesthetic concerns for many patients. Aims: Conduct a descriptive study in this field with 1000 patients of the (OPD) Outpatient Department of Kabul Dental Hospital on the prevalence of crowding and to finding the relationship between the incidence of crowding according to the upper and lower jaws and the anterior and posterior segments of each jaw. Methods and materials: The sampling method were systematic random sampling that 1000 people were randomly selected from all OPD service clients during nine months and were included in the study. The required information was obtained by clinical examination of patients above the dental unit, under adequate light and the kit of dental examination equipment with direct clinical examination of the patient, and a pre-prepared questionnaire was inserted. The information obtained from the questionnaire reached the coding page, and it was entered into IBM_SPSS-25 software, and its analysis was performed. Results: From the results of this study, it was found that the prevalence of crowding was 59.1%, with the highest incidence of 28.6% in the lower jaw. Also, the highest rate of crowding events was 44.9% in the anterior segment of the mandible. Crowding events were received in the upper jaw 12.7%, with the highest incidence of 29.3% in the anterior segment.

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Adri Nurrahim ◽  
Endang Sukartini ◽  
Ayu Trisna Hayati

Introduction: DMF-T index is an important indicator to assess oral health status of the population. DMF-T index is a number that indicates the average total number of permanent teeth affected by caries, missing or should be extraction because of caries, or have been restorated on each tooth and not each surface. DMF-T index being a reference of the Performed Treatment Index (PTI) which is the sum percentage of restored teeth or without caries in the population. The purpose of this study is to determine DMF-T index and performed treatment index of the patient in Dental Conservation Installation.Methods: This research used the descriptive with survey techniques. Sampling was conducted with a total sampling. The DMF-T index and PTI of Patients in Dental Conservative Installation on July – September 2011. The data obtained through clinical examination of 561 respondents. Results: The DMF-T index patients in Dental Conservative Installation is 5.824 while the PTI is 1.51%. Conclusion: DMF-T index of patients in Dental Conservative Installation period July - September 2011 in the high category and PTI Patients In Dental Conservative Installation Oral and Dental Hospital Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Padjadjaran period July - September 2011 in the low category.


2021 ◽  
pp. 147612702110048
Author(s):  
J Daniel Zyung ◽  
Wei Shi

This study proposes that chief executive officers who have received over their tenure a greater sum of total compensation relative to the market’s going rate become overconfident. We posit that this happens because historically overpaid chief executive officers perceive greater self-worth to the firm whereby such self-serving attribution inflates their level of self-confidence. We also identify chief executive officer- and firm-level cues that can influence the relationship between chief executive officers’ historical relative pay and their overconfidence, suggesting that chief executive officers’ perceived self-worth is more pronounced when chief executive officers possess less power and when their firm’s performance has improved upon their historical aspirations. Using a sample of 1185 firms and their chief executive officers during the years 2000–2016, we find empirical support for our predictions. Findings from this study contribute to strategic leadership research by highlighting the important role of executives’ compensation in creating overconfidence.


Author(s):  
Eugen Silviu Bud ◽  
Cristina Ioana Bica ◽  
Oana Elena Stoica ◽  
Alexandru Vlasa ◽  
Daniela Eșian ◽  
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The prevalence of dental caries and obesity is high as both raise significant health problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dental caries, the number of salivary colonies forming units of Mutans Streptococci (MS) and Lactobacillus (LB), and the nutritional status in a group of children from Transylvania. This observational study used a sample of 154 school children, aged 9 to 12 years. The prevalence of caries was measured using the decayed, missing, and filled teeth index for deciduous teeth (dmft index) and for permanent teeth (DMFT index). Height and weight were assessed for each subject, and their body mass index (BMI) percentile was calculated. Salivary levels of Mutans Streptococci (MS) and Lactobacillus (LB) were determined using the CRT Bacteria Test from Ivoclar Vivadent. In our study, we found a positive association between the BMI percentile, MS count, LB count, tooth brushing frequency, and the incidence of dental caries in children aged 9 to 12 years old. Future preventive programs should include nutrition control in order to prevent both the apparition of dental caries and obesity in children.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107484072110373
Author(s):  
Naho Sato ◽  
Akiko Araki

The aim of this study was to explore father’s involvement in rearing a child with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven fathers in Japan, and the data were analyzed using a qualitative inductive method. The relationship between the parents, in the context of childrearing, influenced father’s involvement with their child with PIMD. Fathers improved their self-confidence in childrearing by discussing and sharing about their child’s conditions and caregiving approaches with their spouse. Moreover, fathers’ experience of being acknowledged and entrusted by their spouse with childrearing motivated and enhanced their involvement. On the contrary, fathers struggled with concerns regarding their family’s future, the balance between childrearing and work, and their own health status. The current findings contribute to nurses’ understanding of father’s involvement in childrearing a child with PIMD and the development of support focusing on the parental dyadic relationship and coparenting behavior.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rey Bintang Pamungkas ◽  
Jeffrey .

Abstract. Introduction: The deciduous tooth period is an important period in child development. Premature loss of deciduous teeth is defined as the loss of deciduous teeth before they approach the eruption of permanent teeth. The prevalance of premature loss offered in several studies obtained was between 4.3% and 42.6%. Method: An 10 years-old-boy accompanied by her mother came to RSGMP Unjani, complaints of lower right nack teeth missing because they have to extracted since 3 mouth ago. Tooth have been extracted because of caries. Result: Result of clinical examination was found premature loss teeth 75, 74, and 85. The space in Moyers analysis was +0.2 mm in region 3 and +0.1 mm in region 4. Patient was treated with a fungsional removable-space-maintainer on teeth 75, 74, and 85. Conclusion: The results of premature loss is excess space in the arch, so to prevent further occlusion abnormalities in child’s growth and development process, we need a special appliance that is used to protect the space due to premature loss of deciduous teeth. Keywords: Premature loss, space maintainer, deciduous teeth


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Madbouhi K ◽  
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Cherkaoui O ◽  

We report the case of an 18-year-old patient who consults for a loss of visual acuity in the right eye for 1 year. On clinical examination, visual acuity is 20/100. Eye tone is 12 mmhg. Examination of the anterior segment shows the existence of a cataract made up of whitish opacities corresponding to a congenital cerulean cataract (Figure 1). The treatment consisted of a cataract cure by phacoemulsification with good progress. Cerulean cataract is a rare congenital form of bluish tint, made up of whitish opacities in concentric layers with a radial arrangement at their center. Visual acuity is fairly good in childhood but may deteriorate later. In the literature, the incidence of cataracts in Down’s children ranges from 5% to 50%. In previous studies of congenital or infantile cataract, 3-5 % of cases were associated with Down’s syndrome [1].


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