scholarly journals Clinical Spectrum of Angiomatous Granuloma and Inflammatory Fibrous Hyperplasia- A Retrospective Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽  
pp. 159-162
Author(s):  
Rithanya P ◽  
Archana Santhanam ◽  
Subhashree R

Angiomatous granuloma is a reactive tumour-like lesion commonly seen in the oral cavity. It generally occurs due to proliferation of capillary blood vessels. Whereas, inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia (IFH) refers to gingival enlargement, which is the current terminology for an increase in the size of the gingiva and is a common feature of gingival diseases. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to analyse the clinical spectrum of angiomatous granuloma/ IFH in a private dental hospital. This study was carried out in a hospital setting (single centred study). The data of the study subjects was collected after a complete analysis of data of 86000 patients between June 2019 and March 2020. The data of the patients, including age, gender clinical diagnosis and histopathological reports, were collected and analysed using the Chi-square test to find the association between the clinical and histopathological reports in the study. In the present study, angiomatous granuloma(55%) had a higher prevalence compared to IFH (40%) with higher gender predilection among the female population (61.5%) and generally in the age group ranging from 20 to 40 years. (57.5%) [p value= 0.329] statistically not significant. Similarly, IFH was also found to be higher in the female population of about (38.4%), in the age groups between 20 to 50 years (41.3%). The knowledge of various clinical presentations and histopathological characteristics the lesion is necessary for proper identification and treatment planning.

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Jasim Aljuboori ◽  
Hussien Ali Al-Wakeel ◽  
Lor Yen Fang ◽  
Navenithamaria Eirutharajan ◽  
Santhanalaxmi A Balachandran

ABSTRACT Objectives Previous studies showed there were variations in the interforamina distance of mental foramen between races. The aim of our study is to determine the interforamina distance of mental foramen among Malaysian populations. Materials and methods A total of 503 orthopantomogram (OPG) radiographs were observed. Interexaminer calibration was estimated using the Kappa-Cohen formula. A sheet of transparent paper was superimposed on the panoramic film and the mental foramen was traced on it by using a fine marker pen. A vertical line marking the midline was drawn passing between the maxillary central incisors, the mandibular central incisors, or the nasal septum by using a ruler. The distance of the mental foramen from the midline was then recorded from both the left and the right side. The data were analyzed using chi-square test. Results According to our inclusion and exclusion criteria, 110 OPGs have been excluded and 393 OPGs were selected. In the Malay population, the most common interforamina distance for a male is between 55 and 60+ mm (n= 73, 54.8%). Also, the most common interforamina distance for a female is 55 to 60+ mm (n = 84, 50%). In the Chinese population, the most common interformina distance for a male is between 55 and 60+ mm (n=60, 66.8%). Similarly, the most common interforamina distance for a female is between 55 and 60+ mm (n= 73, 53.8%). Among the Indian population, the most common interforamina distance for a male falls between 55 and 60+ mm (n= 53, 43.4%) and for a female as well (n=50, 54%). According to the chi-square test, the results show that the study is statistically insignificant since the p-value is >0.05 for both the male and female population. Conclusion There is no relationship between the interforamina distance and the ethnicity. The most common interforamina distance for all the races falls between 55 and 60+ mm. How to cite this article Al-Juboori MJ, Saini R, Al-Wakeel HA, Fang LY, Eirutharajan N, Balachandran SA. Evaluation of the Intermental Foramina Distance among Malaysian Population by using Orthopantomogram Radiograph. Int J Experiment Dent Sci 2016;5(2):118-122.


Author(s):  
Aravind Sunderavel Kumaravel Kanagavelu ◽  
Arun Chandran ◽  
Jaya Brinda

Background: Oral health is an important and proven determinant of overall health and quality of life. It is well established that oral health and non-communicable diseases share common risk factors. Our study was designed to assess the practice and knowledge of oral health among 10-13 years old because at this age, lifelong beliefs and essential skills are developed.Methods: A cross-sectional study was done by randomly selecting students from V to VIII standards in a private school. Data was collected using a pre-designed questionnaire. The results were analysed using ‘Jamovi’ software with 'Pearson Chi-square test’ and a p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: Out of the 210 students, only around 1/3rd of the students used both brush with toothpaste, and dental floss to clean their teeth. 123 (58.6%) students brushed twice a day. The association between the frequency of brushing and the age groups was statistically significant. Gender played a role in the duration of brushing.Conclusions: It can be noted from our study that the oral practices and knowledge was better in 10-11 years olds than the 12-13-year olds and better in girls than in boys. Thus, oral education must be tailor made based on the calibre of a particular group instead of ‘one for all’ method.


Author(s):  
Ramesh Chand Chauhan ◽  
Amit Kumar Mishra ◽  
Mani Kandan ◽  
Zile Singh

<p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Background: </span></strong>Hearing impairment is the most frequent sensory deficit in human population and irrespective of the age of development, has devastating consequences. This study was done to assess the burden of hearing impairment among the rural adult population of a coastal area in Tamil Nadu.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Methods: </span></strong>This community-based descriptive study was conducted in a rural area of Tamil Nadu state in India. The study protocol was approved by the institute ethics committee of PIMS. Eligible participants from all the household in the study area were selected. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the information and hearing impairment was assessed by self-reporting by the participants. Proportions for categorical variables were calculated and Chi-square test was applied to find the associations.</p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results: </span></strong>Among a total of 5621 participants interviewed and examined, 232 (4.1%) participants reported to have hearing impairment. Among them, majority reported that they have hearing impairment due to advanced age or non-specific causes resulted in hard to hearing (77.6%) and 12.5% reported to have deafness. Ear discharge (4.3%), wax (3.0%) were other commonly reported cause of hearing impairment. The hearing impairment increased with age and was common among elderly. The reported hearing impairment ranges from 1.5% to 11.3% in different age groups. Age, sex, education and occupation were significantly associated with hearing impairment (p value &lt;0.05).</p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusions: </span></strong>A large number of people in rural communities were having hearing impairment. Improving access to health education and raising awareness about prevention and the needs of people with hearing loss in community is required.</p>


Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 776
Author(s):  
Tao-Hsin Tung ◽  
Ming-Chon Hsiung

We aimed to investigate fatigue and its related factors in a medical professional population aged ≥30 years, as appraised by the implementation of an employee health screening program at Cheng Hsin General Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. The study participants included a total of 2132 (400 males and 1732 females) healthy medical professionals enrolled in a teaching hospital who underwent physical verification in 2019. Demographic characteristics and fatigue information were collected. The overall prevalence of personal- and work-related fatigue in this study population was 41.4% and 39.1%, respectively. The prevalence of a high risk of work- or personal-related fatigue proved to be substantially greater (p-value for chi-square test <0.0001) than it was for a low or moderate risk of personal-related fatigue. Using multinominal logistic regression analysis, seniority and position were statistically significant in relation to a high risk of personal- and work-related fatigue. Personal- and work-related fatigue were found to be prevalent in physicians and nurses. Lower seniority was also related to severe personal- or work-related fatigue. Providing this population with controlled working environments and health improvements is important.


e-CliniC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan V. D. Kalalo ◽  
Herry E. J. Pandeleke ◽  
Shienty Gaspersz

Abstract: Seborrheic dermatitis is a type of papulosquamous dermatitis with predilection in areas with many sebaceous glands, scalp, face, and body. This disease is associated with immunological disorders, but ieven more with Malassezia. Seborrheic dermatitis can occur in all age groups, but is usually separated into two age groups: infants and adults. Seborrheic dermatitis has many precipitating factors, especially high oil levels and humidity. One of the trigger factors is the use of hair styling which triggers the oil production on the surface of scalp as well as hair. The occurence of excessive oil on the scalp and hair long time can cause dandruff and irritation. This study was aimed to determine the relationship between hair styling and the incidence of seborrheic dermatitis in male students at Sam Ratulangi University in Manado. This was an analytical study with a cross sectional design. Data were obtained by using questionnaires and anamnesis. The results showed that of the 25 respondents, 9 students had dandruff and 16 students did not. The chi-square test analyzing the relationship between hair styling and the incidence of seborrhoic dermatitis obtained a P value of 0.332. Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between hair styling use and the incidence of seborrheic dermatitisKeywords: hair styling, seborrheic dermatitis, male college students Abstrak: Dermatitis seboroik adalah salah satu jenis dermatitis papuloskuamosa dengan predileksi di daerah yang banyak kelenjar sebasea, skalp, wajah dan badan. Penyakit ini sering dihubungkan dengan kelainan imunologi, namun lebih sering dihubungkan dengan jamur Malassezia. Dermatitis seboroik dapat terjadi pada semua kelompok usia, namun biasanya terpisah menjadi dua golongan usia yaitu bayi dan dewasa. Dermatitis seboroik memiliki banyak faktor pencetus, terutama kadar minyak yang tinggi dan kelembaban. Salah satu faktor pencetusnya ialah penggunaan hair styling berlebih yang memicu timbulnya minyak pada rambut. Munculnya minyak pada rambut yang terlampau lama dapat menimbulkan ketombe dan juga iritasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pemakaian hair styling dengan kejadian dermatitis seboroik pada mahasiswa laki-laki Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado. Jenis penelitian ialah analitik dengan desain potong lintang. Data diperoleh berdasarkan kuesioner yang dibagikan dan anamnesis. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan total 25 responden terdiri dari 9 orang berketombe dan 16 orang tidak berketombe. Hasil uji korelasi chi-square terhadap hubungan antara penggunaan hair styling dengan kejadian dermatitis seboroik menunjukkan nilai P=0,332. Simpulan: Tidak terdapat hubungan bermakna antara penggunaan hair styling dengan kejadian dermatitis seboroikKata kunci: hair styling, dermatitis seboroik, mahasiswa laki-laki


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽  
pp. 342-346
Author(s):  
Preetha Parthasarathy ◽  
Leelavathi L ◽  
Sreedevi Dharman

Dental plaque is a soft deposit that forms the biofilm adhering to the tooth surface or other hard surface in the oral cavity including removable and fixed restoration. It can either be a supragingival or subgingival plaque. The standard plaque index followed is Silness and Loe’s index (1964). The study is done in order to find a correlation between age and dental plaque score. To evaluate the association between age and dental plaque score. The study was conducted in a university set up in a Private Dental College, Chennai. The standard index used in the study is Silness and Loe’s plaque index. The data was collected from the hospital digital database by reviewing and analysing the case sheets of patients who visited the hospital between June 2019 to March 2020. The sample size was 1235. Tabulation and results were generated using SPSS version 19, chi-square test was performed. The age group 18 to 35 years had 52.3% of good plaque score, 42.6% of fair and 5% of poor plaque score. The age group 36 to 50 years had 40% of good plaque score, 49.9% of fair and 10.1% of poor plaque score. The age group 51 to 70 years had 32.2% of good 50% of fair and 17.8% of poor plaque score. P value was found to be significant <0.05. Within the limits of the study, it was observed that the age group 51 to 70 years had notably higher prevalence of fair and poor plaque scores when compared to other two age groups. This study can be used as a reference for understanding the pattern of age wise distribution of dental plaque.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tahir ◽  
Aamer Ali Khattak ◽  
Erum Monis ◽  
Sana Gul

Objective: To perform genotyping for MTR A2756G polymorphism and identification of risk factors associated with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Study Design: Cross section, comparative study. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at the Department of Biochemistry of Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad from October 2014 to August 2015. Materials and Methods: In this study, 292 diagnosed patients HNSCC and 324 normal individuals without any history of cancer were enrolled. Blood samples of patients and controls were collected in ethylenediamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) and DNA was extracted using conventional method. All samples were genotyped for the MTR A2756G polymorphism using PCR-RFLP. Frequency of polymorphism was compared between HNSCC patients andcontrols. MultipleLogisticRegression(MLR)andchi-squaretestwasperformedtoexaminetheassociation of MTR A2756G polymorphism with risk factor. Results: Chi-square test of independence showed statistically significant difference among the variables of age, smoking and MTR A2756G genotype (p-value<0.05). Multivariate analysis showed that smoking (adjusted OR, 3.7; 95% CI, 2.3 – 6.0), age groups 41 – 50 years (adjusted OR, 3.6; 95% CI, .9 – 6.7) and > 60 years (adjusted OR, 3.5; 95% CI, 1.7 – 7.3), MTR 2756 AG genotype (adjusted OR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.3 – 3.5) is associated with increased risk of HNSCC. Conclusion: The results suggest that the genetic polymorphism MTR A2756G is associated with the occurrence of HNSCC in the Pakistani population while the individuals between 40 to 50 years of age and those who are smokers are at a greater risk of developing HNSCC.


Author(s):  
Sankar Kumar Das ◽  
Priyanka Roy

Background: The yolk sac is the first extra embryonic structure that becomes sonographically visible within the gestational sac. It provides nutritional, metabolic, endocrine, immunologic, and hematopoietic functions during organogenesis in embryonic life, before placental circulation is established. Spontaneous abortion rates are significantly elevated where the yolk sac volume falls outside the 5th to 95th percentile. Abnormal morphological appearance of the yolk sac is also suggestive of serious growth disorders of the fetus. The aim is to find out the predictive value of yolk sac on outcome of the pregnancy and any probable relationship of the yolk sac pattern with the gender of the fetus.Methods: The present study was carried out on fifty patients in their first trimester of pregnancy. Patients were divided into their respective gestational age groups and according to the morphology of the yolk sac. Data were compared using Chi square test. p value less than 0.5 was considered significant.Results: Out of the fifty patients, twenty-nine were having regular yolk sac, eleven were with irregular yolk sac and ten were with hyperechoic yolk sac. There was a significant number of fetal demise in the cases with hyperechoic and irregular yolk sac. Also, there were hardly any live births in the few cases in which the yolk sac was either too small or too big.Conclusions: The present study concludes that along with a yolk sac of a given normal range for its size, it should also be of normal morphology for better prognosis of the pregnancy. Also, the increase in the number of female live births needs further studies as to whether there is any abnormality in the Y chromosome causing morphologically abnormal yolk sac and subsequent fetal demise.


e-CliniC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan V. D. Kalalo ◽  
Herry E. J. Pandeleke ◽  
Shienty Gaspersz

Abstract: Seborrheic dermatitis is a type of papulosquamous dermatitis with predilection in areas with many sebaceous glands, scalp, face, and body. This disease is associated with immunological disorders, but ieven more with Malassezia. Seborrheic dermatitis can occur in all age groups, but is usually separated into two age groups: infants and adults. Seborrheic dermatitis has many precipitating factors, especially high oil levels and humidity. One of the trigger factors is the use of hair styling which triggers the oil production on the surface of scalp as well as hair. The occurence of excessive oil on the scalp and hair long time can cause dandruff and irritation. This study was aimed to determine the relationship between hair styling and the incidence of seborrheic dermatitis in male students at Sam Ratulangi University in Manado. This was an analytical study with a cross sectional design. Data were obtained by using questionnaires and anamnesis. The results showed that of the 25 respondents, 9 students had dandruff and 16 students did not. The chi-square test analyzing the relationship between hair styling and the incidence of seborrhoic dermatitis obtained a P value of 0.332. Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between hair styling use and the incidence of seborrheic dermatitisKeywords: hair styling, seborrheic dermatitis, male college students Abstrak: Dermatitis seboroik adalah salah satu jenis dermatitis papuloskuamosa dengan predileksi di daerah yang banyak kelenjar sebasea, skalp, wajah dan badan. Penyakit ini sering dihubungkan dengan kelainan imunologi, namun lebih sering dihubungkan dengan jamur Malassezia. Dermatitis seboroik dapat terjadi pada semua kelompok usia, namun biasanya terpisah menjadi dua golongan usia yaitu bayi dan dewasa. Dermatitis seboroik memiliki banyak faktor pencetus, terutama kadar minyak yang tinggi dan kelembaban. Salah satu faktor pencetusnya ialah penggunaan hair styling berlebih yang memicu timbulnya minyak pada rambut. Munculnya minyak pada rambut yang terlampau lama dapat menimbulkan ketombe dan juga iritasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pemakaian hair styling dengan kejadian dermatitis seboroik pada mahasiswa laki-laki Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sam Ratulangi Manado. Jenis penelitian ialah analitik dengan desain potong lintang. Data diperoleh berdasarkan kuesioner yang dibagikan dan anamnesis. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan total 25 responden terdiri dari 9 orang berketombe dan 16 orang tidak berketombe. Hasil uji korelasi chi-square terhadap hubungan antara penggunaan hair styling dengan kejadian dermatitis seboroik menunjukkan nilai P=0,332. Simpulan: Tidak terdapat hubungan bermakna antara penggunaan hair styling dengan kejadian dermatitis seboroikKata kunci: hair styling, dermatitis seboroik, mahasiswa laki-laki


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-104
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nirwan ◽  
Upik Kesumawati Hadi ◽  
Susi Soviana ◽  
Surachmi Setyaningsih ◽  
Fadjar Satrija

Abstract. Filariasis is still a health problem in Bogor Regency. The discovery of filariasis sufferers hasgrowing during the year since 2004 until now with a total of 117 people. The mass prevention drugadministration program (POPM) has been implemented since 2015. This study aims to identify theepidemiological distribution of clinical filariasis sufferers and an overview of the achievement of filariasiselimination program in Bogor district. The research using descriptive design with a quantitative approach.The data in this study used secondary data from Bogor District Health Office and Bogor Central Bureau ofStatistics. Data were analyzed descriptively and identify differences and relationships between variablesused the chi-square test. The results of the study showed the epidemiological distribution of filariasis inBogor Regency with predominantly female patients (59.8%) and productive age (36-45 years). The resultsfrom chi-square test showed that there was a significant difference between the age groups and theincidence of filariasis from year to year with a P value (0.000) <0.05, while the relationship between sex andthe incidence of filariasis from year to year did not show a significant difference with the P value ( 0.07)>0.05. The spread of filariasis tends to fluctuate and continues to increase (75%). The results of therelationship test showed that there was no significant relationship between the number of cases and the levelof family welfare with a P value (0.279)> 0.05. The implementation of POPM, both treatment outcomes andtreatment success rates, has exceeded the national target.Keywords: Epidemiology, Filariasis, POPM, Bogor, Indonesia


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