scholarly journals Awareness of Oral Cancer and OPMDs among Patients Attending the University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-51
Author(s):  
E. A. Shanika D. Somathunga ◽  
D. M. Sithara H. Dissanayaka ◽  
D. R. Dilini L. Ratnayake ◽  
Ruwan D. Jayasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Demographic Parameters ◽  
Causal Relationships ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The University ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

  Objective: To assess awareness of oral cancer and OPMDs among patients attending for dental treatment at the University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya. Methods and materials: A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 500 randomly selected outpatients attended the University Dental Hospital, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. The questionnaire included questions to ascertain information on socio-demographic parameters, awareness of oral cancer and OPMDs, habits of betel chewing, smoking and alcohol consumption.Results: 43.2% of the respondents were satisfactorily aware of the possibility of occurrence of oral cancer and OPMDs. From all the individuals who were participated to this questionnaire, 16 (3.2%) of individuals have a habit of betel chewing, 4.2% of individuals have a habit of smoking and 8.3% of individuals have a habit of alcohol consumption, respectively while having a satisfactory awareness about oral cancer and OPMDs. Conclusions: This survey revealed that most of the patients attending the hospital were not in a satisfied level of awareness about oral cancer and OPMDs. Knowledge about the causal relationships with betel chewing was low compared to tobacco smoking and alcohol consumption.      

scholarly journals Dental Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a German Dental Hospital

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (13) ◽  
pp. 6905
Author(s):  
Julia Winter ◽  
Roland Frankenberger ◽  
Frank Günther ◽  
Matthias Johannes Roggendorf
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Dental Education ◽  
Full Recovery ◽  
Patient Treatment ◽  
Mouth Rinse ◽  
Rubber Dam ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The University ◽  
Student Assistants

Due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, dental treatment performed by undergraduate students at the University of Marburg/Germany was immediately stopped in spring 2020 and stepwise reinstalled under a new hygiene concept until full recovery in winter 2020/21. Patient treatment in the student courses was evaluated based on three aspects: (1) Testing of patients with a SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen (SCRA) Test applied by student assistants (SA); (2) Improved hygiene regimen, with separated treatment units, cross-ventilation, pre-operative mouth rinse and rubber dam application wherever possible; (3) Recruitment of patients: 735 patients were pre-registered for the two courses; 384 patients were treated and a total of 699 tests with the SCRA test were performed by SAs. While half of the patients treated in the course were healthy, over 40% of the patients that were pre-registered but not treated in the course revealed a disease being relevant to COVID (p < 0.001). 46 patients had concerns to visit the dental hospital due to the increase of COVID incidence levels, 14 persons refused to be tested. The presented concept was suitable to enable patient treatment in the student course during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Risk of oral cancer associated with tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and oral hygiene: a case-control study in Madrid, Spain

Oral Oncology ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A Moreno-López ◽  
G.C Esparza-Gómez ◽  
A González-Navarro ◽  
R Cerero-Lapiedra ◽  
M.J González-Hernández ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Oral Cancer ◽  
Tobacco Smoking ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Control Study

Prevalence Of Dental Anxiety Among University Students And Affect On Dental Attendance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Reid ◽  
Kemisha Kerr ◽  
Xavier Carty ◽  
Jeffrey D’Ornellas ◽  
Brittney Gervais ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
University Students ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
Dental Attendance ◽  
Caribbean Population ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
The University ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Objective: To investigate the prevalence of dental anxiety in an adult Caribbean population and explore its relationship to socio-demographic factors and dental attendance. Methods: An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was distributed to students attending The University of The West Indies, in Trinidad. The questionnaire included demographic items, self-rated oral health and dental attendance and the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale (MDAS). This self-reported instrument has five questions about anxiety to dental treatment rated on a 5- point scale (1=not anxious to 5=extremely anxious). Results: 197 university students participated in the study. 51.3% were male. 76% were 18-24 years-old. Overall, 62.4% of participants reported a low level of dental anxiety (MDAS 5-14), 22.3% moderate dental anxiety (MDAS 15-18) and 15.2% severe dental anxiety (MDAS 19+). Over a quarter of participants reported that they would be extremely anxious if they were to have a tooth drilled or about to have a local anaesthetic injection (27.4% and 26.9% respectively). Higher mean anxiety scores were reported by female participants those who had difficulty finding dental care or had avoided going to the dentist due to fear of treatment (t-test p<0.05) and those with lower self-rated oral health (ANOVA p<0.05), Conclusions: Among this sample of university students, the majority of participants reported low levels of dental anxiety. Higher dental anxiety levels were associated with gender, difficulty finding dental care, avoiding dental visits due to fear and lower self-rated oral health.

Perception of patients regarding periodontal disease and its management

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 2728-2732
Author(s):  
Muhammad Haseeb ◽  
Zubair Ahmed Khan ◽  
Farheen Qureshi ◽  
Muhammad Sharjeel ◽  
Shafqat Hussain ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Periodontal Diseases ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Screening And Surveillance ◽  
Dental Hospital ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Root Planning ◽  
Gum Disease

Objective: To assess the perception of patients regarding periodontal diseases and their management coming to University Dental Hospital, the University of Lahore. Methodology: This study was descriptive correctional in nature. Data was collected with the help of a questionnaire. A pilot study with the sample size of 100 participants was conducted in University Dental hospital, University of Lahore. Results: 42% participants reported that they had any treatment for gum disease such as scaling and root planning (deep cleaning). 58% participants reported that experience as unpleasant. The reason for this as per the participants was the cost of dental treatment in the last visit (44%). 84% participants perceived that scaling as cleaning of teeth. 66% participants reported that scaling can cause sensitivity. Majority of patients (52%) reported their oral health as fair. Conclusion: A modified self-report questionnaire represents a valuable and adequate tool for the screening and surveillance of periodontitis at the population level.

Comparison of the efficiency of the indexes of Pont and Korkhause with Kernott technique in patients with narrowing of maxilla

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-203
Author(s):  
O. I. Admakin ◽  
I. A. Solop ◽  
A. D. Oksentyuk
Keyword(s):  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Standard Analysis ◽  
Clinical Hospital ◽  
Control Models ◽  
Diagnostic Models ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
The Asymmetry ◽  
The Right ◽  
The University ◽  
Medical University

Relevance. The narrowing of the maxilla is one of the most common pathologies in orthodontics. Recent studies show that the narrowing is always asymmetric which is connected to the rotation of the maxilla. To choose the treatment correctly one need a calculation that reveals the asymmetry, which is impossible with using standard indexes.Purpose – to compare efficiency of indexes of Pont and Korkhause with the Kernott's method in patients with narrowing of the maxilla.Materials and methods. The study involved 35 children aged from 8 to 12 years old undergoing dental treatment in the University Children's Clinical Hospital of the First Moscow State Medical University with no comorbidities. For every patient a gypsum model was prepared and after that to carry out the biometrical calculation. In this study two indexes were used: Pont's index and Korkhause's; using this standard analysis the narrowing of the maxilla was revealed. After using Pont's Index and Korkhaus analysis all the models were calculated by the method of Kernott with Kernott's dynamic pentagon.Results. As a result of the analysis of the control diagnostic models a narrowing of the maxilla in 69% of cases (n = 24) was revealed in all cases, the deviation of the size of the dentition was asymmetric. Thus, 65% of the surveyed models showed a narrowing on the right. This narrowing was of a different severity and averaged 15 control models.Conclusions. This shows that for the biometrics of diagnostic models it is necessary to use methods that allow to estimate the width of the dentition rows on the left and on the right separately. To correct the asymmetric narrowing of the dentition, it is preferable to use non-classical expanding devices that act equally on the left and right sides separetly.

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