Pub Date : 2021-10-26DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0101
N. Agrawal, A. Aggarwal, A. Garg, N. Gupta, R. Tewari, Juhi Gupta
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Pub Date : 2021-10-26DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0106
Anne-Marie Agius, G. Gatt, A. Cortes, N. Attard
Ab s t r Ac t Aim and objective: To assess the self-reported impact of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the different members of the dental team in public, private, and academic sectors in Malta. Materials and methods: An anonymous online questionnaire on self-reported work and lifestyle changes was designed and administered. Since data were classified as categorical ranks, nonparametric tests were used to compare variables among the different dental team members. Statistical analysis: Multiple-choice question and checklist responses were treated as qualitative variables and were compared among groups using the Chi-square test. Questionnaire data obtained from the Likert scale, in turn, were treated as categorical ranks and therefore assessed using the Kruskal–Wallis test. Results from all variables obtained from the questionnaire were compared among the different dental team members. A p <0.05 significance level was used for all the tests. Results: Dental hygienists were significantly more anxious most of the time during the pandemic (p = 0.004). Furthermore, dental hygienists and associate dentists were significantly more anxious about contracting COVID-19 themselves (p = 0.005, p = 0.001) or one of their family members (p = 0.024 and p = 0.001). Both were also more anxious about not being able to work as much as they used to (p = 0.070, p = 0.008). Dental clinic owners presented significantly fewer work changes than associates (p <0.001). Conclusion: All dental team members were affected by this pandemic regarding anxiety due to health concerns, financial burdens as well as abrupt work, and lifestyle changes. However, dental hygienists were significantly more affected by the pandemic than any of the other dental team members.
目的和目的:评估2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行对马耳他公共、私营和学术部门牙科团队不同成员的自我报告影响。材料与方法:设计并实施了一份关于自我报告工作和生活方式变化的匿名在线问卷。由于数据被分类为分类等级，因此使用非参数检验来比较不同牙科团队成员之间的变量。统计分析:选择题和检查表回答作为定性变量，组间比较采用卡方检验。反过来，从李克特量表获得的问卷数据被视为分类等级，因此使用Kruskal-Wallis测试进行评估。从问卷中获得的所有变量的结果在不同的牙科团队成员之间进行比较。所有检验均采用p <0.05的显著性水平。结果:口腔卫生员在流感大流行期间的大部分时间焦虑程度显著高于其他人群(p = 0.004)。此外，牙科保健员和副牙医对自己(p = 0.005, p = 0.001)或家庭成员(p = 0.024和p = 0.001)感染COVID-19的焦虑程度明显更高。他们也对不能像以前那样工作感到更加焦虑(p = 0.070, p = 0.008)。牙科诊所老板的工作变动明显少于员工(p <0.001)。结论:所有牙科团队成员都受到此次大流行的影响，包括健康担忧、经济负担以及突然的工作和生活方式改变所导致的焦虑。然而，牙科保健员比任何其他牙科小组成员受到大流行的影响都要大得多。
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Pub Date : 2021-10-26DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0104
Sarah Bettag, Viyan S Kadhium, T. Metwally, Shernel Thomas, R. Nalliah
{"title":"Evaluating Race and Oral Health in the Four Largest States in United States of America","authors":"Sarah Bettag, Viyan S Kadhium, T. Metwally, Shernel Thomas, R. Nalliah","doi":"10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0104","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":197236,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123120142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-26DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0103
K. Indushekar, N. Sheoran, D. Sardana, B. Saraf, Megha Chawla, Tanum Goel
Ab s t r Ac t Introduction: The success of any root canal treatment depends on the accurate determination of the working length, biomechanical preparation, and obturation. Radiographs (conventional and radiovisiographs) have remained the mainstay modality in the determination of working length, although they are associated with disadvantages of high radiation exposure and increased treatment time. Apex locators are relatively regularly used equipment in working length determination, but their accuracy has been questioned time and again. Aim and objective: The present study was done to evaluate and compare the accuracy of conventional radiographs, radiovisiographs (RVGs), and apex locators for the determination of working length. Materials and methods: The present in vitro study was carried on 60 extracted single-rooted permanent teeth, and the working length was determined using three methods viz. conventional radiography, RVG, and apex locators. The three methods used were intercompared, and in addition comparison with actual working length of the tooth was also made. Results: Among the three methods, the conventional radiographic method was found to be closest to the actual root canal length followed in order by RVG and electronic apex locator. Intercomparison between all three methods and actual root canal working length was found to be statistically significant except between conventional radiography and actual root canal working length. The difference between the mean values of root canal working length for conventional radiography and actual root canal working length was 0.01 mm, for RVG and actual root canal working length was 0.13 mm, and for electronic apex locator and actual root canal working length was 0.70 mm. Conclusion: All the three methods for the determination of working length used in the study are clinically acceptable and are associated with advantages and disadvantages. Further research and advances may make electronic apex locator the technique of choice in working length determination, or a combination of the RVG and apex locator may be the future in endodontic therapy.
任何根管治疗的成功都取决于工作长度、生物力学准备和封闭的准确确定。射线照相(常规和放射线照相术)仍然是确定工作时间的主要方式，尽管它们与高辐射暴露和增加治疗时间的缺点有关。顶点定位器是工作长度测定中较为常用的设备，但其准确性一再受到质疑。目的和目的:本研究旨在评估和比较传统x线片、放射显像(rvg)和顶点定位仪在确定工作长度方面的准确性。材料与方法:本研究对60颗拔除的单根恒牙进行体外实验，采用常规x线摄影、RVG和根尖定位仪三种方法测定其工作长度。对三种方法进行了比较，并与实际工作长度进行了比较。结果:三种方法中，常规x线法最接近根管实际长度，RVG法次之，电子根尖定位法次之。三种方法与实际根管工作长度的比较除常规x线摄影与实际根管工作长度的比较外，均具有统计学意义。常规x线摄影测量的根管工作长度与实际根管工作长度的平均值相差0.01 mm, RVG测量的根管工作长度与实际根管工作长度相差0.13 mm，电子根尖定位仪测量的根管工作长度与实际根管工作长度相差0.70 mm。结论:本研究中使用的三种测定工作长度的方法均为临床可接受的，且各有优缺点。进一步的研究和进展可能会使电子牙尖定位器成为确定牙尖长度的首选技术，或者RVG和牙尖定位器的结合可能是牙髓治疗的未来。
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Pub Date : 2021-10-26DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0088
Krishnamoorthy M Aruna, Nandabalan Iyekani, Sundar Kote, Aravinth Vetrivel
{"title":"Practice of Preventive Dentistry among Private Dental Professionals in Chennai—A Questionnaire Survey","authors":"Krishnamoorthy M Aruna, Nandabalan Iyekani, Sundar Kote, Aravinth Vetrivel","doi":"10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/jp-journals-10062-0088","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":197236,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115763930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0096
Monica Mohanram, Madan Kumar
Background: India has the third-largest HIV epidemic in the world. According to the UNAIDS Gap report 2016, 2.1 million people were living with HIV and approximately 43% of Indian adults with the virus have access to antiretroviral treatment. Even though antiretroviral therapy (ART) use has reduced the prevalence of oral manifestations, there is an increase in the prevalence of dental diseases, mainly due to the chronic influence of some factors involved in the process of HIV infection. Among them are the prolonged use of sugary products, changes in salivary flow, etc. The aim of the present study was to assess the association of CD4 count with dental caries in HIV-seropositive patients receiving ART. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted. Demographic details and recent CD4 counts were recorded. For dental caries, the decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) index was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Pearson correlation was used to correlate CD4 count with dental caries. Results: Caries showed a strong positive correlation of 1.0 but were not found to be statistically significant ( p-value = 0.8). Conclusion: The study findings showed that there is a close relationship between oral health and general health in children living with HIV, and it highlights the significance of advocate policies on oral health among children living with HIV.
背景:印度是世界上第三大艾滋病流行国。根据联合国艾滋病规划署《2016年差距报告》，有210万人感染了艾滋病毒，大约43%的印度成年感染者获得了抗逆转录病毒治疗。尽管抗逆转录病毒疗法(ART)的使用降低了口腔症状的患病率，但牙科疾病的患病率却有所增加，这主要是由于与艾滋病毒感染过程有关的一些因素的慢性影响。其中包括长期使用含糖产品，唾液流量的变化等。本研究的目的是评估接受抗逆转录病毒治疗的hiv血清阳性患者的CD4计数与龋齿的关系。方法:采用描述性研究。记录了人口统计细节和最近的CD4计数。对于龋齿，采用龋缺补牙指数(DMFT)。数据分析采用SPSS version 20。使用Pearson相关性将CD4计数与龋病联系起来。结果:龋病与龋病呈正相关，p值为1.0，但无统计学意义(p值= 0.8)。结论:研究结果表明，HIV感染儿童口腔健康与总体健康状况存在密切关系，强调了制定HIV感染儿童口腔健康宣传政策的重要意义。
{"title":"Correlation between CD4 Count and Dental Caries in HIV-seropositive Children Undergoing Antiretroviral Therapy","authors":"Monica Mohanram, Madan Kumar","doi":"10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0096","url":null,"abstract":"Background: India has the third-largest HIV epidemic in the world. According to the UNAIDS Gap report 2016, 2.1 million people were living with HIV and approximately 43% of Indian adults with the virus have access to antiretroviral treatment. Even though antiretroviral therapy (ART) use has reduced the prevalence of oral manifestations, there is an increase in the prevalence of dental diseases, mainly due to the chronic influence of some factors involved in the process of HIV infection. Among them are the prolonged use of sugary products, changes in salivary flow, etc. The aim of the present study was to assess the association of CD4 count with dental caries in HIV-seropositive patients receiving ART. Methods: A descriptive study was conducted. Demographic details and recent CD4 counts were recorded. For dental caries, the decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) index was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Pearson correlation was used to correlate CD4 count with dental caries. Results: Caries showed a strong positive correlation of 1.0 but were not found to be statistically significant ( p-value = 0.8). Conclusion: The study findings showed that there is a close relationship between oral health and general health in children living with HIV, and it highlights the significance of advocate policies on oral health among children living with HIV.","PeriodicalId":197236,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122543017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0094
D. Swamy, Vishwanath Gurumurthy, S. Vishwanath, R. Rawat, G. S. Aswal, V. Kumar
Ab s t r Ac t Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward oral hygiene among schoolchildren in Jimma, Ethiopia, using a questionnaire. Materials and methods: For this descriptive study, schoolchildren (n = 580) aged between 14 and 18 years in Jimma, Ethiopia, were included in the study. The data for the study were collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was intended to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward oral hygiene among these young children. Results: The results were statistically analyzed and the corresponding percentages were calculated. Regarding the knowledge toward oral hygiene, 55.2% of patients believed that oral health had a role in general health, only 16.4% thought irregular toothbrushing can cause tooth decay, only 26.9% opined that brushing properly prevents dental problems, and 26.7% did not know that dentists can clean and polish teeth. Attitude toward oral hygiene showed 92.2% of them had never visited a dentist and 21.4% did not think it is required to visit a dentist. Regarding the practice toward oral hygiene, only 14.13% used toothbrush and toothpaste and 72.41% cleaned using Mefakiya sticks and they change their brush only when the bristles get frayed up. Conclusion: Students lacked awareness about oral health and its relation to general health. The importance of oral health and its maintenance needed to be emphasized. Currently, there is a lack of resources and educational programs on oral health. There is a need for dentists and public health workers to spread awareness among children in this region.
{"title":"A Cross-sectional Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward Oral Hygiene among Schoolchildren in Jimma, Ethiopia","authors":"D. Swamy, Vishwanath Gurumurthy, S. Vishwanath, R. Rawat, G. S. Aswal, V. Kumar","doi":"10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0094","url":null,"abstract":"Ab s t r Ac t Aim: The purpose of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward oral hygiene among schoolchildren in Jimma, Ethiopia, using a questionnaire. Materials and methods: For this descriptive study, schoolchildren (n = 580) aged between 14 and 18 years in Jimma, Ethiopia, were included in the study. The data for the study were collected using a questionnaire. The questionnaire was intended to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices toward oral hygiene among these young children. Results: The results were statistically analyzed and the corresponding percentages were calculated. Regarding the knowledge toward oral hygiene, 55.2% of patients believed that oral health had a role in general health, only 16.4% thought irregular toothbrushing can cause tooth decay, only 26.9% opined that brushing properly prevents dental problems, and 26.7% did not know that dentists can clean and polish teeth. Attitude toward oral hygiene showed 92.2% of them had never visited a dentist and 21.4% did not think it is required to visit a dentist. Regarding the practice toward oral hygiene, only 14.13% used toothbrush and toothpaste and 72.41% cleaned using Mefakiya sticks and they change their brush only when the bristles get frayed up. Conclusion: Students lacked awareness about oral health and its relation to general health. The importance of oral health and its maintenance needed to be emphasized. Currently, there is a lack of resources and educational programs on oral health. There is a need for dentists and public health workers to spread awareness among children in this region.","PeriodicalId":197236,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132635566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0089
A. Lyssikatos, Jennifer Pumarejo
Dental Implants are becoming standard of care to replace missing teeth; however, the ability to manage complications must coincide with this new treatment modality. Our case was a 40-year-old male who was in good general health and wanted to replace his missing tooth with a dental implant. After the successful dental implant surgery, the patient returned for other dental treatment and we noticed a fistula in the area of the dental implant. A radiograph was taken and revealed that the cover screw of the dental implant had loosened causing the fistula. The decision was made to open the site, debride the area, and check osseointegration. We concluded that the body of the implant osseointegrated and we progressed directly to our stage two procedure, thus relieving the complication.
{"title":"Implant Management after Loose Cover Screw Causes Purulent Exudate in a Partially Dentate Patient","authors":"A. Lyssikatos, Jennifer Pumarejo","doi":"10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0089","url":null,"abstract":"Dental Implants are becoming standard of care to replace missing teeth; however, the ability to manage complications must coincide with this new treatment modality. Our case was a 40-year-old male who was in good general health and wanted to replace his missing tooth with a dental implant. After the successful dental implant surgery, the patient returned for other dental treatment and we noticed a fistula in the area of the dental implant. A radiograph was taken and revealed that the cover screw of the dental implant had loosened causing the fistula. The decision was made to open the site, debride the area, and check osseointegration. We concluded that the body of the implant osseointegrated and we progressed directly to our stage two procedure, thus relieving the complication.","PeriodicalId":197236,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116281483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0093
Noor Nassif, Rana Abunemer, R. Ali, Bushra Sunbali, Sara AlShammaery
Aim: To ascertain empirically the level of career satisfaction and the factors affecting it to achieve a work–life balance. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among dental specialists in Saudi Arabia, using a 25-item online survey questionnaire through emails, social media, and direct interview technique. The questionnaire included factors that measure the job satisfaction in dentistry, like working hours per day, work–life balance, income level, environment of workplace, self-improvement, attitude, and respect from the patient and the society. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Results: Of 315 respondents, the majority were Saudis (68.6%) and males (72.7%). Most of them were satisfied with their work–life balance (63.2%). Almost half of the respondents were satisfied with their current workplace and the opportunities they were offered. Further analysis revealed that most of the respondents will not change their specialty (67.7%) and would recommend their specialty to senior dental students (74.6%). Conclusion: This study showed an acceptable level of satisfaction in almost every aspect (environmentally, psychologically, physically, financially, socially, and personally), great outcomes, and job performance. Nevertheless, some dissatisfaction was identified in the work environment which had a great effect on the overall satisfaction including the availability of materials, the continuous progression in learning and career development, salary, and top officials.
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Pub Date : 2021-04-01DOI: 10.5005/JP-JOURNALS-10062-0091
Avijit Avasthi, Baljeet Singh, Tarun Nanda, A. Bhaskar, S. Nanda, K. Arora
Background: Various oral health-related practices, perceptions, and behavioral patterns among the individuals in the society determine the treatment needs to be adopted among the dentists, hospitals, and country as a whole. Objective: To access the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding oral health and tobacco-related products. Design: Questionnaire-based cross-sectional study. Setting: All patients under Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) empanelment coming to the department from August 2018 to July 2019. Patients: The study consisted of 573 subjects who visited the outpatient department, of which 446 (77.8%) were males and 127 (22.2%) were females. Measurements: A self-prepared questionnaire was asked from the patients and the response rate was recorded and statistically analyzed using nonparametric tests, such as Chi-square and p value to arrive at the results. Results: It was observed that the subjects were maintaining oral health by cleaning their teeth with toothbrush and toothpaste in 549 (95.8%) individuals, changing their brush in > 1-month and ≤ 3-month categories with 270 (50.7%) response. It was also seen that the subjects considered oral health as the mirror of their whole body, i.e., in 89% and 84.4% of the individuals and were ready to go to the dentist (86.9%) in the near future regarding oral prophylaxis. Regarding tobacco habits, males (37.8%) were predominantly using tobacco as compared to females. Limitations: Being a single-centric study of the ESI patients, it does not reflect the overall status of the dental health of this kind of population on a pan-India level. So, more multicentric studies involving a large pool of individuals should be carried out. Conclusion: This study represents the first-of-a-kind information regarding the oral health of the ESI population in our country. More in-depth and larger sample-sized studies are required from other parts of India that could reflect the true oral status of this category of individuals so that treatment plans can be developed accordingly. Key messages: This article tends to formulate the oral hygiene perceptions, outlook, and execution of targeted occupants in an observational manner which can help in removing bottlenecks to reach an optimum level of dental health.
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