Pub Date : 2013-12-31DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.5
D. Swaminathan, Goh Yc, S. Lau, A. Ramanathan
The purpose of this study was to assess the tissue response of Type 2 diabetic subjects towards non surgical periodontal therapy as compared with matched, non-diabetic subjects. This was a retrospective, comparative study using periodontal case notes of 40 subjects attending undergraduates’ periodontal clinics (20 diabetics, 20 non-diabetics), who were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Response towards non surgical periodontal therapy was assessed through three clinical periodontal parameters, namely plaque score, gingivitis score and number of periodontal pocket ≥5mm at the baseline and after initial non surgical periodontal therapy. Data obtained was then analyzed by SPSS Version 12. Both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects showed significant improvements (p-value = 0.021; 0.000; 0.001 and 0.010; 0.014; 0.001) in all three parameters after the therapy. However, when comparison was made between the two groups, there was no significant difference (p-value = 0.913; 0.892 and 0.903) in any of the parameters. Periodontal conditions improved clinically in both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects after non-surgical periodontal therapy. Therefore, both groups responded similarly towards the therapy and thus it can be postulated that well-controlled diabetic status does not have a significant effect on the outcome of periodontal therapy.
本研究的目的是评估2型糖尿病患者与匹配的非糖尿病患者相比，对非手术牙周治疗的组织反应。这是一项回顾性的比较研究，使用40名在本科生牙周门诊就诊的受试者的牙周病例记录(20名糖尿病患者，20名非糖尿病患者)，他们是根据纳入和排除标准选择的。通过三个临床牙周参数，即牙菌斑评分、牙龈炎评分和牙周袋≥5mm的数量，在基线和初始非手术牙周治疗后评估对非手术牙周治疗的反应。然后用SPSS Version 12对所得数据进行分析。糖尿病和非糖尿病受试者均有显著改善(p值= 0.021;0.000;0.001和0.010;0.014;0.001)。但两组比较，差异无统计学意义(p值= 0.913;0.892和0.903)。糖尿病和非糖尿病患者在接受非手术牙周治疗后，其牙周状况均有改善。因此，两组对治疗的反应相似，因此可以假设控制良好的糖尿病状态对牙周治疗的结果没有显着影响。
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Pub Date : 2013-12-31DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.4
N. S. Abdullah, N. Radzali, R. Saub, R. Vaithilingam
Aim: To assess the oral health related quality of life (OHQoL) of a selected population of Malaysian adults and to compare the OHQoL by periodontal status. Material & Methods: This cross-sectional study comprises a convenient sampling of fifty subjects from the Primary Care Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya. OHQoL was assessed using the Malaysian version of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). Basic periodontal examination (BPE) was performed on all subjects to determine their periodontal status. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis were performed. Results: Psychological discomfort, physical pain and psychological disability domains were the most affected dimensions in this population. Subjects with income levels >RM2,500 had higher impacts on their OHQoL as compared to those from other income levels (p 0.05). Conclusion: Subjects with high income levels had high impacts on their OHQoL. Those with periodontitis experienced higher impacts on their OHQoL as compared to those who had a healthy periodontium or gingivitis and affected a wide range of domains of quality of life.
{"title":"Oral health related quality of life and periodontal status of a selected Malaysian adult population: A pilot study","authors":"N. S. Abdullah, N. Radzali, R. Saub, R. Vaithilingam","doi":"10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.4","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: To assess the oral health related quality of life (OHQoL) of a selected population of Malaysian adults and to compare the OHQoL by periodontal status. Material & Methods: This cross-sectional study comprises a convenient sampling of fifty subjects from the Primary Care Unit, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya. OHQoL was assessed using the Malaysian version of Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14). Basic periodontal examination (BPE) was performed on all subjects to determine their periodontal status. Descriptive statistics and bivariate analysis were performed. Results: Psychological discomfort, physical pain and psychological disability domains were the most affected dimensions in this population. Subjects with income levels >RM2,500 had higher impacts on their OHQoL as compared to those from other income levels (p 0.05). Conclusion: Subjects with high income levels had high impacts on their OHQoL. Those with periodontitis experienced higher impacts on their OHQoL as compared to those who had a healthy periodontium or gingivitis and affected a wide range of domains of quality of life.","PeriodicalId":75515,"journal":{"name":"Annals of dentistry","volume":"20 1","pages":"16-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68631121","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 : 2013-12-31DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.2
N. M. Nor, S. Zakaria, N. H. Amminudin, A. Khairi, N. A. Malik
Background: In Malaysia, preschool teachers have long been utilised as oral health educators. However their level of oral health knowledge and effectiveness of the training they received are seldom investigated. This study aims to evaluate the of oral health education seminar (OHE) held for public preschool teachers (KEMAS) in terms of the improvement of their knowledge, practices and attitudes Methods: This was a one arm interventional study (before and after survey following OHE seminar intervention). All KEMAS preschool teachers (n=107) in Hulu Terengganu were invited to attend OHE seminar which consisted of 1 hour lecture and 40 minutes OHE demonstration. Pre-test questionnaire was collected before the seminar started and post-test questionnaire was collected two weeks later. A self-administered questionnaire used in this study was adapted from “preschool teachers’ knowledge, practices and attitudes towards oral health”, National Oral Health Survey of Preschool Children, 2005. Data were analysed using descriptive and paired sample t-test, SPSS version 15.0. Results: Of 107 subjects, only 61 teachers responded yielding to 57% response rate. All subjects were female with mean age of 46 years (SD: 6.03). Overall, there was an improvement of teachers’ oral health knowledge, practices and attitudes after the seminar. Several items seem to have be improved significantly after the seminar, for example knowledge item on factors causing periodontal disease (p=0.03). In terms of practice, all teachers reported they brushed teeth at least twice daily using fluoridated toothpaste and use of dental floss was increased significantly after the seminar (p<0.001). Majority of teachers have positive perceptions on their roles in oral health education. Conclusion: Oral health education seminar appeared to be effective at influencing certain aspects of teachers’ oral health knowledge, practices and attitudes.
{"title":"THE EFFECT OF ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION SEMINAR ON THE ORAL HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE AND PERCEPTION OF ROLE OF THE PRESCHOOL TEACHERS","authors":"N. M. Nor, S. Zakaria, N. H. Amminudin, A. Khairi, N. A. Malik","doi":"10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Background: In Malaysia, preschool teachers have long been utilised as oral health educators. However their level of oral health knowledge and effectiveness of the training they received are seldom investigated. This study aims to evaluate the of oral health education seminar (OHE) held for public preschool teachers (KEMAS) in terms of the improvement of their knowledge, practices and attitudes Methods: This was a one arm interventional study (before and after survey following OHE seminar intervention). All KEMAS preschool teachers (n=107) in Hulu Terengganu were invited to attend OHE seminar which consisted of 1 hour lecture and 40 minutes OHE demonstration. Pre-test questionnaire was collected before the seminar started and post-test questionnaire was collected two weeks later. A self-administered questionnaire used in this study was adapted from “preschool teachers’ knowledge, practices and attitudes towards oral health”, National Oral Health Survey of Preschool Children, 2005. Data were analysed using descriptive and paired sample t-test, SPSS version 15.0. Results: Of 107 subjects, only 61 teachers responded yielding to 57% response rate. All subjects were female with mean age of 46 years (SD: 6.03). Overall, there was an improvement of teachers’ oral health knowledge, practices and attitudes after the seminar. Several items seem to have be improved significantly after the seminar, for example knowledge item on factors causing periodontal disease (p=0.03). In terms of practice, all teachers reported they brushed teeth at least twice daily using fluoridated toothpaste and use of dental floss was increased significantly after the seminar (p<0.001). Majority of teachers have positive perceptions on their roles in oral health education. Conclusion: Oral health education seminar appeared to be effective at influencing certain aspects of teachers’ oral health knowledge, practices and attitudes.","PeriodicalId":75515,"journal":{"name":"Annals of dentistry","volume":"20 1","pages":"4-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68630931","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 : 2013-08-01DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO2.1
T. G. Kallarakkal
Brief Report R.B. Zain1, Thomas George Kallarakkal1, Anand Ramanathan1, Jin Kim2, W.M. Tilakaratne3, Takashi Takata 4, Saman Warnakulasuriya5 Vinay Kumar Hazarey6, Alison Rich7, Haizal Mohd Hussaini8, Ajura Jalil9 and an International Participating Group (IPG)10. A Consensus Report from the First Asian Regional Meeting on the Terminology and Criteria for Verruco-papillary Lesions of the Oral Cavity held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 15-18, 2013. Annal Dent Univ Malaya 2013; 20(2): 1-3
简要报告R.B.Zain1、Thomas George Kallarakkal1、Anand Ramanathan1、Jin Kim2、W.M.Tilakaratne3、Takashi Takata 4、Saman Warnakulasuriya5 Vinay Kumar Hazarey6、Alison Rich7、Haizal Mohd Hussaini 8、Ajura Jalil9和一个国际参与小组（IPG）10。2013年12月15日至18日在马来西亚吉隆坡举行的第一届口腔疣乳头状病变术语和标准亚洲区域会议的共识报告。马来西亚Annal Dent大学，2013年；20（2）:1-3
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Pub Date : 2013-06-28DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.3
Z. Yusof, N. Jaafar
Long term evaluations of impacts of community based health promotion programmes are not an easy or straightforward task to do due to lack of validated and reliable indices. Objective: To develop and test an index to measure schoolchildren?s oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour as a result of a school-based health promotion programme in Malaysia called the Doktor Muda (Junior Doctor) Programme (DMP). Materials and Methods: The index was developed in English based on the DMP module and translated into Malay. The Malay version was tested on 174, 11-12 year old schoolchildren. Psychometric analysis of the index involved content and face validity tests as well as factor analysis, internal and test-retest reliability. Results: Factor analysis yielded 3 factors with groups of items viz. oral health knowledge (OHK), oral health attitudes (OHA) and oral health behaviour (OHB). The Cronbach?s alpha coefficients of the three factors were 0.61, 0.73, and 0.64, respectively. The Kappa coefficients were 0.70, 0.77 and 0.73, respectively (intraclass correlation coefficients = 0.72, 0.70 and 0.78). The final questionnaire comprised 33 items, namely; OHK 11 items, OHA 15 items, and OHB 7 items. Conclusion: The Health Promotion Questionnaire Index (HPQI) to measure the DMP impact on schoolchildren?s oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours was empirically verified to be valid and reliable for use among 11-12 year old Malaysian schoolchildren.
{"title":"Development of a health promotion questionnaire index (HPQI) to measure doktor muda (junior doctor) programme impact on schoolchildren’s oral health knowledge, attitudes and behaviour","authors":"Z. Yusof, N. Jaafar","doi":"10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Long term evaluations of impacts of community based health promotion programmes are not an easy or straightforward task to do due to lack of validated and reliable indices. Objective: To develop and test an index to measure schoolchildren?s oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour as a result of a school-based health promotion programme in Malaysia called the Doktor Muda (Junior Doctor) Programme (DMP). Materials and Methods: The index was developed in English based on the DMP module and translated into Malay. The Malay version was tested on 174, 11-12 year old schoolchildren. Psychometric analysis of the index involved content and face validity tests as well as factor analysis, internal and test-retest reliability. Results: Factor analysis yielded 3 factors with groups of items viz. oral health knowledge (OHK), oral health attitudes (OHA) and oral health behaviour (OHB). The Cronbach?s alpha coefficients of the three factors were 0.61, 0.73, and 0.64, respectively. The Kappa coefficients were 0.70, 0.77 and 0.73, respectively (intraclass correlation coefficients = 0.72, 0.70 and 0.78). The final questionnaire comprised 33 items, namely; OHK 11 items, OHA 15 items, and OHB 7 items. Conclusion: The Health Promotion Questionnaire Index (HPQI) to measure the DMP impact on schoolchildren?s oral health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours was empirically verified to be valid and reliable for use among 11-12 year old Malaysian schoolchildren.","PeriodicalId":75515,"journal":{"name":"Annals of dentistry","volume":"15 1","pages":"13-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68630591","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 : 2013-06-28DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.5
G. Jacob
An association between diabetes and periodontitis has been long suspected and has now been reasonably well documented for both type I insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and type II non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a systemic complication affecting both the quality and length of life. The inter-relationship between periodontitis and diabetes provides an example of systemic disease predisposing to oral infection and once the infection is established, the oral infection can exacerbate the systemic disease. Diabetes induced changes in immune functions which provide an inflammatory cell phenotype. This predisposes to chronic inflammation, progressive tissue break down and diminished tissue repair capacity. Periodontal tissues frequently manifest these changes because they are constantly wounded by substances emanating from bacterial bio films. The well informed dentist has the opportunity to be at the forefront of diagnosing diabetes. Studies have shown that non-surgical periodontal treatment is associated with improved glycemic control in type II diabetes mellitus patient. Periodontal treatment should be undertaken along with standard measures for diabetic control and care. Prevention and control of periodontal disease must be considered an integral part of diabetes mellitus.
{"title":"Diabetes and periodontal disease: a two way relation – a commentary","authors":"G. Jacob","doi":"10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.5","url":null,"abstract":"An association between diabetes and periodontitis has been long suspected and has now been reasonably well documented for both type I insulin dependent diabetes mellitus and type II non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is a systemic complication affecting both the quality and length of life. The inter-relationship between periodontitis and diabetes provides an example of systemic disease predisposing to oral infection and once the infection is established, the oral infection can exacerbate the systemic disease. Diabetes induced changes in immune functions which provide an inflammatory cell phenotype. This predisposes to chronic inflammation, progressive tissue break down and diminished tissue repair capacity. Periodontal tissues frequently manifest these changes because they are constantly wounded by substances emanating from bacterial bio films. The well informed dentist has the opportunity to be at the forefront of diagnosing diabetes. Studies have shown that non-surgical periodontal treatment is associated with improved glycemic control in type II diabetes mellitus patient. Periodontal treatment should be undertaken along with standard measures for diabetic control and care. Prevention and control of periodontal disease must be considered an integral part of diabetes mellitus.","PeriodicalId":75515,"journal":{"name":"Annals of dentistry","volume":"20 1","pages":"27-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68630768","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 : 2013-06-28DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.2
D. Swaminathan, N. Ismail, S. M. Ali, D. Swaminathan
Aim: A preliminary investigation to assess the relationship in the severity of periodontal disease in diabetics when compared with non-diabetic subjects. Materials and Methods: A retrospective, comparative study using periodontal case notes of 40 subjects (20 Type 2 diabetics, 20 non-diabetics) who were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Severity of periodontal disease was assessed through number of periodontal pocket ≥5mm. The results were compared between subjects whose age, gender and plaque scores are matched with the test group. Data obtained was then analyzed by SPSS Version 12. Results: When comparisons were made between test (Type 2 diabetic) and control (non-diabetic) groups, there were no significant difference (p>0.05) in the severity of periodontal disease. However, there was a clinically mean difference between the two groups. Conclusions: This preliminary investigation indicated that the severity of chronic periodontitis, as indicated in periodontal pocketing, increased in diabetic patients when compared to non-diabetics clinically, although it was not statistically significant. The finding of this investigation was thus not conclusive as it was only a retrospective study using patients’ case notes. However, the results are now being further investigated with a proper clinical trial which examines periodontal parameters and diabetic status (HbA1c) of the subjects to determine the association between periodontal disease and diabetes mellitus.
目的:初步探讨糖尿病患者与非糖尿病患者牙周病严重程度的关系。材料和方法:根据纳入和排除标准选取40例受试者(2型糖尿病患者20例，非糖尿病患者20例)的牙周病例记录进行回顾性比较研究。通过牙周袋数≥5mm来评估牙周病的严重程度。研究人员将年龄、性别和斑块评分与试验组相匹配的受试者的结果进行了比较。然后用SPSS Version 12对所得数据进行分析。结果:试验组(2型糖尿病)与对照组(非糖尿病)牙周病严重程度比较，差异无统计学意义(p < 0.05)。然而，两组之间存在临床平均差异。结论:这项初步调查表明，糖尿病患者的慢性牙周炎的严重程度，如牙周袋，在临床上比非糖尿病患者增加，尽管没有统计学意义。因此，这项调查的发现并不是结论性的，因为它只是一项使用患者病例记录的回顾性研究。然而，目前正在通过一项适当的临床试验进一步研究这些结果，该试验检查受试者的牙周参数和糖尿病状态(HbA1c)，以确定牙周病和糖尿病之间的关系。
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Pub Date : 2013-06-28DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.4
C. S. Chua, A. R. Fathilah, W. H. Himratul-Aznita
Water delivered through dental unit waterline system (DUWS) is often reported contaminated with microbes dislodged from biofilm that forms within the tubing of a dental chair unit (DCU). ADM: The study aimed at evaluating the sanitary level of DCU water from a teaching dental clinic. Materials: The presence of pathogenic bacteria which include total coliforms, faecal coliforms, E. coli, faecal streptococci and P. aeruginosa were determined using conventional microbiological methods while PCR technique was used to identify other microbial contaminants. Result: pH of DCU water was found slightly acidic at pH 5.4-5.5 and the temperature was 23?C. Pathogenic contaminants were absent but the DCU water was highly loaded with Sphingomonas rhizogenes (17.9%), Sphingomonas dokdonesis (79.5%), Sphingomonas mucosissima (1.1%) and Methylobacterium radiotolerans (1.5%). The high load of microbes that exceeded 200 cfu/ml was of great concern as it failed to meet recommendation set by the American Dental Association.
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Pub Date : 2013-06-28DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL20NO1.1
R. Saub, S. Rajesh, V. Muirhead, T. M. Dom, N. Ismail, M. Jamaludin
Objective: To explore the association between social support and stress levels in preclinical and clinical dental students in Malaysia. Method: A cross sectional survey of dental undergraduate students was conducted at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia. Stress was measured using the Dental Environment Stress (DES) questionnaire. A DES-32 item was used to measure stress for the clinical students and DES-16 item for the preclinical students. Four questions were used to measure social support. The total stress scores were standardized for comparison purposes. Results: A total of 357 (79.7%) preclinical and 417 (71.8%) clinical undergraduate dental students responded to the questionnaires. The clinical students experienced higher stress [mean standardized DES score = 72.63, SD = 10.64] than preclinical students [mean standardized DES score = 70.19, SD=12.01]. The two most stressful items reported by preclinical students were ?fear of failing? and ?examination and grades?. Among clinical students, the two most stressful items related to academic were ?completing course requirement? and ?fear of failing course? and items related to clinical session were ?fear of being barred due to the clinical schedule? and ?patients late or absent?. Multiple regression analyses revealed that low stress levels among preclinical students were significantly associated to a lot of contact with students of the same course. Conclusion: To some extent, social support does play a role in explaining differences in perceived stress, in particular among preclinical students.
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Pub Date : 2012-12-31DOI: 10.22452/ADUM.VOL19NO2.5
M. Ma
Introduction: Diagnosis and management of orofacial pain of non-odontogenic origin has always been a challenge to dentists. Inaccurate diagnosis would result in delay of treatment and in cases of orofacial pain, affects patient’s quality of life. Temporomandibular pain dysfunction syndrome is the most common temporomandibular disorder that presents to dental clinics. Trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux is a relatively rare condition that causes electric shock-like pain when the trigger zone is stimulated by triggering factor. Case report: A case of temporomandibular pain dysfunction syndrome in a 52 years old Indian lady that was managed as trigeminal neuralgia for 7 years is presented. Conclusion: The aim of this case report is to make dentists aware of the signs and symptoms of different orofacial pain, so that early and accurate diagnosis can be made and appropriate treatment instituted.
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