Background: Smoking is considered as a risk factor for the initiation and progression of oral and periodontal diseases. The Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the awareness of smokers about the effects of smoking on periodontal and oral health. Methods: In this descriptive...
Dentoalveolar trauma resulting from external or internal forces, causes major psychological effects on individuals, particularly in children. Optimal splinting is required to treat dentoalveolar traumatic injuries to stabilize and protect the teeth as well as for pulpal and perio...
Background: Oral contraceptives OCs drugs considered as a risk factor for the initiation and progression of periodontal diseases. They affect the oral health by causing gingival redness, bleeding, enlargement, tooth mobility and reduce the quality of female's life. Aims: The aims...
Prediction of mesiodistal tooth dimension of the unerupted permanent canines and premolars are the essential component of diagnosis and treatment planning, to better manage the tooth size and arch length discrepancies in mixed dentition period. Mixed dentition analyses are used t...
Introduction: As the disease progresses, chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients become susceptible to a broad range of adverse health outcomes, including periodontitis. Both chronic kidney disease and periodontitis have been associated with vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D, known f...
Adenoid cystic carcinoma is a rare, slow-growing cancer that typically affects the salivary glands in the head and neck area and accounts for only 1% of all head and neck malignancies. The cancer tends to spread around nerves and can also spread to other parts of the body through...
N. C. Arun Prasad, S. Gokul, S. Gayathri, B. Sowndarya, P. Yazhini, M. Aswin Monisha & V. Abarna·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2023
The profession of prosthodontics has always been significantly impacted by technical advancements, and 3D printing is no exception. The fabrication process produces complex shapes with ease and is highly precise, time- and labor-efficient. A kind of digital fabrication process ca...
Aims: Social media is defined as the ‘software that enables individuals and communities to gather, communicate, share & in some cases collaborate or play’. Objective of this study is to analyse the impact of social media on patient’s perception for seeking Dental Aesthetic tr...
Aishwarya Kumar, Ashish Sharma, Himanshu Bhutani, Niranjana B., Prarthana Basu & Rajan Arora·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2023
Dermal fibroblast malfunction and a decline in their biosynthetic activity are major contributors to skin ageing. Age-related fibroblasts start to create inadequate amounts of the extracellular matrix components to keep the skin looking young, regardless of the underlying reasons...
K. Sudheer Kumar, B. V. Thimma Reddy, B. Uday Kumar Chowdary, R. Hemanth Kumar, J. Raghavendr Akumar & E. Lilly Grace·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2023
One of the dentist’s greatest restorative challenges is the esthetic rehabilitation of a young toddler who has suffered multiple tooth loss subsequent to rampant early childhood caries (ECC) or extensive dental trauma. The condition has been characterized as first affecting the p...
Periodontitis is associated with microbial infection, which activates host-derived inflammatory mediators resulting in the attachment loss of the periodontium. In this case report, a 31-year old female with chronic generalized periodontitis and inflammatory gingival enlargement w...
Purpose: Several procedures have been described for correction of Orthognathic deformities of the mandible. Currently, the Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy (BSSO) maintains its popularity because of its versatility and its amenability to rigid fixation techniques. Postoperative...
B. Niranjana, Aishwarya Kumar, Prarthana Basu, Ashish Sharma, Himanshu Bhutani & Sugandha Kaushik·Asian Journal of Dental Sciences·2023
Aim: The mandibular condyle or sub condylar region is one of the most frequent site of mandibular fracture encountered, occurring between 25% and 35% of all mandibular fractures. Condyle fracture accounts for approximately 30% and 37% of fracture in dentulous mandible patients an...
Dentistry profession has expanded in recent years to cover a large set of prevention and treatment modalities due to increased demand of oral health services as result of change in population Demographics, the increased demand for dentists has led to establishment of many dental...
Apexification is the procedure that involves the induction of the formation of an apical barrier. Nowadays, an artificial apical barrier is formed with the advancement of newer biomimetic and bioactive materials such as tricalcium phosphate, freeze-dried bone, freeze-dried dentin...