Oral Candidal Load and Oral Health Status in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients: A Case-Cohort Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the candidal load of the patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and evaluate the oral health status of subjects with COPD. . = 112 COPD subjects and = 100 control subjects were included in the study.

Radionuclide activity concentration in soil, granites and water in a fluorosis endemic area of India: An oral health perspective.

Background: The idea that hilly areas have a high background radiation which in turn is linked to dental fluorosis is widely held by many in India. There is little evidence to confirm this.

Objective: The study aimed to investigate the level of environmental radionuclide in order to determine any interrelationship between radionuclide and dental fluorosis in Pavagada, a fluorosis endemic area of Karnataka, India.

Dental anxiety in first- and final-year Indian dental students.

Objectives: The study aims to investigate dental anxiety in first- and final-year undergraduate dental students in India.

Design: Questionnaire Study Setting: BDS Students in four University dental colleges in India carried-out during 2013 and 2014.

Subjects Materials And Methods: The students ( = 614) were assessed using a pre-tested questionnaire.

Antibacterial activity of new atraumatic restorative treatment materials incorporated with (Neem) against .

Background: The antibacterial property of new atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) materials incorporated with (Neem) on was carried out.

Materials And Methods: The study was carried out by using the agar diffusion method to determine the antibacterial property of ART materials (ART-I and ART-II). The zone of inhibition was tabulated, and the data was statistically analyzed using the student t-test.

Factors influencing fluoride release in atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) materials: A review.

Objectives: The purpose of this article was to review the fluoride release and uptake ability of some restorative materials which are used for minimally invasive procedures.

Methods: The literature search on published researches and review articles were carried out by using PubMed, Trip and Cochrane library databases. The search terms used were fluoride, restorative materials, atraumatic restorative treatment or ART, glass ionomer or GIC, resin modified glass ionomer cement or RMGIC.

Mutagenicity potential (affect) of new atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) material incorporated with (Neem) against .

Background: The mutagenicity potential of a new atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) material against without metabolic activity using the Ames test (genotoxicity) was carried out.

Methods And Materials: The potential mutagenicity of new atraumatic restorative treatment materials (ART-I and ART-II) was analyzed using the Ames test. The materials were eluted in dimethyl sulphoxide, 0.

Fluoride in fish flesh, fish bone and regular diet in south-coastal area of Karnataka state of India.

Background: The objective of the study was to estimate the fluoride content in regular food items available, including fish, in a coastal area of the South Karnataka state of India.

Materials And Methods: Fish and food samples were collected from a local market, i.e.

Spatial distribution mapping of drinking water fluoride levels in Karnataka, India: fluoride-related health effects.

Objectives: (1) To estimate the concentrations of fluoride in drinking water throughout different zones and districts of the state of Karnataka. (2) To investigate the variation of fluoride concentration in drinking water from different sources, and its relationships to daily temperature and rainfall status in the regional districts. (3) To develop an updated fluoride concentration intensity map of the state of Karnataka, and to evaluate these data in the context of fluoride-related health effects such as fluorosis and their prevalence.

Phytoestrogens and prevention of breast cancer: The contentious debate.

Phytoestrogens have multiple actions within target cells, including the epigenome, which could be beneficial to the development and progression of breast cancer. In this brief review the action of phytoestrogens on oestrogen receptors, cell signalling pathways, regulation of the cell cycle, apoptosis, steroid synthesis and epigenetic events in relation to breast cancer are discussed. Phytoestrogens can bind weakly to oestrogen receptors (ERs) and some have a preferential affinity for ERβ which can inhibit the transcriptional growth-promoting activity of ERα.

Khaini chewing damages chromosomes 2q, 3p and 21q: occurrence in a South Asian population.

Chewing Khaini damages chromosomes, in the form of loss of heterozygosity (LOH), identified on the long arm of chromosome 2 (2q), the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p) and the long arm of chromosome 21 (21q) of oral cancer cases who had quid chewing habit of more than 10 years duration, and chewed 10-15 times a day.