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.

Angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis in oral squamous cell carcinoma: comparison of Japanese and Indian cases.

A comparative study between 17 Japanese and 19 Indian patients with oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) revealed that the tumour prognostic indicator mean vessel density (MVD) count for angiogenesis was relatively high at 57.1 in Indian as compared to 39.3 in Japanese (P=0.