Caries and oral hygiene in children in postwar Novi Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Zabok (Croatia).

The study was performed in 1997 and involved school children between the age of 6 and 12 in Novi Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina (n = 203) and Zabok, Croatia (n = 132). OHI-S (Simplified Oral Hygiene Index by Green-Vermillion) and DMF (Decayed, Missing, Filled) index were used as main outcome measures. Prewar data were taken from the respective literature.

Double tooth.

The form of primary and permanent teeth can differ morphologically from that which is considered normal, completely or in some parts. The changes in tooth form can be hereditary or caused by some disease or trauma. Fusion is a union of one or more teeth during development.

Tooth morphology in function of selfprotective mechanism.

The degree of curvature of vestibular and oral tooth surfaces is determined by the shape sequence from the tooth crown to the epithelial attachment and the alveolar bone, and directly influences the health of gingiva and the entire tooth support system. The goal of this research was to determine vestibulo-oral planes of upper and lower permanent premolars and molars and the thickness of the associated alveolar osseous wall, and 2,727 measurings were processed using pertinent statistical procedures. The results have shown the degree of curvature of vestibular and oral tooth surfaces to be higher in upper teeth than in lower ones (p > 0.

The influence of dental amalgam on the blood count.

The purpose of this research was to determine the influence of dental amalgam on the blood count of the holder of amalgam fillings. The experiments were performed on 30 Wistar rats. One group of rats received 8 mg of fragmented dental amalgam daily incorporated in their food during 60 days (group S2) and group S3 received amalgam fillings in their anterior teeth, which remained for 60 days.

[Saliva as a risk factor for caries in diabetic patients].

Saliva is an important factor upon which general health of the oral cavity is dependent and which influences the occurrence of caries. In diabetic patients, xerostomia may occur due to pronounced polyuria in non-regulated and inadequately regulated cases. The aim of this study was to determine the amount of stimulated saliva and salivary pH in diabetic patients and in normal subjects, and to study the possible difference in the occurrence of caries.

[Quantitative evaluation of the immunoglobulin G, A and M in the human dental pulp].

The presence of immunoglobulins G, A and M was studied in human dental pulps using a quantitative method of radial immunodiffusion. Valid data on the amounts of IgG, IgA and IgM were obtained on the basis of measured concentrations of immunoglobulins in each pulp sample and their correlation with total protein concentrations. The results indicated IgG to be present in 100%, IgA in 15% and IgM in 8% of 13 pulp samples affected by chronic inflammation.

Dental status in a group of adult diabetic patients.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dental caries, DMFT score and treatment needs in a group of diabetic patients (n = 222), mean age 46.9 yr, and to compare them to those recorded in a control group (n = 189), mean age 43.9 yr, using WHO criteria.

[Scanning electron microscopic study of penetrability of sealants in relation to fissure morphology of permanent premolars in humans].

In the work presented here, the morphological types of the fissure system in permanent human premolars are established, their average depth and width as well as the penetration capacity of fissure in relation to the morphological type of the fissure established (V, U, Y1, Y2). The largest average fissure depth was yielded by the Y2-configuration, the lowest by the V-type. The largest average entrance width was shown by the V-type, the lowest by the Y2-type.

[The incidence of enamel projections on the roots of the permanent teeth].

In this study we examined the incidence of enamel pearls, projections islets and drops on account of 7388 extracted human permanent teeth. According to the macroscopic examination there were 54 (1.6%) enamel pearls situated on the molars of the upper and lower jaw.

[Calcium hydroxide cements in an in vivo study].

Great caution is required when choosing materials coming into direct contact with pulpal tissue. The aim of this study was to assess the connective tissue tolerance to Cap-cap and Cinacal, clinically used for pulp capping, in experimental animals. On the basis of tissue reactions around implanted material specimens at intervals of 2, 14 and 28 days after application, the two materials were found to belong to a group of biocompatible materials.

Oxytalan fibres in human dental pulp.

Scarce and randomly oriented oxytalan fibres are present in the connective tissue of dental pulp in both deciduous and permanent teeth.