Publications by authors named "Enosakhare S Akpata"
Objectives: To determine the pattern of fluid consumption, fluoride intake from the fluids and urinary fluoride excretion by children aged 1-9 years in Kuwait, a nonfluoridated community.
Methods: Using the cluster sampling technique, children aged 1-9 years were chosen from 2000 randomly selected households in Kuwait. Questionnaires were then administered to their mothers to determine the children's daily fluid intake.
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the association among type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), caries experience, and salivary glucose in 12- to 15-year-olds in Kuwait.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was chosen involving 53 DM patients and 53 nondiabetic controls, group-matched by age and sex to the experimental group. The DM patients comprised 2 groups: (1) 14 controlled DM children (glycated haemoglobin, HbA1c=<8); and (2) 39 children with uncontrolled DM (HbA1c>8).
Objectives: a) To correlate fluoride levels in drinking water sources with caries experience and dental fluorosis in Saudi Arabia, and suggest appropriate fluoride concentration for drinking water in the country.
Methods: Fluoride levels were determined from 3,629 samples obtained from drinking water sources in 11 regions of Saudi Arabia. Based on the fluoride concentrations, a stratified sample of subjects aged 6-7, 12-13, and 15-18 years was obtained from the regions.
Geographical mapping of fluoride levels in drinking water sources in Nigeria.
Afr Health Sci
December 2009
Background: Knowledge of fluoride levels in drinking water is of importance in dental public health, yet this information is lacking, at national level, in Nigeria.
Objective: To map out fluoride levels in drinking water sources in Nigeria.
Materials And Methods: Fluoride levels in drinking water sources from 109 randomly selected Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the 6 Nigerian geopolitical zones were determined.
Background: This study was designed to assess the fluoride levels in drinking water in the Central Province of Saudi Arabia.
Materials And Methods: A total of 817 water samples were collected from 260 locations in Central Saudi Arabia. An atomic absorption spectrophotometer [HACH instrument, model DR 3000] was used in the analyses of water samples for fluoride levels.
Purpose: To compare post-operative sensitivity from posterior composites lined with bonding systems that utilize either a self-etching primer or phosphoric acid conditioner.
Methods: Occlusal cavities on homologous contralateral posterior teeth in 28 selected subjects were lined with either One-Step Plus (a bonding system that utilizes phosphoric acid conditioner) or Clearfil SE Bond with a self-etching primer, and then restored with a hybrid resin composite. Post-operative sensitivity was assessed subjectively by asking the patient to classify pain from the restored tooth into none, mild or severe; and objectively by measuring the time it took for the patient to feel cold sensation when standardized ice stick was placed against the mid-buccal surface of the tooth.