Publications by authors named "Naif Abogazalah"
Aim: This study aims to identify introvert and extrovert personality types among level-6 dental students in the College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia, and analyze their clinical performance.
Materials And Methods: In this causal-comparative research, 72 level-6 dental students (29 males and 43 females) of the College of Dentistry of Jazan University for the school year 2023-2024 were chosen to be the respondents. Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI), a personality test designed to differentiate introversion and extroversion, was used.
Background: Dental caries is one of the most common non-communicable diseases in humans. Various interventions are available for the management, of which microinvasive techniques such as infiltration, sealants, glass ionomers, are novel and convenient. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to compare microinvasive techniques with noninvasive or invasive treatment modalities in terms of effectiveness in halting interproximal caries lesion progression radiographically assessed.
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- Oral health has a crucial impact on overall well-being, with a growing burden of oral diseases such as dental caries and periodontal disease in Saudi Arabia due to lifestyle changes.
- The study aims to investigate both direct (proximal) and indirect (distal) factors that influence oral pain (OP) and self-rated oral health (SROH) among different age groups in Saudi Arabia, using data from a national health survey conducted in 2017.
- Findings reveal a notable discrepancy where a high percentage of respondents rated their oral health positively despite reporting oral pain, with tooth brushing frequency strongly linked to lower OP and better SROH, while sugar consumption negatively affected oral health across ages.
Background: The analytical rubric serves as a permanent reference for guidelines on clinical performance for undergraduate dental students. This study aims to assess the rubric system used to evaluate clinical class II composite restorations performed by undergraduate dental students and to explore the impact of gender on overall student performance across two academic years. Additionally, we investigated the relationship between cumulative grade point averages (CGPAs) and students' clinical performance.
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- The study aimed to explore how the mineral distribution in enamel affects the effectiveness of silver diammine fluoride (SDF) in remineralizing and staining caries lesions.
- A laboratory experiment tested different treatments (SDF, fluoride varnish, and deionized water) on various types of lesions created in bovine enamel, analyzing changes in mineral levels and color.
- Results showed that treatment type and lesion protocol significantly affected mineral loss and color changes, with SDF leading to increased mineral gain in the surface zone, while staining from SDF varied based on lesion type.
Glass ionomer cement (GIC) is a self-adhesive dental restorative material composed of a polyacrylic acid liquid and fluoro-aluminosilicate glass powder. It is commonly used for cementation during dental restoration. This study aimed to systematically review the existing literature regarding the clinical performance of GIC in load-bearing dental restorations.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To describe the study design, and the distal and proximal influences on oral health reported in the national demographic and health survey (DHS) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2017.
Methods: The 2017 KSA DHS used an innovative multistage stratified random-sampling technique to select the population sample by using primary health care centers' (PHCs) catchment areas as the primary sampling unit. Over 45,000 household heads plus a family member were interviewed.
A shift in caries prevalence from occlusal surfaces to approximal surfaces has been demonstrated by epidemiological studies. Two recent meta-analyses evaluated the performance of visual examination and radiography for carious lesion detection, and reported low sensitivity but high specificity for early approximal caries detection. This suggests that the conventional methods have a higher risk of failing to detect approximal lesions.
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