Assessment of Oral Health Status with Visually Impaired Children in Patna City, Bihar.

Aim: Children with a visually impairment often face various challenges in their day-to-day skills. Oral hygiene maintenance is one major task for them. Such child has difficulty to live current normal life and demands of permission or healthy life.

Assessment of Effect of Different Sterilization Agents on Dimensional Accuracy of Different Impression Materials in Implant Prosthesis - An Study.

Aim: Sterilization of impression materials is of paramount importance. The present study was conducted to compare the effect of different disinfectants on dimensional accuracy of elastomeric impression materials used for implant prosthesis and other routine treatments.

Materials And Methods: The present study was conducted with polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) (regular body), PVS (medium body), PVS (heavy body), and polyether (medium body) impression materials.

Preservation of Alveolar Ridge using Graft Material after Tooth Extraction: A Clinical Trial.

Background: The alveolar process is a tooth-dependent structure, and hence, removal of teeth results in the alteration of alveolar process. To alter bone remodeling after dental extraction, various techniques have been put forward for ridge preservation.

Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate and compare the changes of hard and soft tissues in postextraction socket after the application of bone graft material.

Predictors and prevalence of periodontitis among pregnant women of slum areas of Patna, India: An opportunity for oral health promotion.

Background: There is abundant documentation in literature that presence of maternal periodontal infections has been attributed to serious health problem to the mother and the child. Regular evaluation of any illness burden is required for planning preventive and treatment strategies and fills the existing health gap. There is a lack of literature about the predictors and prevalence of periodontal diseases in expectant women in the slum areas of Patna.

Assessment of C-reactive Protein Level and Efficacy of Diclofenac Sodium and Mefenamic Acid in Relieving Pain in Mandibular Impacted Third Molar Surgery.

Aim: To compare the efficacy of diclofenac sodium and mefenamic acid in relieving pain in mandibular impacted third molar surgery and to assess the level of the C-reactive protein (CRP) level.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted on 90 patients of impacted mandibular third molars. All patients were administered with 2% lignocaine with 1:80,000 adrenaline, and surgical removal of impacted third molar was done following the standardized surgical procedure by a single oral surgeon.

Efficacy of 2% Lignocaine and 4% Articaine in Oral Surgical Procedure: A Comparative Study.

Aim And Objective: To compare the efficacy of 2% lignocaine and 4% articaine in the extraction of mandibular molars.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted on 120 patients requiring surgical removal of tooth. Patients were categorized into 2 groups with 60 samples each.

Assessment of Efficacy of 5% Topical Amlexanox and 0.1% Topical Triamcinolone Acetonide in Management of Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of 5% topical amlexanox and 0.1% topical triamcinolone acetonide in recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) management.

Materials And Methods: Sixty adult patients of RAS of both genders were divided into two groups with each group having 30 patients.

Assessment of Aluminum Chloride Retraction Cords, Expasyl, and Tetrahydrozoline-Soaked Retraction Systems in Gingival Retraction.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess different gingival displacement systems such as aluminum chloride retraction cords, expasyl, and tetrahydrozoline-soaked retraction cord to record intracrevicular margins of tooth preparations.

Materials And Methods: This study included 60 patients. Patients were divided into four groups of 15 each.

To Compare Mineral Trioxide Aggregate, Platelet-rich Fibrin, and Calcium Hydroxide in Teeth with Irreversible Pulpitis: A Clinical Study.

Aim: Numerous pulp-capping agents such as mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)), platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), and biodentine have been suggested. This clinical study was conducted to compare MTA, PRF, and Ca(OH) in teeth with irreversible pulpitis.

Materials And Methods: The 60 mandibular molar teeth with irreversible pulpitis were used in this study, which were restored with Ca(OH), MTA, and PRF.

Evaluation of Efficacy of Pilocarpine and Bethanechol in Xerostomic Denture Wearers.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate effectiveness of bethanechol and pilocarpine among xerostomic denture wearers.

Materials And Methods: This study was conducted in 60 complete denture wearers of both genders. For assessment of salivary flow, resting saliva and stimulated saliva were collected.

Factors affecting patient satisfaction among patients undergone removable prosthodontic rehabilitation.

Background: Patient's satisfaction is of utmost importance to the dental professionals among all those who have undergone prosthodontic rehabilitation. The success of every dental prosthesis lies in the patient wearing those removable prostheses thereby restoring masticatory function and Phonatics, hence the aim of the present study is to determine various factors affecting the patient satisfaction among patients undergone removable Prosthodontic rehabilitation.

Materials And Methods: The present study is a cross-sectional questionnaire descriptive study.

A Comparative Assessment of the Management of Mandibular Angle Fractures Using 3D Plates and 2D Miniplates.

Aims: The aim of this study was to compare 2D plates with 3D miniplate system in the management of mandibular angle fractures.

Materials And Methods: The study was conducted on 146 patients with mandibular angle fracture, who were equally divided into two groups of 73. Patients in group I were treated with 3D plating and in group II with 2D plating.

A 10 years retrospective study of assessment of prevalence and risk factors of dental implants failures.

Aim: The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence rate of dental implants failure and risk factors affecting dental implant outcome.

Materials And Methods: The present retrospective study was conducted on 826 patients who received 1420 dental implants in both genders. Length of implant, diameter of implant, location of implant, and bone quality were recorded.

Cellular infiltrative angiolipoma of cheek in an infant.

Lipomas represent about 1 to 5% of all neoplasms of the oral cavity most commonly presenting as painless, mobile, soft, round mass. Angiolipoma, spindle cell lipoma, mylelolipoma, chondrolipoma and myxolipoma are histological variants of lipoma arising from fat tissues. Although the angiolipoma is the most common tumour in the trunk and the extrimities of young people, it occurs infrequently in the head and neck region.