Dental attendance and self-assessment of dental status by Israeli military personnel according to gender, education, and smoking status, 1998-2006.

Objective: The goal of the study was to analyze dental attendance and self-assessment of dental status among Israeli military personnel, according to gender, education, and smoking status.

Methods: Data were analyzed from a computerized questionnaire on dental attendance and dental status, completed by military personnel who attended one medical clinic for the required periodic medical examination between 1998 and 2006.

Results: For 60% of the respondents, the last dental visit was within the previous 12 months.

Erectile dysfunction might be associated with chronic periodontal disease: two ends of the cardiovascular spectrum.

Introduction: Both chronic periodontal disease (CPD) and erectile dysfunction (ED) are associated with cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, including smoking and diabetes mellitus. However, the association between ED and CPD has never been studied.

Aim: To study the association between ED and CPD.

[General physicians' knowledge of dental operation prophylaxis for infective endocarditis].

Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge of young primary health care physicians in relation to the 1997 AHA guidelines for the prevention of bacterial endocarditis in relation to dental treatment in patients at risk.

Study Design: Forty-three physicians, with a median time of 2 years from medical school graduation, filled out a questionnaire that presented 8 medical conditions and 10 dental operations. The participants were asked whether or not antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis is required for each condition or operation.

The minority of young adult men with sexual disorders seek medical treatment.

Introduction: The Israel Defense Force (IDF) conducts screening examinations of military personnel aimed at early detection of morbidities, including erectile dysfunction (ED) and other sexual disorders (SDs). Men with SDs are referred to the IDF's sex clinic for consultation.

Aim: We present the long-term compliance of military men with SDs to the screening program.

Erectile dysfunction severity might be associated with poor cardiovascular prognosis in diabetic men.

Introduction: Although erectile dysfunction (ED) might be associated with coronary heart disease (CHD), there is no evidence it predicts poor cardiovascular prognosis. On the other hand, an abnormal heart rate profile during exercise stress testing predicts poor cardiovascular prognosis in high-risk patients, such as diabetic men, even in the absence of CHD.

Aim: In order to study if ED predicts poor cardiovascular prognosis in high-risk patients, we examined the association between ED and heart rate profile during exercise stress testing in diabetic men with no CHD.