[Epidemiological study regarding prevalence, distribution and severity of periodontal disorders in a study group aged between 15-65 years].

Unlabelled: The study aimed to assess the prevalence and severity of periodontal disorders as well as possible correlations between periodontal status and parameters as follows: sex, age, dental group.

Material And Method: Study group included 143 subjects (58-males, 84-females) aged between 15-65 years. The assessment of periodontal status was performed using CPITN indices (gingival inflammation, periodontal pockets depth) and Rateitschak indices (alveolar resorption degree visible on ortopantomographs).

[Clinical and microbiological study regarding surface antibacterial properties of bioactive dental materials].

Unlabelled: In the new era of dentistry the coronal restoration materials must possess "bio-active" features represented by fluor ions release, chemical adhesion and antibacterial agents.

Aim: Our study aims to determine the surface antibacterial properties of glassionomer cements and compomers.

Materials And Method: The study group included 64 patients with high cariogenic risk with 80 teeth with acute and chronic dental caries affecting proximal and occlusal dental surfaces.

[The bony modifications in the periodontal pockets].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the bony structural changes in deep periodontal pockets.

Material And Methods: Bony fragments were taken from the alveolar wall of a group of 24 patients diagnosed with deep periodontal lesions which required the extraction of certain irrecuperable teeth. Fragments were fixed in glutaraldehyde, then decalcified in EDTA 5% and proccesed for electron microscopic examination and a semifinesse sections to microscop "Zeiss Axioscop".

[Cariogenic risk assessment in a group of diabetic patients].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study is to bacteriologically investigate the oral environment in patients with diabetes and thereby reveal their influence on the incidence of caries.

Material And Method: We compared oral microbial flora between patients with diabetes (n=40) and healthy people (n=38). Cariogenic bacteria were identified according to Dentocult System.

[Evaluation of caries activity using the micro-crystallization saliva index (IMK)].

The dental decay activity of a patient can be evaluated with the help of certain indirect signs that reveal the dental decay risk elements. The quantity, buffer capacity, inorganic components of the saliva are important in the pathogenesis of dental decay. The micro-crystallization saliva test (IMK) may represent an important criterion on whose basis one obtains an evaluation of the re-mineralization capacity of saliva.

[Clinical aspects of the evolution of dental caries and periodontal disease in patients treated with corticosteroids].

Patients treated with adrenal glucocorticoids may run a higher risk of dental caries, both as a result of their medical condition and of the physical and physiological effects of their pharmacotherapy. Our clinical study reports about patients treated with glucocorticoids who were also having an odonto-periodontal condition. They were examined and we found rampant caries and periodontal diseases.