Prevalence of Dental Fear and Anxiety and Its Triggering Factors in the Dental Office among School-going Children in Al Ahsa.

Aims And Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of dental fear and anxiety (DFA) among school-going children in Al Ahsa.To identify the factors that trigger DFA in the dental office.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted.

A Simplified Single-Penetration Technique of IANB (MK Technique) for Mandibular Anesthesia.

Introduction: Owing to the anatomical basis established on the detailed course, distribution and innervations of buccal nerve in the literature, we believe that an effective and extensive buccal nerve block could be achieved when the nerve is anesthetized proximal to its branching point which relates to anteromedial aspect of ramus (retromolar fossa). Though several techniques of inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) including few single-penetration approaches were already well reviewed and practiced, pitfalls remained in terms of achieving adequate retromolar soft tissue anesthesia, as well as undermining the very importance of contacting the bone and the orientation of the bevel. We propose a simplified single-penetration technique aligning almost similar to conventional technique and its well-adopted landmarks, but still obviating the need for a separate penetration for long buccal nerve anesthesia.

Is accredited social health activists' basic oral health knowledge appropriate in educating rural Indian population?

Introduction: Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) are the grassroot level health activists in the community who are involved in health education and community mobilization toward utilizing the health services.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to assess the oral health knowledge among ASHAs working in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Five Primary Health Centers were randomly selected, and the total sample was 275.

Dental Service Utilization: Patterns and Barriers among Rural Elderly in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh.

Introduction: The biological process of ageing is outside human control and has its own dynamics. It is a known fact that elderly people have more treatment needs compared to the younger population and at the same time elderly people are facing a multitude of barriers in utilization of health care as well as oral health care.

Aim: To identify the utilization patterns of oral health care and barriers for utilization among rural population.

Assessment of the Status of National Oral Health Policy in India.

Background: National oral health policy was conscripted by the Indian Dental Association (IDA) in 1986 and was accepted as an integral part of National Health Policy (NHP) by the Central Council of Health and Family Welfare in one of its conferences in the year 1995. Objectives of this paper were to find out the efforts made or going on towards its execution, its current status and recent oral health-related affairs or programs, if any.

Methods: Literature search was done using the institutional library, web-based search engines like 'Google' and 'PubMed' and also by cross referencing.

Dental pain and self-care: a cross-sectional study of people with low socio-economic status residing in rural India.

Context: Self-care is one of the ways in which people without access to professional care can actively engage in managing their oral health problems.

Aim: To find out the prevalence of dental pain and the type of self-care remedies utilised for pain relief by people with low socio-economic status residing in Kollipara mandal, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh.

Settings And Design: This was a cross-sectional population-based study.

Socio-economic Status, Needs, and Utilization of Dental Services among Rural Adults in a Primary Health Center Area in Southern India.

Background: The oral disease burden in India is showing a steady increase in the recent years. Utilization of dental care being the major factor affecting the oral health status of the population is used as an important tool in oral health policy decision-making and is measured in terms of the number of dental visits per annum.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional house to house questionnaire survey was conducted in three rural clusters which were randomly selected from a total of eight clusters served by a primary health center.

Dental manpower in India: changing trends since 1920.

Aim: To analyse the changing trends in dental manpower production of India since 1920 and its development to date.

Methods And Material: The databases consulted were those provided by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, Dental Council of India, and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive statistics.

Distribution patterns of enamel fluorosis in permanent dentition.

Purpose: To describe the different patterns of the intraoral distribution of enamel fluorosis in permanent dentition.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional analysis was conducted in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh, India. A group of 1000 school children aged 13-15 years were selected by stratified cluster sampling from four different areas with different levels of naturally occurring fluoride in the drinking water.