Publications by authors named "Svetla G Petrova"
Oral Hygiene Status and Gingivitis in Overweight and Obese Children.
Folia Med (Plovdiv)
December 2019
Introduction: Obesity poses a significant health risk to our society with prevalence that has dramatically increased in children. Obesity and periodontal diseases share many common risk factors.
Aim: To study the oral hygiene status and prevalence of gingivitis in children with increased body mass index.
Unlabelled: Aesthetic perception of the changes in teeth appearance is one of the factors that makes a person undertake a dental treatment.
Objective: The aim of this study was to survey dentists' and non-specialists' aesthetic perception of dental fluorosis.
Patients And Methods: We recruited 120 young people (age range 18-22 years with little knowledge of dental fluorosis and 120 randomly selected dentists.
Introduction: Molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH) is a developmental disturbance of enamel affecting the first permanent molars and permanent incisors. The epidemiological evidence on MIH prevalence shows it to be in the range of 3.6 to 25%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim of the present study was to investigate application of sealants in an epidemiologic cross-sectional study, and to conduct a survey of the opinions of dentists on the application of sealants in their practice.
Patients And Methods: The epidemiologic study included 960 children aged 7 to 14, selected at random from schools in Plovdiv and 630 dentists from Plovdiv and other regions in Bulgaria. Data were analysed using alternative and nonparametric analysis (chi square test); the level of significance was set at P < 0.
Aim: The present cross-sectional epidemiologic study was to determine the dynamics of occlusal caries in permanent molars and premolars depending on the occlusal morphology.
Patients And Methods: The study included 960 children aged 7 to 14 years recruited randomly from schools in Plovdiv selected at random. The data were registered in a statistical form.
Article Synopsis
- There has been no prior research on the prevalence of dental fluorosis in Bulgaria, especially considering the availability of fluoride products.
- The study focused on children aged 4 to 14 in Dimitrovgrad, finding that over 54% displayed varying degrees of dental fluorosis, with permanent teeth being affected more frequently than primary teeth.
- The findings indicate excessive fluoride exposure during tooth development, highlighting the necessity for further investigation into the associated risk factors.