Barriers to oral health care amongst different social classes in India.

Objective: To investigate and compare the influence of social and cultural factors as access barriers to oral health care amongst people from various social classes.

Basic Research Design And Participants: A cross sectional survey in Pimpri, was conducted using a pilot tested 15 item-structured, close-ended and self-administered questionnaire. Two hundred and fifty people aged 35-45 years (50 participants each in five social classes as per British Registrar's General classification of occupation) were selected.

Palato-radicular groove and localized periodontitis: a series of case reports.

Aim: The aim of this report is to present the management of three cases of different magnitude affecting the periodontal attachment apparatus due to the presence of a palato-radicular groove (PRG).

Background: The palato-radicular groove is a developmental anomaly often associated with localized periodontitis and pulpal necrosis.

Case Description: The authors present three cases involving the management of teeth with a palato-radicular groove.

Omega fatty acids and resolution of inflammation: A new twist in an old tale.

Identification of the factors that regulate immune tolerance and control the appearance of exacerbated inflammatory conditions is crucial for the development of new therapies of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Resolution of inflammation and the return of tissues to homeostasis protect us against excessive tissue injury and promote the restoration of function and structure. Resolution of inflammation, which was considered a passive event, is actually an active process where new families of endogenous lipid mediators from omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids play an important role in removing proinflammatory mediators generated from arachidonic acid.

Spectrophotometric analysis on bleaching efficacy of blood stained demineralized and deproteinized dentin--an in vitro study.

Background And Objective: The objectives of this in vitro study, is to evaluate the influence of various dentin treatment procedures prior to bleaching namely, demineralization and demineralization in conjunction with deproteinization on the dentin permeability and bleaching efficacy.

Method: The study used a total of 40 sound premolars, which were sectioned longitudinally, and their color coefficients and absorption spectrum was recorded and used as control values for the later study. These dentin samples were then discolored by blood and their color coefficients and absorption spectrum were calibrated.

A clinical survey of the output intensity of 200 light curing units in dental offices across Maharashtra.

Aim: The purpose of this study is to examine the intensity of light curing units and factors affecting it in dental offices.

Materials And Methods: The output intensity of 200 light curing units in dental offices across Maharashtra were examined. The collection of related information (thenumber of months of use of curing unit, the approximate number of times used in a day, and presence or absence of composite build-ups) and measurement of the intensity was performed by two operators.

Evaluation of blood parameters in patients with chronic periodontitis for signs of anemia.

Background: Anemia of chronic disease is defined as anemia occurring in chronic infections and inflammatory conditions that is not caused by marrow deficiencies or other diseases and in the presence of adequate iron stores and vitamins. Periodontitis is a chronic infectious condition of the supporting tissues of the teeth caused by subgingival microbial colonization in susceptible hosts. This study determines the correlation between signs of anemia and chronic periodontitis.

Trends in extraction of permanent teeth in private dental practices in Kerala state, India.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to identify the trends in tooth loss among patients attending four general dental practices in the south Indian State of Kerala.

Methods And Materials: The reasons for extraction of permanent teeth among patients who had attended the four clinics during a one-month period were categorized as follows: (1) dental caries and their sequelae, (2) periodontal disease, (3) orthodontic, (4) impactions, (5) prosthodontic, and (6) other reasons.

Results: A total of 997 permanent teeth were extracted, of which 445 (44.

Dental cementum in age estimation: a polarized light and stereomicroscopic study.

Dental hard tissues are good candidates for age estimation as they are less destructive and procedures to determine age can be easily performed. Although cementum annulations and cementum thickness are important parameters in this regard, they are seldom used. This study was undertaken to review the methods, difficulties in execution of techniques, and accuracy of cementum thickness and annulations in estimating the age.

Multidisciplinary management of multiple maxillary anterior supernumerary teeth: a case report.

Supernumerary teeth are a relatively frequent disorder of odontogenesis. They may occur alone or in multiple; be unilateral or bilateral; and appear in the maxilla, mandible, or both. Mesiodens is a supernumerary tooth in the anterior maxilla between the two central incisors.

Nasal myiasis with orbital and palatal complications.

A 15-year-old girl presented with a chief complaint of bleeding from her nose. She had noticed worms emerging from her right nostril. She had a continuous dull ache on the right side of her nose, spreading over the maxillary sinus area, and on the infra-orbital margin on the same side.

Microscope-enhanced periodontal therapy: a review and report of four cases.

Aim: The aim of this report is to review the status of the use of surgical microscopes and microsurgery and their clinical application in the field of periodontics.

Background: The use of magnification systems and periodontal microsurgery are part of a broad movement in dentistry toward the use of minimally invasive procedures to replace the need for more extensive surgical procedures. While magnification systems are widely used in endodontics, their application in periodontics is still in its nascent phase.

Causes and patterns of loss of permanent teeth among patients attending a dental teaching institution in south India.

Aim: The aims of the present study are to determine the causes and pattern of loss of permanent teeth among patients attending a dental teaching institution in southern India.

Methods And Materials: Data collected from patients attending the outpatient wing of the Sri Sankara Dental College, Kerala, during a three month period was used for the study. The cause for extraction was classified as follows: (1) caries and its sequelae, (2) periodontal disease, (3) orthodontic purposes, (4) impactions, (5) prosthodontic purposes, and (6) other reasons.

Periodontal health status in pan chewers with or without the use of tobacco.

Background: Betel nut and tobacco chewing is a common practice in south-east Asia. In India, betel nut is commonly chewed in the form of pan, with or without tobacco. Numerous studies have shown the carcinogenic potential of betel nut and tobacco.