Climate change is a reality recognized globally. Although global efforts are accelerating, there are fears in the underdeveloped world regarding the erosion of their sovereignty through climate change action and response mechanisms. Remedial actions taken at various levels are not a compensating reflection of this reality. There is a need to establish a well-thought-out mechanism and support fast-track climate change action and responses. This study, therefore, highlights the impact of climate change action on state sovereignty through in-depth analysis by interviewing climate experts and officials. It reckons that the issue revolves around interference in internal policies through the prism of climate change action incorporating world organisations. It concludes that developing states may have fears regarding the overreach of developed states in their remedial actions, as seen in the Global South and Global North divide. Bibliography Entry Shafi, Khalid Mahmood, Arif Ullah Khan and Rafaqat Islam. 2021. "Climate Change Action and State Sovereignty." Margalla Papers 25 (2): 98-108.
Background: Carious lesions are the record frequent oral health problem among school going kids everywhere the world. In the deciduous teeth, dental caries is the tenth most communal oral problem that affects about nine percent of the population worldwide. Aim: To report impact on quality of life of exposed carious lesion as reason for tooth extraction in 7-16 years children. Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and duration of study: Sardar Begum Dental College and Peshawar Dental College, Peshawar from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021. Methodology: Three hundred and eight children aged 7-16 years of both genders were enrolled from two dental teaching hospitals of Peshawar. Children were examined clinically at a dental chair. A radiograph advised by the clinician was used to diagnose number of teeth having exposed carious lesions that are causing pain or extracted/filled because of pain were recorded for each participant in a structured data collection sheet. Child oral health impact short form was used to record oral health related quality of children. Results: There were 182(59.1%) males and 126(40.9%) females and mean age was 10.0±2.8 years. The correlation between OHRQoL and number of teeth with exposed carious lesions that are causing pain, filled or have been extracted because of pain is 0.610, which indicates positive correlation, as lesion increases the QoL of an individual will decrease. Conclusion: The positive correlations between OHRQoL and number of teeth having had exposed carious lesions that are causing pain, filled or have been extracted because of pain. It also signifies the negative impact of exposed carious lesion, over oral health related quality of life of 7-16 years old, visiting two tertiary care hospitals of Peshawar. Key words: Quality of life (QoL), Oral health related quality of life (OHRQoL), Peshawar
Objective: To assess the prevalence of temporomandibular ailments and their severity in dental undergraduate students. Study Design: Cross sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Department of Orthodontics, Bacha Khan Medical & Dental College, Mardan from1st October 2020 to 31st March 2021. Methodology: Five hundred and fifty dentistry students were enrolled. After ethical approval each student and written permission for participating in this study was taken. A Fonseca questionnaire was used for assessing the temporomandibular ailments. Responses in form of yes, no and sometimes were scored as 10, 0 and 5 points. A score between 0-15 was considered as nil for temporomandibular disorders while 20-40 as mild, 45-65 as moderate and 70-100 as severe. Results: Three hundred and forty-seven students were nil for temporomandibular, 112 were mild, 58 were moderate while 33 were severe. Conclusion: A 37% had temporomandibular disorders in dentistry students with severity common in 6 percent. Keywords: Temporomandibular ailment, Prevalence, Severity
Objectives: To determine the periodontal health of pregnant women by using Community periodontal index of treatment needs (CPITN). To determine the oral health knowledge of pregnant women during pregnancy. To determine the correlation of knowledge and oral hygiene practices with periodontal health in pregnant women. To compare periodontal health, oral health knowledge and practices in different social classes during pregnancy. Methods and materials: A Cross-sectional study was carried out on 384 pregnant patients visiting gynea OPDs of Mercy, Kuwait, prime teaching hospitals and dental OPD of Peshawar dental hospital following inclusion and exclusion criteria and written consent was taken. Closed ended questionnaire was used consisting of 5 parts i-e age, trimester, oral health assessment (CPITN), oral health knowledge, oral hygiene practices and socioeconomic status. Results: Out of 384 patients 222 (57.8%) had healthy Periodontal status, followed by 75 (19.5%) having pocket depth between 3.5 to 5.5, calculus having 66 (17.2%), bleeding on probing were only 21 (5.5%) patients, whereas no patients were having pocket more than 5.5. 22(5.7%) had good oral health knowledge, 350 (91.1%) had satisfactory and 12 (3.1%) had poor oral health knowledge.
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