This school-based OHE programme had a moderate positive effect on oral health knowledge and on habitual plaque levels and on the effectiveness of tooth brushing. The effects on caries levels and on self-reported behaviour were inconclusive.
This paper reviewed of bruxism phenomenon that refers to the grinding or clenching of the teeth during awake ornight sleep. The prevalence of bruxism decreases with age from 14-18% in childhood, 8% of adult population and3% in the elderly. According to the existing literature, two groups of proposed etiological factors can bedistinguished: peripheral (morphological) and central (pathophysiological and psychological). At present, thebruxism is more often thought to be regulated centrally, not peripherally. Signs and symptoms of bruxism such astooth wear/dental attrition, abfractions, orofacial pain, change of periodontal ligament, mobility, tooth sensitivity,fractured teeth and fillings, earache, headache, tightness of jaw muscle, chewed tissue on the inside of your cheek,impact on the esthetic appearance of a smile. There have been many clinical approaches to the treatment ofbruxism. These can be categorized as acute, preventive and chronic management of bruxism, based on patient’ssigns and symptoms. In the case of acute symptoms with patients experiencing pain, pharmaco-therapeutics may berequired. Meanwhile, if tooth wear is present an occlusal splint and stress management are recommended. Dentistsand health professionals should be aware of increasing the phenomenon of bruxism.
Introduction: Sugar-free chewing gum has the potential to provide oral health benefits including plaque control. This study benefit to develop and validate an occlusal site-specific plaque index. The index will be used to check the results of chewing sugar-free chewing gum. The purpose of this study is to analized the cleaning effect of sugar-free chewing gum on occlusal surfaces. Methods: The research is a split mouth design, single blind, cross over study. The research consists of 30 volunteers chosen by random sampling. Volunteers divided into two groups, each consisting of 15 volunteer’s. Group A, volunteers were asked to chewing gum on the left side regimen whereas volunteers in group B were asked to chew on the right side regimen for 5 minute period. After a minimum of 4 days washout period, the study was repeated with the volunteers’ crossing over to the alternative chewing right or chewing left regimen. Results: The mean difference 0.224.Paired sample t-test was used to determine whether there are significant differences before and after chewing gum. With level of significance α=5 % the t-values for both groups are both 0.00.There are differences before and after chewing gum in group A and B. Conclusion: Sugar-free chewing gum have cleaning effect of on occlusal surfaces, sugar-free chewing gum decreases the plaque accumulation on occlusal surfaces.
This study aims to analyze further the stimulation of Islamic value entrepreneurs in improving organizational performance, especially in the Book Publishing Industry in Java. The purposive sampling technique used in this study, meaning based on population characteristics, namely the area or location and a minimum of 10 years of operation, so this study involved 150 respondents. Analysis of the data in this study used The Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) from the AMOS 20.0 software package. It is hoped that this research can be a reference for organizational development, especially based on Islamic value entrepreneurs.
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