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Dental Neglect among Children And Their Parents In District Panchkula
Get PDFAIM- To evaluate the relationship between dental neglect, dental caries and socio-economic status in 3 to 15 years old children.
INTRODUCTION- Dental caries is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases treatment of which is being highly neglected especially in children. Dental Neglect (DN) is persistent failure to meet a child’s basic oral health needs, likely to result in serious impairment of the child’s general health and development. Dental Neglect scale appears to be an appropriate method for objectifying dental neglect.
MATERIALS AND METHOD- The sample consisted of fifty parent children dyads, parents were asked to fill the questionnaires assessing their dental neglect and socio-economic status. Caries were assessed using the WHO criteria (2013).
RESULTS- Study showed that a greater dental neglect score (21.16) was reported among children belonging to low socio-economic status. A higher DMFT (2.08) and DMFS (3.0) scores were found to be significantly associated with higher DN
A Case Report of Toxicity to an Opioid Analgesic
Get PDFOpioid synthetic pain killers act centrally and are commonly used for management of high grade pain. Although it is a standard drug being prescribed all over the world, its accidental or intentional overdose is more common in adolescent and adult males. We report the case of a 7-year-old boy who was brought to our clinic in an unconscious state following opioid intoxication. He was managed with conservative approach and made a significant improvement before discharge
Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers (RAS) and Its Prevalence among People of Punjab
Get PDFOBJECTIVE: At times neglected, an oral ulcer is usually benign in nature and resolves spontaneously, howevers, a small proportions of it are malignant in nature.AIM: To determine the prevalence of recurrent aphthous ulcers (RAS) screened in different locations in the Indian state of Punjab.Material and Methods: over a period of three months, a total of 2245 patients were screened among various camps organized around various states of Punjab using an ADA Type IV examination with recording a detailed family and medical history. Data was analysied using SPPS version 19.0.RESULTS: 779 patients presented with recurrent aphthous ulceration (34.7%). Females (413, 53.1%) were more commonly affected than males (366, 46.9%) with those being affected in the Patients in the third and fourth decade of their life and this difference was statistically significant. The most factor associated was stress stomatitis seen in 453 patients (58.2%). Food consumed was the second common factor related with the condition (121 patients, 15.5%), closely followed by nutritional deficiency (113 patients, 14.5%). There were no significant difference seen between any of the factors and the occurrence of RAS in the patients.CONCLUSION: It was revealed that recurrent aphthous ulceration is a common mucosal disorder in the people of Punjab. Early, proper and prompt diagnosis of the ulcers will help the dental practitioner in providing information to the patient, educate the patient regarding this condition and regarding and management of the condition
Localized Microdontia: Unilateral Peg Shaped Mandibular Central Incisor
Get PDFDiverse morphological, structural and tooth number aberrations can occur within human dentition secondary to genetic and epigenetic influences which can be manifested as microdontia, macrodontia, hypodontia, oligodontia etc. Microdontia is much more common than macrodontia. Non-syndromic microdontia is not often noted, especially in the permanent mandibular incisors. This is a detailed description of a case of a non-syndromic peg shaped permanent mandibular central incisor in a 9 year old male. Early detection of dental development anomalies is very important, as they may lead to many complications. Documentation of these discrepancies helps in assessing the evolutionary structural and morphological changes in human dentition
Asthma and Oral Health (World Asthma Day Guest Comment)
Get PDFWorld Asthma Day Guest Comment by Dr. Mohit Bansal, Associate Professor & Head, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Rayat Bahra Dental College & Hospital, Mohali (Punjab
Formulation of Satisfactory Meal for Sudanese Children (3-5 years) in Wad Medani Greater Locality, Gezira State, Sudan
Get PDFBACKGROUND: A knowledge of chemical composition of food is the first essential in the quantitative study of human nutrition and in the dietary treatment of disease. One of the reasons for studying nutrition is to learn how to select meal that will enable to achieve and maintain good health.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to conduct approximate analysis for some types of food so as to formulate adequate meals for Sudanese children.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: A total of 300 children 3-5 years of age from Wad Medani locality, Gezira State, Sudan, were surveyed. The study was conducted during period from July 2014 to February 2015. Dietary data and eating habits of children were obtained by interviewing mothers about their children’s diet using pre-tested questionnaires. Analysis of the main food was carried out according to the protocols of AACC (1980) and AOAC (1975, 1984).
RESULTS: The results showed that, all samples of food are relatively high in carbohydrate and low in protein and fat content. Bearing in mind that all these types of stuff do not give a balanced diet therefore, two adequate meals were suggested.
CONCLUSION: It is important to add more ingredients to some of our traditional foods, to improve the nutritional values
Rowell Syndrome in a 4-Year-Old Male Child: A Rare Case Report
Get PDFRowell syndrome is an unusual disease entity characterized by the occurrence of erythema multiforme(EM) in association with lupus erythematosus(LE). The syndrome occurs mostly in middle aged women. We are reporting this case in a 4 year old child
Aerobic Bacterial Isolates and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern in Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media among Patients Attending a Tertiary Care Centre in Bikaner, Rajasthan
No full textINTRODUCTION: Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) has been a source of tremendous health predicament since time immemorial and even today it is immensely intricate both for patients and otologist to deal with.AIM: The study was conducted with the aim to isolate and identify the bacteria causing Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media in patients attending the ENT department, PBM Hospital, Bikaner to know local pattern aerobic microbes.MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross-sectional, descriptive study was done in 100 patients of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media with ear discharge of more than 6 weeks, attending ENT Department, PBM, Bikaner.RESULTS: Pseudomonas aeruginosa was commonest organism isolated (57.14%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus which was isolated in 19.04% and Klebsiella species in 7.14% of cases. Fungus as a single isolate was found only in 10.71% of cases.CONCLUSION: It is concluded from present study that isolation of various aerobic and fungal isolates shows that different conditions of CSOM should be differentiated on microbiological grounds therefore continuous and periodic surveillance of microbiological pattern is desirable in all cases of CSOM
The Most Important Methods for Reducing Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting In Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review Study
Get PDFIntroduction: Despite the successes that have recently been made in the field of control and prevention of communicable diseases, the incidence of chronic illnesses has increased. And cancer as a chronic disease after accidents and unintentional deaths is the third leading cause of death in children. Given that cancer patients have multiple chemotherapy during their healing period and chemotherapy itself causes a lot of harm to the patient and that nausea and vomiting are a common complication in chemotherapy patients, Therefore, this systematic review was conducted to determine the most important methods for reducing the nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy in cancer patients.
Materials and Methods: This study is a systematic review Using the articles published in the last 20 years, it was based on the most important methods for reducing the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy in cancer patients. The search was carried out in search engines, SID, Magiran, and Google Scholar, Embase, ResearchGate, Sciencedirect, and PubMed in Persian and English. In the first stage, 47 articles were found. Of these, 10 related articles that have been published in the last 20 years have been reviewed.
Results: In this study, we investigated the most important methods for reducing the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy in cancer patients. In one of these studies, the rate of nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy was studied at the stage. In the first stage, without intervention, in the second phase, music was broadcast to patients using headphones. In the case of nausea, measurements with numerical criteria at 16 and 24 hours and descriptive criteria showed significant difference only at 24 hours after chemotherapy. However, there was no significant difference in vomiting between two stages of chemotherapy.
Conclusion: According to the studied studies, ice massage in the Negan spot can be effective in reducing the frequency and severity of nausea and vomiting in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. It can also be said that muscle use reduces nausea in children with chemotherapy malignancy. It is suggested that nurses use ear acupressure technique as a complement to relieve nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy