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Supply of Inputs and Procedures Non-Invasive and Micro-Invasive in Primary Care: Historical Series by Brazilian Regions
Get PDFObjective: To analyze the supply of input and procedures, non-invasive and micro-invasive, for dental caries lesions in Primary Care in Brazil, comparing the Brazilian geographic regions in three different periods. Material and Methods: Historical series study based on secondary data extracted from the 1st Cycle (2012), 2nd (2014), and 3rd cycle (2018) of the External Evaluation of the National Program for Access and Quality of Primary Care. The proportions of Oral Health Teams offering non-invasive (fluor) and micro-invasive (sealants) supplies and procedures between Brazilian geographic regions were compared using the Chi-square test, using the Z Test adjusted by the Bonferroni method, and between the years (2012, 2014, and 2018) using the Cochran Q test (p<0.05). The percentage variation between the proportions per cycle was calculated. Results: The availability of inputs of fluor gel in Brazil increased between 2014 (91.6%) and 2018 (94.1%) (p<0.001), but statistically only in the Northeast and North (p<0.001). The offer of the topical fluorine procedure increased between 2012 (78.8%) and 2018 (87.4%) (p<0.001) in Brazil, with the most significant increase in the North (+7.5%) and Northeast (+22.0%). There was greater availability of inputs of sealants in Brazil between 2012 (56.8%) and 2018 (69.5%) (p<0.001) in Brazil, and more significant expansion in the Northeast (+43.4%). There was a greater offer of the sealing procedure in Brazil between 2014 (98.6%) and 2018 (98.5%), compared to 2012 (94.7%) (p<0.001), with more significant expansion in the North (+5.8%). Conclusion: There was an increase in the supply of input and procedures, non-invasive and micro-invasive, in Primary Care in Brazil. Despite maintaining regional inequalities, they were reduced, with greater expansion in the North and Northeast regions between the years evaluated
Changes in the Work Routine of Brazilian Pediatric Dentists due to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Schedule Organization, Search for Appointments and Financial Impact
Get PDFObjective: To evaluate the changes in the work routine of Brazilian pediatric dentists (PD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: Dentists specializing in pediatric dentistry, working in public or private services, and attending children or adolescents were included. Data collection was performed through a self-administered online questionnaire. Demographic information such as gender, age, work experience time, city size, and place of work was collected; if specific preventive measures were adopted during the pandemic; if there was an increase in service prices and additional costs; and how did the search for urgent or elective dental care take place during 2020 and 2021. A descriptive analysis was performed. Results: A total of 270 PD answered the questionnaire, of which 52.6% interrupted elective care during the pandemic, more than half (51.1%) reduced the number of patients per shift, and more than 70% increased weekly hours. Regarding the financial aspect, 94.7% of participants reported having additional costs, and 51.8% increased the cost of their appointments. In 2020, 72.0% reported a decrease in searches for elective appointments and 58.7% an increase for urgent care. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic affected the search for appointments and the routine of Brazilian PD. For many, the potential financial impact was due to additional costs, periods without patients, and price correction of appointments
Antimicrobial Activity of Soyabean (Glycine max) and Pumpkin Seeds (Cucurbita pepo) Extracts against Common Oral Pathogens: An in vitro Study
Get PDFObjective: To evaluate the antimicrobial activity of soyabean and pumpkin seeds methanolic extract against oral microbiome. Material and Methods: An in vitro study compared the antimicrobial activity of methanolic extract of soyabean and pumpkin seed along with 0.2% chlorhexidine (positive control) by Agar well diffusion method against Streptococcus mutans, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Lactobacillus and Candida albicans. Suitable dilutions of each seed extract determined Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC). Qualitative phytochemical analysis and Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC) was done to determine the phytochemical components. Results: Both the methanolic extracts showed the highest zone of inhibition, 26±0.31 mm and 24±0.82 mm, followed by 22±0.87 mm and 21±0.55 mm against Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus pyogenes, respectively. The zone of inhibition was higher at concentrations in both extracts, which was not statistically significant (p>0.05). MIC values fluctuated from 1.56 to 4.5 mg/ml and 3.5 to 5.0 mg/ml for soyabean and pumpkin seed extract, respectively. Phytochemical analysis showed the presence of alkaloids, glycosides, terpenoids, tannins, and flavonoids. Conclusion: Both extracts were effective against S. mutans and S. pyogenes and contain compounds with therapeutic potential
Increasing the Number of Osteoblasts and Decreasing RANKL Expression on Diabetic Periodontitis in Rats Post-Administration of Nanoliposome Papaya Seed Extract
Get PDFObjective: To evaluate the impact of nanoliposome papaya seed extract on the number of osteoblasts and RANKL expression in a diabetic periodontitis rat model. Material and Methods: Thirty-six Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups; each group was Group T0 (rats induced to become diabetic periodontitis without treatment), Group T1 (rats induced to become diabetic periodontitis and given 96% papaya seed extract) and Group T2 (rats induced to become diabetic periodontitis and given 96% nanoliposome papaya seed extract). They were assessed at three points in time: day 3, day 7, and day 14. The extracts were given orally at 0.5 ml and drops as much as 0.03 ml on the gingival sulcus, and treatments were given once a day in each group at a predetermined time. Osteoblast cells were counted by hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, and RANKL expression was counted by immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining. The difference in osteoblast cells and RANKL expression between groups were analysed by one-way ANOVA and post hoc tests. Results: There was a significant difference in the number of osteoblasts on day 14 in the groups; a significant difference was also seen in RANKL expression on day 7 and day 14 in the groups. Conclusion: Administration of nanoliposome papaya seed extract affects the enhancement of the number of osteoblasts and reduction of RANKL expression in vivo
Evaluation of the Clinical Outcomes of Regenerative Endodontic Procedures Using Autologous Platelet Concentrate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Get PDFObjective: To assess the clinical outcomes of regenerative endodontic procedures using autologous platelet concentrate. Both regeneration and apexification procedures were examined and compared with each other. Material and Methods: The PRISMA 2020 Checklist has been utilized to carry out the systematic review and meta-analysis for the present study. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCO, Embase, and ISI Web of Knowledge have been reviewed for systematic literature until May 2023. A fixed-effect model and a Mantel-Haenszel methodology have been used to measure the risk ratio\u27s 95% confidence interval. Then, Meta-analyses were carried out utilizing Stata/MP version 17. Results: Duplicate studies were eliminated from the first review, 849 studies\u27 abstracts were reviewed, two authors reviewed 103 papers\u27 full texts, and finally, 20 articles were selected. The survival rate in regenerative endodontic procedures between apexification and regenerative endodontic procedures was -0.01 (RR: -0.01, 95% CI: -0.05, 0.02; p=0.35). Conclusion: Throughout the present meta-analysis, regenerative endodontic therapy is an effective intervention with a high survival and success rate in managing immature necrotic permanent teeth
Influence of the Social Support, Smoke and Alcohol Use on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Pregnant
Get PDFObjective: To assess the influence of social support, smoking, and alcohol use on the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) of pregnant women. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on a random sample of 256 pregnant women at a public healthcare service in southern Brazil. OHRQoL was measured using the Oral Health Impact Profile (OHIP-14) questionnaire. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to collect demographic, socioeconomic, social support, and deleterious habits data. Clinical examinations were performed to diagnose dental caries (DMFT index) and gingivitis (marginal gingival bleeding). A Poisson regression model was used to investigate the influence of pregnant\u27 characteristics on OHRQoL. With this approach, we calculated rate ratio (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: The mean overall OHIP-14 score in the sample was 9.74 (SD=9.00). Pregnant women who presented poor social support reported the worst OHRQoL. Regarding deleterious habits, women who drank alcohol (RR=1.18; IC 95%: 1.05-1.33) and smoked (RR=1.20; 95% IC: 1.07-1.35) during pregnancy had higher means in OHIP-14. In addition, older and non-white women who presented untreated dental caries, ≥15% of marginal gingival bleeding, and low household income also reported worse OHRQoL. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that low support social and poor habits during pregnancy influence women\u27s OHRQoL
Cephalometric Evaluation of Pharyngeal Airway Space among Different Skeletal Malocclusions in United Arab Emirates Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study
Get PDFObjective: To determine the relationship between skeletal malocclusion and upper pharyngeal airway space in the United Arab Emirates population using linear cephalometric measurements. Material and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed on lateral cephalogram radiographs acquired from the University Dental Hospital. Through convenience sampling, 70 lateral cephalograms were selected from 200, meeting the inclusion criteria for this study. Study subjects were divided into three groups: Class I (n=25), Class II (n=21), and Class III (n=24). The study groups were compared based on the linear upper pharyngeal airway space measurements. Results: The three groups observed significant differences between the upper pharyngeal airway measurements. No differences in parameters were noted within the male and female study subjects. A highly significant difference (p<0.001) in the Palatal Pharyngeal Distance was observed among the groups. Similarly, when the mean Middle Pharyngeal Distance and mean Inferior Pharyngeal Distance were compared among the three study groups, a highly significant difference (p<0.001 and p<0.004, respectively) was observed. Conclusion: The highest variation in the linear dimensions of the upper pharyngeal airway space among the different skeletal malocclusion was observed in the Nasopharynx, Skeletal Class III having the most prominent dimensions followed by Class I and the least in Class II skeletal malocclusion
Disponibilização do recurso da audiodescrição nos documentos digitais e ambientes virtuais das bibliotecas universitárias do Nordeste do Brasil
Get PDFIn contemporary times, the intense industrial, technological and scientific development, notably from the 20th century onwards, provoked a great informational explosion, which demanded the mastery of new virtual dynamics for social interaction, mainly with regard to access to knowledge, communication and research in today\u27s globalized world. In this context, Brazilian university libraries face new paradigms about their role, in which librarians and their users have intensified the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), with the need to incorporate minority groups in the process, as is the case of visually impaired users. In view of this understanding, this article aims to identify in university libraries in the Northeast region of Brazil, through the Institutional Portal, the use of audio description for digital visual documents, with a view to including users with visual impairments. The investigative corpus comprised nine university libraries located in the capitals of the Brazilian Northeast, based on a documental and descriptive research with a qualitative approach. To this end, in addition to the history of informational inclusion of visually impaired users, it is emphasized, based on digital documents and environments of university libraries in Northeast Brazil, the importance of using the resource for the dissemination of academic information accessible in the virtual environment , as a cultural product, transmitting knowledge, understanding, information, and expanding access to the social and cultural inclusion of these users. The investigation pointed out that audio description is not yet a practice in universities and that, therefore, it is still not possible to fully serve people with visual impairments.Na contemporaneidade, o intenso desenvolvimento industrial, tecnológico e científico, notadamente a partir do século XX, provocaram uma grande explosão informacional, que exigiram o domínio de novas dinâmicas virtuais para a interação social, principalmente no que diz respeito ao acesso ao conhecimento, a comunicação e a pesquisa no atual mundo globalizado. Neste contexto, as bibliotecas universitárias brasileiras deparam com novos paradigmas sobre seu papel, em que bibliotecários e os seus usuários têm intensificado a utilização das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs), havendo no processo, a necessidade de incorporar os grupos minoritários, como é o caso dos usuários com deficiência visual. Em face dessa compreensão, este artigo objetiva identificar nas bibliotecas universitárias da região Nordeste do Brasil, através do Portal Institucional, o uso da audiodescrição para os documentos visuais digitais, com vista a incluir os usuários com deficiência visual. O corpus investigativo compreendeu nove bibliotecas das universidades localizadas nas capitais do Nordeste brasileiro, a partir de uma pesquisa documental e descritiva de abordagem qualitativa. Para tanto, além do histórico da inclusão informacional dos usuários com deficiência visual, enfatiza-se, com base nos documentos digitais e ambientes das bibliotecas universitárias do Nordeste do Brasil, a importância da utilização do recurso para a disseminação das informações acadêmicas acessíveis no ambiente virtual, como produto cultural, transmitindo conhecimento, entendimento, informações, e ampliando o acesso a inclusão social e cultural desses usuários. A investigação apontou que a audiodescrição ainda não é uma prática nas universidades e que, dessa forma, ainda não é possível atender as pessoas com deficiência visual de forma completa
Programa Memória do Mundo: submissão de candidatura de uma série do acervo do Movimento de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
Get PDFThe aim of this text is to present the results of the submission of part of the Justice and Human Rights Movement\u27s collection to the Memory of the World Project. As a justification, it presents the relevance of this social movement for the defense of human rights, which is reflected in its collection. The initiative to submit the proposal, which seeks to answer the question of how to defend the Movement as a potential candidate for the seal of documentary heritage of Latin America and the Caribbean to the Unesco program, relied on a methodology consisting of the analysis of the Movement\u27s framework, the selection of the State Terrorism Series during the Dictatorship - Conesul, archival description, completion of the relevant forms and translation into the official languages of the call for proposals and submission. It concludes with considerations on the process and the advantages that the seal can bring to the governance of the collection.Este texto tem como objetivo apresentar os resultados da submissão de candidatura de parte do acervo do Movimento Justiça e Direitos Humanos ao Projeto Memória do Mundo, da Unesco. Como justificativa, apresenta a relevância do referido movimento social para a defesa dos direitos humanos, o que se reflete em seu acervo. A iniciativa de submissão da proposta, que procura responder ao questionamento sobre como defender o Movimento como potencial candidato do selo de patrimônio documental da América Latina e Caribe ao programa da Unesco, contou com metodologia composta pela análise do quadro de arranjo do Movimento, a seleção da Série Terrorismo de Estado no período da Ditadura - Cone Sul, descrição arquivística, preenchimento dos formulários pertinentes e tradução para os idiomas oficiais do edital e submissão. Conclui com considerações sobre o processo e as vantagens que a chancela do selo pode oportunizar à governança do acervo
Diagnóstico da MDA da Biblioteca Central da UFPB: ponto de partida para gestão documental
Get PDFThe diagnosis is characterized for a minute data survey that allow to identify problems and to consider solutions to minimize the existing vacuum between the current situation and the desired one. In this study we consider to present a panoramic view of the archive of the Central Library of the UFPB situation, on the basis of a research carried through in 2005. It was verified that the documents produced for the library, independent of its phase (current, intermediate, permanent) are kept in the respective sectors, commanded for tipology, without a clear conscience of the life cycle and stated periods of guard of these documents, on the part of its employees. As a method was adopted a technique of data collection, the application of questionnaires, half-structuralized interview and comment. The collected data had obeyed the quantitative analysis procedures, for which it used the trena measurement, linear meters, as well as the quantification for unit all the times that it was made necessary. The research data point that the Central Library does not make use of documentary management politics, nor of a commission that manages it; the employees are unaware of the table of temporality existence in the proper institution, as well as, the stated period of guard of documents and the inexistence of an organization parameter, manuscript and filling of the documentation. We consider that the Library, to reach an efficient functioning of its documentation, makes necessary the implantation of a documentary management, with enabled professionals, aiming at the rationalization of the keeping, the preservation of permanent value documents and, consequently, economy of money, time and space.O diagnóstico caracteriza-se por um levantamento minucioso de dados que permitam identificar problemas e propor soluções para minimizar o vácuo existente entre a situação atual e a desejada. Nesse estudo propomos apresentar um panorama da situação do arquivo da Biblioteca Central da UFPB, com base em pesquisa realizada em 2005. Verificou-se que os documentos produzidos pela biblioteca, independente de sua fase (corrente, intermediária, permanente) são guardados nos respectivos setores, ordenados por tipologia, sem que haja uma consciência clara do ciclo de vida e prazos de guarda desses documentos, por parte de seus funcionários. Metodologicamente foi adotado como técnica de coleta dos dados, a aplicação de questionários, entrevista semi-estruturada e observação. Os dados coletados obedeceram aos procedimentos de análise quantitativa, para o qual se utilizou a medição trena, metros lineares, além da quantificação por unidade todas as vezes que se fizeram necessárias. Os dados da pesquisa apontam que a Biblioteca Central não dispõe de uma política de gestão documental, nem de uma comissão que a gerencie; os funcionários desconhecem a existência da tabela de temporalidade da própria instituição, bem como, o prazo de guarda dos documentos e a inexistência de um parâmetro de organização, manuseio e arquivamento da documentação. Consideramos que a Biblioteca para atingir um funcionamento eficiente da sua documentação, faz-se necessário a implantação de uma gestão documental, com profissionais capacitados, visando a racionalização da guarda, a preservação dos documentos de valor permanente e, consequentemente, a economia de dinheiro, tempo e espaço