Journal and Conferences of Dentistry

A case control study consisting of 300 primiparous women, aged 18-35 years was conducted to evaluate the association between maternal periodontal disease and infant preterm low birth weight.  The study was systematically scheduled to spread over a period of 5 months from May 2008- September 2008. A multicentre study was planned in general maternity wards of various medical college hospitals in Bangalore city. From 13 medical college hospitals having maternity wards in the city, 3 college hospitals (St. Martha’s Hospital, K.C. General Hospital, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Medical College Hospital) were selected randomly. Each hospital was surveyed for a period of two weeks on a rotation basis till the required sample size of 300 was obtained.  PDF LINK>>>>>>

The intrabony defects are considered the main consequence of periodontal disease, presenting itself as a challenge to the clinician. These represent locations that, if untreated, are at an increased risk for disease progression. Although resection surgery has been used a treatment option to their elimination, the treatment of choice is periodontal regeneration . Reports of guided tissue regeneration (GTR) as a periodontal procedure appeared more than 20 years ago. The rationale behind this therapy is to achieve regeneration of tooth supporting structures, or cementum, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. This is different from conventional periodontal surgery that achieves healing by repair. Another way to approach periodontal regeneration is to mimic the process that occurs during development of periodontal tissues. After the discovery of the presence of a layer of enamel matrix between the peripheral dentin and cementum underdevelopment, along with the ability of this ...

LASER is an acronym for: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Laser therapy has a long history of medical applications and has begun to show great promise in dental applications. There is evidence that laser therapy is a useful adjunct to conventional routine dental care and is rising in popularity among dentists. Lasers are devices which generate electromagnetic radiation that is uniform in wavelength, phase and polarization. They can be classified as a high-powered, low powered, surgical or therapeutic. There is evidence that lowpowered or therapeutic laser have analgesic, anti-inflammatory and biostimulatory properties on live tissue. Laser technology has the unique advantage of improving treatment techniques as well as aiding in the healing process. Some of the major benefits associated with Laser Dentistry are: 1. Laser assisted procedures performed on soft tissue may not require suturing through a process called tissue welding. This is a proces...

The mouth is a mirror of health or disease, a sentinel or early warning system. As the gateway to the body, a constant barrage of invaders like bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi, challenges the mouth. Many systemic diseases have oral manifestations. These lesions develop on the oral mucosa, tongue, gingiva,dentition, periodontium, salivary glands, facial skeleton, extraoral skin and other related structures .Thus oral cavity is an important diagnostic area not just because it contains derivatives of all of the primary germinal layers, and includes tissues not demonstrable anywhere else in the body, but also because of its role played in diagnosing a number of systemic diseases just because of their oral manifestations. In the event that the integrity of the oral tissues is compromised, the mouth can become a source of disease or pathological processes affecting other parts of the body. It can also become a source of contagion by means of contaminated fluids or materials...