The oral hygiene index: a method for classifying oral hygiene status | Semantic Scholar (2024)

A gel containing 3% of ethanolic extract of Brazilian green propolis (EEP-B) when used for maintaining oral hygiene in patients with postoperative oral mucosal wounds has beneficial effect on mouth microflora in postoperative period.

Standard preventive and customary treatment when supplemented with SSCPR or SalivaMAX gave a statistically significant improvement in oral health for all outcomes measured when used regularly for a 3 month time period.

A basic classification of plaque indices is applied that distinguishes the ones that use non-quantitative methods from the Ones that use quantitative methods, while quantitative methods introduce objectifiable means to measure plaque deposits.

Digital monitoring of toothbrushing was feasible and outcome measures were deemed feasible and acceptable, and iPhone 7 more reliably captured evaluable images than Photomed Cannon G16.

This estudo analises descritivas das caracteristicas da amostra e relativas as condicoes das proteses removiveis e presenca de patologia oral, which foram realizadas pelos testes Qui-quadrado ou Exato de Fisher.

A new method incorporating quantitative PCR and next-generation sequencing was developed and successfully prevented contamination of pus specimens with oral bacteria by percutaneous sample collection and would be useful for enabling investigations on other miscellaneous flora.

The triple-headed toothbrush showed better efficacy in plaque removal and could potentially be a good alternative to the conventional single-headed Toothbrush in young children with limited hand skill.

It is suggested that MPC-polymer coating in the oral cavity may suppress the oral bacterial adherence, and can be a potent compound for the control of oral microflora to prevent oral infection.

It’s time to dust off the sledgehammers and start cleaning up this place.

There appears to be a significant association between poor oral and subnormal sperm count and there also appears to an association between chronic periodontitis and sub normal sperm count.

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The results of this survey cannot properly be interpreted with reference to the fluoridation program, because the influence of fluoridation as a subject of inquiry was eliminated from the 1955 survey.

A method for scoring the effects of periodontal disease which permits quantitative comparisons between or within human populations, and which may be applied swiftly and with a minimum of equipment in the field is described.

The present investigation was made to determine the effect of the solution dissolved in medicinal paraffin oil upon the inhibition of plaque formation in vivo.

It is necessary briefly to report that the contention that the prevention or arrest of gingivitis and caries is attained through adequate vitamin C intake is failed to substantiate.

When the extent and distribution of the disease has been investigated, the available information is utilized in search for etiological factors and studies of the nature of the Disease.

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