Volume9

Objective: In order to ascertain the prevalence and severity of dental caries among schoolchildren aged 3 to 15 years, as well as the impact of age, socioeconomic status, oral hygiene practises, diet, and attitude towards dental knowledge on the occurence and severity of caries in children with various dentitions, this study was carried out in Mathura city for the first time.

Objective: Leukopenia is the most commonly experienced side effect of cancer treatments especially chemotherapy. This systematic review assesses whether there are any dietary factors which can have plausible effect on reducing the CIL (Chemotherapy Induced Leukopenia).

Aim: The aim and objective of this study is to evaluate the microleakage of methacrylate based flowable composite (SDRTM posterior bulk fill flowable base) and a Resin modified Glass Ionomer Cement (FUJI IITM LC®) at the interface of tooth and the restoration in Class II design.

Huntington’s disease is also known as Huntington’s Chorea. It is inherited neurodegenerative disorder which impaired behavioural and cognitive function. There is also a lack of coordination and unsteady gait. Chorea is the most common and hyperkinetic, hyperactivity movement disorder with the involvement of upper limb, lower limb, face and trunk. Untreatable, Progressive Chorea condition further known as Huntington’s disease. It can be defined as involuntary, explosive, and jerking movement of bodily activities. These activities looks like a dancing movement.

All patients expect a beautiful smile at the completion of orthodontic treatment, but some patients show concern regarding their appearance while undergoing treatment. The appearance of a gap from a missing tooth can be a concern, especially if it is in the display zone of a patient's smile. If the treatment plan includes prosthetic replacement of the missing tooth rather then space closure, then space maintenance is also an issue. In an appearance conscious patient use of riding pontic as space maintainers is a good option during treatment.1

Odontogenic fibroma is an extremely rare benign tumour that accounts for 0.1 % of all odontogenic tumours. It appears as an asymptomatic expansion of the cortical plate of the Mandible or Maxilla. Radiologically it presents as a Unilocular or Multilocular radiolucency. It responds well to surgical enucleation with no tendency for recurrence. Here we describe a case of Odontogenic fibroma in Maxillary right anterior region in a 17-year-old female. The lesion was surgically removed and analyzed histopathologically.

Ragging experience left scars. Ragging indulges the student in dilemma. Educational institutes are the essence of learning and knowledge; ragging should be wholly prohibited. Ragging or rebuking is an annoying phenomenon in the higher education system in general and medical education in particular in our country. Ragging is a complicated problem. It is extensive and extraordinary in professional education system.

From the nineteenth-century basics science microbiologists Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch to the sequencing of the human genome, gene therapy, robotics, sensors, gene editing and bionics, the past 200 years have seen medicine advance at an extraordinary pace. There are about 30,000 diseases known to human beings and of those most of them have no treatment. Hundreds of thousands of people are alive today because of life saving, life altering and life sustaining treatments that have emerged from the continuous research.

The scientific literature regarding dental application for laser is increasing. The past decade has seen a veritable explosion of research into the clinical applications of lasers in dental practice. Once regarded as a complex technology with limited uses in clinical dentistry, has grown with its awareness and usefulness in the armamentarium of the modern dental practice. They have been used as an adjunct or alternative to the traditional approaches.

Peptic ulcer is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder characterised by localised erosion in the stomach lining those results in to abdominal pain, hyper acidity, bleeding, nausea, bloating or diarrhoea. The most common cause of peptic ulcer is infection due to Helicobacter pylori or prolonged use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory (NSAID) drugs.