Purpose: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding
oral health among the Rural Government Primary school teachers of Mangalore, Karnataka…

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), a DNA virus with a human-only reservoir,
is a worldwide public health problem. Approximately 45.0% of the world’s population is …

Objective: To determine the factors that lead to the choice of dentistry as an occupation among
the first-year dental students in a private dental college in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. …

Objective: Retention of food particles on to the tooth surface is one of the factors which influence
its cariogenicity. Higher the duration of retention, greater is the time for which plaque pH …

Objective. To assess the attitude and practice on handling of extracted teeth among the
students of a dental college in Southern India. Materials and method. A self-designed …

Teeth are excellent material in living and nonliving populations for anthropological, genetic,
odontologic, and forensic investigations. The present study aims to study the number of a …

Objective: To evaluate the relationship between passive smoking and salivary biomarkers
like pH, buffering capacity and flow rate, sialic acid and amylase levels in children who were …

The objective of the present study was to assay the salivary levels of lactate dehydrogenase
in patients with OSCC in comparison to healthy controls and to assess the changes in …

Dentigerous cysts (also known as follicular cysts) are odontogenic cysts of developmental
origin associated with the crown of unerupted or partially erupted or impacted teeth. …

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The prevalence of tobacco use and its associated mortality is
increasing worldwide. Biomarkers in saliva, such as thiocyanate levels, have been shown to be …