جامعة بلاد الرافدين - Bilad Alrafidain University - بحوث م.م. سالي طالب دعج كاظم

بحوث م.م. سالي طالب دعج كاظم

The impact of an Oral Health Education (OHE) program by teachers and mothers on adolescents' oral health

	2018	Baghdad University
ABSRTACT Background: Adolescence is one of the most dynamic stages of human development. However, Oral health is an integral part of public health, significantly impacts on the quality of life. OHE program is an important issue that should be given to them. The aim of this study was to evaluate oral health outcomes on adolescents' oral health by teachers and mothers Materials and Methods: The study was carried out in seven schools of Diyala - Baquba city. This 14-weeks duration study assessed the effectiveness of school OHE program on oral hygiene status, gingival health, and halitosis assessment of 80, 12 year-old, both genders of school adolescents. From the selected schools, one group was supervised by the teachers and the other was supervised by the mothers. General and oral health assessments were evaluated using a questionnaire. A three days training workshop was organized for the teachers and mothers. Oral hygiene, gingival health, and halitosis assessment were assessed using plaque indices, gingival indices and halitosis scores respectively. the resulting data were statistically analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: Plaque, gingival and halitosis scores reductions were highly significant. Results recorded gingival index, and halitosis scores were lower among the teacher-led group compared to the mother-led group. Statistically, high significant differences were found (P< 0.01).But there is no significant differences were noticed between the groups for plaque index (p>0.05). Conclusions: The OHE program was effective in teacher-led group than mother-led group in improving oral hygiene status, gingival health and halitosis scores of adolescents. Keywords: adolescence, halitosis, mother-led, oral health education, oral hygiene status, teacher-led

Oral Health Education (OHE) Program on Adolescents before and after Teacher's Training in Diyala City: A Comparative Clinical Study

	2023	The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Abstract Background: Application and development of oral health education (OHE) program is critical to recognize and to improve the risk of oral and dental health factors among adolescents. Aim: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the developments in the adolescents' oral health behavior and skills, in comparison with the pupils' situation before the teachers' training. Materials and Methods: Seven schools in the city of Diyala-Baquba participated in a randomized controlled experiment for this research. Eighty males and females aged 12 with good general health participated in this study over the course of 16weeks to evaluate the effects of a school-based OHE program on their oral hygiene, gum health, and halitosis. From the selected schools, one subjected to the intervention of OHE program and one of them was a control. A questionnaire was used to measure both general and oral health. In order to better prepare the teachers, a course lasting three days planned. To evaluate levels of oral hygiene, we used plaque indices, gingival indices, and halitosis scores to evaluate their breath. Results: Results showed that intervention school showed statistically significant improvements in student oral health indicators such plaque, gingivitis, and halitosis scores. Comparing teacher-led group to the controls and the baseline assessment, the former was found significantly lower scores for the plaque index, gingival index, and halitosis. There were significant differences discovered statistically (P< 0.01). Conclusions: School's children in the teacher-led OHE group showed significant improvements in their oral health, hygiene, gingival health, and oral malodor. Keywords Adolescents; Halitosis; Oral health education; Teacher-led

Effects of antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation associated with Peri-implantitis

	2023	Dentistry 3000
Abstract One hundred and twenty specimens were collected from patients with Peri-implantitis in the period from August 2022 until September 2022 from Baquba specialized dental center, in the province of Diyala. The goal of this work was to estimate the frequency of Staphylococcus aureus and their ability to produce biofilms associated with Peri-implantitis. Also, we aimed to assess the anti-biofilm property of Ciprofloxacin and Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid on Staphylococcus aureus. The result showed growth of Staphylococcus aureus in twenty isolates (16.6%), and 95% of the Staphylococcus aureus isolates had the ability to produce biofilms. The results indicate that the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of Ciprofloxacin for Staphylococcus aureus was 32 to 512 μg/ml with the sub-MIC 16 to 256 μg/ml. The MIC for Amoxicillin/clavulanic was 8 to 512 μg/ml, and the sub-MIC 4 to 256) μg/ml. Ciprofloxacin and Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid had the ability to decrease biofilm formation and Amoxicillin/clavulanic acid was more effective than Ciprofloxacin

Sex Identification Through Mental Foramen Position Utilizing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) In Iraqi Inhabitants Sample (A Retrospective Study

	2024	Frontiers in Health Informatics
Abstract Background: One of the hardest jobs in forensic dentistry has been to identify and determine the sex of unidentified remnants of human skeletal tissue. Aim of the study: By assessing measurements of the foramen of mental location in an Iraqi inhabitant’s specimen, this study seeks to define cone beam computed tomography's (CBCT) role in sex definition and assess the foramen of mental magnitude as a tool for sex identification. Materials and Methods: To examine the foramen mental, 50 CBCT radiographs were chosen, 25 for both sexes. It has been detected the distance between the inferior and superior borders of the foramen of mental and the lower border of the mandible on both sides by drawing tangents to the inferior and superior borders of the foramen of mental and then erecting perpendiculars to the lower border of the jaw from those tangents. The obtained data was statistically analyzed using the chi-square test and PSSP version 25 to assess the two sexes. Results: Males had significantly greater average magnitudes of IL and SL on the left-side of the body than females. However, the study sample's right-side distances were not statistically significant.