Assessing the perception of individuals in relation to their oral health allows for a multidimensional and, therefore, more comprehensive analysis of the impact of different oral diseases and conditions, such as periodontitis, ...

Several criteria have been used to define cases of periodontitis hampering to infer the global variation of this disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of 2018 EFP/AAP (currrent periodontal ...

The objective of this cross-sectional study is to estimate the prevalence, extent and severity of furcation involvement (FI) in a representative sample of a rural area in southern Brazil. The total sample comprised 688 ...

The present study evaluated different formulations of methylene blue (MB) with the aim to improve the antimicrobial effect of photodynamic therapy. Photophysical and photochemical properties and antimicrobial effect of ...

Periodontal diseases are the result of complex interrelationships between bacterial biofilm and factors related to the host response. These relationships can be modified by several factors, among them the smoke. Many ...

This study aimed to evaluate the histological effect of different formulations of Methylene Blue (MB) used in antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy (aPDT) as adjuvant to conventional treatment, on gingival collagen fibers in ...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of patients with diabetes among the individuals diagnosed with periodontitis using a threshold level that allows identifying more severe cases with considerable ...

Infrabony defects are anatomic defects that overtake attachment periodontal tissues and can differ in extension and severity. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the prevalence and extension of infrabony ...

Periodontitis is a chronic, multifactorial disease of an inflammatory nature, caused by a dysbiosis between the oral myrcobioma and the individual host response, clinically characterized by the destruction of dental ...

Aim: to evaluate the periodontal status of patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis and to verify the association of inflamed periodontal surface area (PISA) with C-reactive protein levels. Methods: A cross-sectional ...