Tobacco has several bad effects on general as well as oral health. Its effects on oral health range from as simple as mild staining to as severe as advanced neoplasms leading to early death. Tobacc...
The trend of dental implantology worldwide, namely its marginalization by numerous dentists in Macedonia, has motivated me to write a book on the matter. I aimed at introducing dental implantology ...
Over the years women have been regarded as the sole users of family planning services and little is known nearly what deters men from participating in family planning. This study aimed to determine...
Cleft lip is a congenital deformity characterized by the presence of unilateral or bilateral upper lip schisis.Cleft lip and palate can arise with considerable variation in severity and form.The pu...
The periodic incorporation of advances in the biomedical, bioengineering, and computer sciences allow the creation of increasingly more comprehensive revisions of the functional matrix hypothesis.C...
After the beneficial effects of fluorides in caries prevention were discovered in the 1930s, and that of dietary fluoride supplements in the 1940s, major improvements have occurred in our understan...
This book provides information on biomarkers found in oral fluids relevant to oral and systemic diseases, with emphasis on salivary molecules and their potential to provide screening diagnosis for ...
Knowledge about transmission of HIV and AIDS, the attitude towards the people living with AIDS has a critical impact on prevention of the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Knowledge on modes of...
This review article compares the two methods of treating diabetes that is traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Western medicine. Both healing arts are known worldwide for eradicating the symptoms...
Periodontal disease is an immune-inflammatory response of tooth supporting structures. It's onset depends upon various factors like poor oral hygiene, smoking, systemic diseases such as diabetes me...
Myofascial trigger point is a common painful disorder of skeletal muscle origin. The author has analyzed various therapeutic techniques and offered most effective modalities exercises and postural ...
This handbook is written in response to requests for a simple protocol to train people in recognizing hunger. The reader will find the method outlined here invaluable in reducing a complex interoce...
Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral infection worldwide. Over half of the world's population live in areas at risk of dengue infection. The disease is transmitted principally by Aedes...
Oral Submucous Fibrosis by definition is an "Insidious, chronic disease affecting any part of the oral cavity and sometimes pharynx; although occasionally preceded by and/ or associated with vesicl...
Distalization of maxillary molars helps to gain space which can be utilized to correct mild to moderate problems in the maxillary arch. It is done to push the maxillary and/or mandibular terminal m...
This Guide to Psychiatry - Singapore Perspective is the 16th revision of the original series of "Guide to Psychiatry" which has been revised and updated every two to three yea...
Endodontic treatment depends on various factors for its success. Chief among them is the need to obtain fluid tight seal at the apical constriction. This is achieved by proper cleaning and shaping ...
Recent advances in orthodontic wire alloys have resulted in a varied array of wires that exhibit a wide spectrum of properties. Up until the 1930's the only orthodontic wires available were made of...
Vascular endothelial growth factor a 46 KD homodimeric glycoprotein is an endothelial - specific growth factor that is essential for angiogenesis Vascular endothelial growth factor stimulates inter...
Endodontic treatment is directed toward the prevention or curing apical periodontitis. Since the main etiology of apical periodontitis is bacterial infection, the primary goals of root canal therap...