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Introduction: Dental trauma is an irreversible pathologyand it is a commonly encountered problem in school childrenwhich after occurrence is characterized by lifelong debilitatingeffects because of physical, psychological discomfort andpain. Thus a study was conducted to assess the prevalence ofthe traumatic dental injuries to the permanent anterior teeth inrelation to occlusal relationship among 7-14 years old schoolchildren in Chitradurga townMaterial and Methods: Descriptive cross sectional studywas conducted among 3,363, 7-14 years old school childrenof Chitradurga Town. WHO (ICD-DA) 1995 Classificationwas used for assessing traumatic dental injuries and Angle’sclassification with Dewey’s Modification was used forrecording occlusal relationship. Fifteen Primary and HigherPrimary Schools and Five High schools were selected usingsimple random sampling procedure. Children aged 7-14 yearswere included in the study. Data was recorded using speciallydesigned proforma. The collected data was subjected tostatistical analysis.Results: Among 3,363 children examined prevalence rate was5.5% with higher prevalence in boys than girls. Prevalenceof traumatic dental injuries was more in the age group of10-12 years. Traumatic injuries of permanent anterior teethinvolved both maxillary and mandibular teeth with the higherprevalence in Maxillary anterior’s. Enamel fracture was thehighest (87.8%). Children with Class I type 2 and class IIdivision 1 occlusal relation exhibited very highly significantnumber of dental injuries.Conclusion: Prevalence of traumatic dental injuries wasmore in the age group of 10-12 years. Children with ClassI and class II division 1 occlusal relation exhibited veryhighly significant number of dental injuries than other type ofocclusal relationship
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Background: Streptococcus mutans, Candida albicans, and Enterococcus faecalis are the three oral microorganisms most commonly implicated in the causation of oral infections. All these oral microorganisms have shown resistant to routinely used antimicrobials. There is a need for an antimicrobial agent which is effective, safe, and economical. Zingiber officinale, commonly known as ginger is one such plant product which has been used from ancient time. It has been shown to possess promising inhibitory effect on many of the oral microorganisms. On review of dental literature, there was scarcity of studies which had tried to assess antimicrobial potential of ginger extract against S. mutans, E. faecalis, and C. albicans; hence, the present study was designed. Aim: To evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial potential of 10% ginger extract against S. mutans, E. faecalis, and C. albicans. Settings and Design: Laboratory setting and experimental design. Materials and Methods: In the first part of the study, 10% ethanolic ginger extract was prepared in the laboratory of Pharmacy College. It was then subjected to microbiological assay to determine its zone of inhibition using Agar disk diffusion test and minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) using serial broth dilution method against S. mutans, C. albicans, and E. faecalis. Results: 10% ethanolic ginger extract showed: (a) Maximum zone of inhibition of 8 mm, 14 mm, and 11 mm against S. mutans, C. albicans, and E. faecalis respectively. (b) MIC of 1.25%, 2.5%, and 2.5% against S. mutans, C. albicans, and E. faecalis respectively. Conclusion: 10% ethanolic ginger extract was found to possess antimicrobial potential against all the three pathogens used in the study.