ABSTRACT
Statement of Problem: Systematic reviews of the literature show that the dental erosion is associated with the gastroesophageal reflux disease [GERD]. The prevalence of the problem may not be exclusively similar in different countries
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease [GERD] with dental erosion in a sample of Iranian population regarding the standing difference in the Iranian oral hygiene and diet
Materials and Method: 140 patients with the average age of 30 to 50 years old comprised the study group. The participants were already eligible for the endoscopy examination, diagnosed by their gastroenterologist. All patients completed a detailed questionnaire regarding the medical and dental situations. After completing the questionnaire and before endoscopy, dental examination was performed by two blinded dentists. The endoscopy was then performed by a gastroenterologist and the patients were divided into three groups of healthy, suspected to GERD, and positive GERD. Data were collected and analysed by Chi- Square test. The cross tabulation test was performed to compare the qualitative variants and discover the correlations. The statistical significance was adopted as p < 0.05
Results: The prevalence of dental erosion in GERD patients [22.6%] was found to be higher than the suspected [5.3%] and the healthy [7%] individuals
Conclusion: This study declared the GERD patients are at higher risk of developing dental erosion compared to the healthy individuals in a sample of Iranian population
ABSTRACT
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons [AAOS] and the American Dental Association [ADA], along with 10 other academic associations and societies recently [December 2012] published their mutual clinical practice guideline "Prevention of Orthopaedic Implant Infection in Patients Undergoing Dental Procedures." This evidence-based guideline, detailed in 325 pages, has three recommendations and substitutes the previous AAOS guideline. The new published clinical guideline is a protocol to prevent patients undertaking dental procedures from orthopaedic implant infection. The guideline is developed on the basis of a collaborative systematic review to provide practical advice for training clinicians, dentists and any qualified physicians who need to consider prevention of orthopaedic implant [prosthesis] infection in their patients. This systematic review found no explicit evidence of cause-and-effect relationship between dental procedures and periprosthetic joint infection [PJI]. This LTTE wishes to present a vivid summary of AAOS/ADA clinical practice guideline as a clinical update and an academic implementation to inform and assist Iranian competent clinicians and dentists in the course of their treatment decisions, to enrich the value and quality of health care on the latest international basis