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The Myo appliance appears to be effective in reducing plaque and gingival inflammation. The advantage of this appliance is that the filament-like projections remove the plaque when the patient chews on the appliance. The use of the appliance is simple, does not require training or manual dexterity and is well accepted by the children.
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Assistência Odontológica para a Pessoa com Deficiência , Dispositivos para o Cuidado Bucal Domiciliar , Doenças Neuromusculares , Higiene Bucal/instrumentação , Adolescente , Adulto , Análise de Variância , Criança , Placa Dentária/prevenção & controle , Índice de Placa Dentária , Humanos , Destreza Motora , Índice PeriodontalRESUMO
Occlusal factors, body posture and TM disorders were examined in forty children with primary dentition and forty children with mixed dentition. The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that there is a relationship between TM disorders and malocclusion, as well as that there is a relationship between body posture and TM disorders in the examined population. Clinical examination was done by two investigators, who used a stethoscope to detect TMJ sounds. The results showed that forward head position had a significant relationship to TM disorders in the mixed dentition. Also many of the occlusal factors were closely related to TM disorders in the population examined. The prevalence of TM disorders in primary dentition was 2.5% and in the mixed dentition it was 90% in the population studied.
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Má Oclusão/complicações , Postura , Transtornos da Articulação Temporomandibular/etiologia , Bruxismo/complicações , Criança , Dentição Mista , Feminino , Cabeça , Humanos , Masculino , Dente DecíduoRESUMO
Increasing consumption of beverages as a replacement for water have made fluoride content in beverages an important issue. In this study, forty-three ready-to-drink fruit juices were examined for fluoride ion concentration. It was found that 42% of the samples had more than 1 ppm of fluoride. It was also determined that "pure" fruit juices, often grape juices, contained high levels of fluoride. Juice made from grapes separated from the skin did not contain any fluoride. Since it is common practice to use fluoride-containing insecticide in growing grapes, it is believed that contamination of these juices is occurring. Washing of grape skins produced appreciable quantities of fluoride. Given that increasing numbers of people are consuming beverages instead of water, fluoride supplementation should not be based solely upon the concentration of the drinking water, but should also consider the amount of different beverages consumed and their fluoride content.
