Kapushevska, Biljana
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Kapushevska, Biljana
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Kapushevska, Biljana
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Item type:Publication, Attrition in Everyday Dental Clinical Practice(Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts/De Gruyter, 2024-12); ; Introduction Attrition, its prevention and therapy is a complex problem, with a multifactorial etiology. The aim of this paper is to examine the treatment of attrition in everyday dental clinical practice with the help of soft inserts. Material and method In this study, 30 patients were included, divided into two groups of 15 patients, the study and the control group. The examined patients had first degree of attrition diagnosed according to the Bardsley index, after which the condition was noted in four intervals: the initial situation, after 2, 4 and 6 months from the first visit. The research data were processed in Statistica for Windows 7.0 and SPSS version 20, and the same were presented graphically. Results In the study group with I degree of attrition, for p>0.05, no statistically significant difference was determined in the range of the Bardsley index between the four measurement times (Friedman Test: N=15; Chi-Square=7,200; df =3; p=0.0658). In the control group, for p<0.05, a significant difference was determined in the range of the Bardsley index between the four measured times (Friedman Test: N=15; Chi-Square=15.180; df=3; p=0.0017) with a significantly high value after 6 months. Discussion From the results obtained when comparing the study group in patients with I degree of attrition and the control group, a negative change from the parafunction bruxism was observed in 20% of the test group and 47% of the control group. The results of our research indicated that in patients with the first degree of attrition from the study group, soft dental inserts give significantly better results than untreated patients in the control group. This correlates with the research of Khayat N. et al. Conclusions From the results of the subjects in the group with I degree of attrition, we can conclude that the soft inserts has great efficiency as a means of management of this parafunction and therefore its application in daily therapy is recommended. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, Probiotics and Oral Health(2017-06); ; ; ; Maja PandilovaThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of probiotic lozenges as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) in chronic periodontitis patients. Thirty chronic periodontitis patients divided in examined group (SRP+ probiotic, n=15) and control group (SRP, n=15), were monitored clinically (plaque index(PI), the gingival index(GI), the probing pocket depth(PD), clinical attachment level(CAL) and microbiological parameters were recorded on day 0, and 1 month after therapy. The Prolife lozenges containing: Bacillus coagulans (Lactobacillus sporogenes), Lactobacillus acidophilus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Bifidobacterium bifidum (≥ 2,1 x 109), were used two times a day for 15 days. PI and GI were significantly reduced in both groups (p < 0.05) after the treatment. PD in examined group of 4,93 0,7mm decreased to 3,960,8 mm (p>0,05), versus mean PD of 5,2 0,7 mm in control group that was equally after the treatment (p>0,05). CAL gains of 4,21,3 mm to 3,861,3mm in the examined group versus 4,361,2 mm to 4,2 1,2 (p>0,05) in control group. Microbiological examination demonstrated decreased of quantum of above 100 bacterial colonies of anaerobes and facultative anaerobes, from 66,7% to 33,3% in the examined group, according to 53,3% to 46,7% in control group. Despite data indicate an effect of probiotics on the oral microbiota and a more limited effect on clinical periodontal outcome measures, it can be recommended as a useful adjunct to SRP in chronic periodontitis patients.