Background: Satisfaction with dental appearance is significant amongst youths as decision concerning the individual features, of persons is inclined by their dental look in the lack of other data. Aim: To govern the self-assessment dental look pleasure among dental students Study Design: descriptive cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Khyber Medical University, Institute of Dental Sciences Kohat from 1st March 2021 to 31st October 2021. Methodology: Two hundred and fifty students were enrolled. The history of jaw trauma or those getting or had received orthodontic management were excluded. Results: There were 112 (44.8%) males and 138 (55.2) females with mean age was 21±1.30 years. One hundred and forty seven (58.8%) dental students had good psychological wellbeing concerning their dental aesthetic appearance whereas 73 (29.2%) dental students had satisfactory and 30 (12%) had poor psychological well-being concerning their dental looks. Conclusion: More than 50% of the students stated happiness with their dental appearance. Male students were better gratified than the female students which are apparently due to the nature of women and the pressure and delusion of our culture that only good looking girls will find a groom with better future. Keywords: Dental aesthetic, Self-assessment, Oral subjective Impact Scale (OASIS), Khyber Medical University- Institute of Dental Sciences (KMU-IDS)
Objective: To conclude the frequency of tooth wear in permanent dentition of adults suffering from diabetes mellitus. Study Design: Cross-Sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Dental OPD of Bacha Khan College of Dentistry from 1st January 2021 to 30th June 2021. Methodology: Three hundred known diabetic patients who gave positive history of diabetes mellitus were randomly selected. Knowledgeable consent was attained from all subjects. Patients were clinically examined for tooth wear: erosion, attrition, abfraction and abrasion. Results: There were 166 (55%) males and 134 (45%) female patients respectively. The prevalence of tooth wear among diabetic individuals was as high as 62%. Conclusion: Diabetes mellitus is common disease in adult population and it cruelly impacts the oral health of an individual. Tooth wear is common finding in diabetic patients due to xerostomia. When patient is diagnosed as diabetic, the dentist should instruct the patient about the importance of hygiene care and risk of tooth wear and should carry out screening for tooth surface loss as a part of their routine dental examination in diabetic patients. Key Words: Tooth wear, Diabetes mellitus, Xerostomia, Attrition, Abrasion, Abfraction, Erosion
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