Sökning: "Dental Caries"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 111 avhandlingar innehållade orden Dental Caries.

  1. 16. Probiotic Lactobacilli in the context of dental caries as a biofilm-mediated disease

    Författare :Pamela Hasslöf; Christina Stecksén Blicks; Svante Twetman; Peter Lingström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; caries prevention; co-aggregation; dental caries; growth inhibition; mutans streptococci; probiotic lactobacilli; re-colonization; odontologi; Odontology;

    Sammanfattning : Background: The World Health Organization defines probiotics as ‘live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit to the host’. Traditionally, probiotic microorganisms have been used to prevent or treat gastrointestinal tract diseases. LÄS MER

  3. 17. On dental health and related factors in Finnish immigrant children in Sweden

    Författare :Agneta Ekman; Anna-Karin Holm; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dental caries; dental health behaviour; dental health education; gingivitis; immigrant children; language; longitudinal;

    Sammanfattning : In the postwar period Swedish communities have become more multicultural. Although there are about 120,000 Finnish immigrant children below the age of 18 in Sweden, knowledge about their dental health is rather sparse. LÄS MER

  4. 18. On Carbohydrate Intake and Dental Status in the Elderly

    Författare :Torgny Alstad; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Carbohydrates; Cohort analysis; Dental caries; Dental status; Elderly; Epidemiology; Factor analysis; Graphic interaction model; Oral sugar clearance;

    Sammanfattning : People?s dental status has the potential to affect dietary intake and, at the same time, diet may affect the health of the dentition. To study the associations, the elderly appear to be an appropriate group and carbohydrates the appropriate nutrients. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Oral microbiota in relation to host traits, environment, and dental caries

    Författare :Linda Eriksson; Pernilla Lif Holgerson; Ingegerd Johansson; Anders Esberg; Peter Lingström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Dental caries; NGS; S. mutans; sugar; sweet; diet; taste preference; adolescents; allele variation; SLC2A4; microbiota; saliva; tooth biofilm; kariologi; Cariology;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Dental caries still appears at high prevalence worldwide. Disease distribution is skewed with more disease in socio-economically weak groups. However, also in populations considered as “low caries” there is a significant fraction with continuous disease development. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Preterm Infants - Odontological Aspects

    Författare :Marianne Rythén; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Preterm infants; adolescent; oral hygiene; gingivitis; dental caries; dental enamel; malocclussion; dental arch; tooth size; enamel hypomineralization; dentine; polarized light microscopy; X-ray microanalysis;

    Sammanfattning : ABSTRACT Preterm birth is associated with medical complications and treatments postnatally and disturbances in growth and development. Primary and permanent teeth develop during this postnatal period. LÄS MER