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According to structural modeling, preschoolers’ and their families’ oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) was severely impacted by the severity of early childhood caries (ECC). Weaker socioeconomic position, greater frequency of free sugar consumption, and weaker parental resilience were the key risk factors for the severity of ECC. The results show that psychosocial and behavioral factors might influence how severe ECC is, and that ECC can have a detrimental impact on preschoolers’ welfare and their capacity to carry out everyday tasks as well as on their families’ quality of life.

Health and legal problems are rising in tandem with the popularity of items derived from cannabis. To guarantee the safe delivery of dental treatment, oral health practitioners must stay current on new research and adhere to established principles. After completed this CE course, participants ought to be able to:

Experiments have confirmed a connection between rheumatoid arthritis flare-ups and periodontitis.

Discovery of erythroplakia in a patient’s mouth is more serious than finding leukoplakia. Approximately half of erythroplakic lesions represent invasive carcinomas. Review the differential diagnosis and management in this review article.

A new study published in Virus Research found that gargling with mouth wash leads to a mild decrease in the rate of COVID-19 transmission. Several antiseptic mouth rinses have shown potential antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 infectivity in vitro; however, the antiseptic agent responsible for this effect was not clear until now.