ORAL HYGIENE AND NUMBER OF ORAL MUCOSAL LESION CORRELATE WITH ORAL HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY COMMUNITIES

Oral hygiene and number of oral mucosal lesion correlate with oral health-related quality of life in elderly communities

Background: Quality of life assessment mostly is based on general health.Deterioration of physiologic condition, polypharmacy and the high occurrence of chronic disease in elderly may manifest in oral cavity that can AVENAFORCE affect oral function, in turn it will affect quality of life of elderly.Purpose: This study was aimed to determine the cor

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Neovascularization of the iris in retinoschisis

Purpose: To report the association of rubeosis iridis with chronic bullous degenerative peripheral retinoschisis.Observations: A 63-year-old female presented with acute hyphema and neovascularization of the iris TRUE CALM in association with elevated intraocular pressure.Posterior segment examination including imaging revealed no vascular occlusion

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Interceptive orthopedics for the correction of maxillary transverse and sagittal deficiency in the early mixed dentition period

Dentofacial Orthopedics directed to a hypoplastic maxilla in the prepubertal period redirects growth of the maxilla in the vertical, transverse and sagittal planes of space.The orthopedic correction of USB Adaptor Kit maxillary hypoplasia in the early mixed dentition period thus intercepts the establishment of permanent structural asymmetry in the

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