{"title":"[The use of chlorhexidine for long-term disinfection of dentures in geriatric units].","authors":"I Hjaltadóttir, W P Holbrook","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77631,"journal":{"name":"Tannlaeknabladid : blad tannlaeknafelags Islands = Icelandic dental journal","volume":"8 1","pages":"12-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1990-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13290489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Haematological investigation of patients attending an oral medicine clinic in the Dental Faculty, University of Iceland, 1987-1988].","authors":"W P Holbrook","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present communication reports preliminary findings of haematological investigations carried out on patients attending an oral medicine clinic in the University of Iceland over a two year period. Patients have been referred to this newly-established clinic with candidosis, aphtous ulceration, sore tongues, burning mouth syndrome and other miscellaneous conditions. Many were investigated for underlying causes for their oral disorder. A high proportion of patients (33/45: 73%) referred for haematological investigation had abnormal findings largely related to a deficiency of iron (21/45: 47%). Most of these reported improvement in their oral discomfort after a course of iron tablets. Only two patients had abnormally reduced erythrocyte counts but a further 19 (42%) were found to have sideropaenia. Diabetes was diagnosed in two patients and one previously unknown case of megaloblastic anaemia was also discovered. The results were sufficiently encouraging to warrant continuing the clinic and collection of further data.</p>","PeriodicalId":77631,"journal":{"name":"Tannlaeknabladid : blad tannlaeknafelags Islands = Icelandic dental journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"12-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13779378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Surgical procedures to improve cleansing of the root surface and reduce pocket depth].","authors":"P Sigurdsson, J Egelberg","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years numerous reports have appeared in the dental literature comparing different methods of treating periodontitis. These researches have not indicated that surgical procedures have particular advantages over thorough hygiene therapy. This review considers several relevant hypotheses and the results of clinical research into this topic. Particular note has been taken of the research of Ramfjord et al. (1987) whose conclusions are typical of many others. This review discusses such conclusions from several standpoints and shows that there is a need for further research. It is derived from a review by the same authors in the journal of the Swedish Dental Association, Tandläkartidingen.</p>","PeriodicalId":77631,"journal":{"name":"Tannlaeknabladid : blad tannlaeknafelags Islands = Icelandic dental journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"14-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13840521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The dental state of old-age pensioners resident in homes for the elderly and long-stay geriatric units in Reykjavík].","authors":"G Axelsson, E Ragnarsson, S Steingrimsson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In 1984 the dental state was clinically investigated in a random sample of 400 old-age pensioners, 67 years or older, who were either inmates of old people's residential or nursing homes or long-term patients in geriatric departments of the hospitals in Reykjavík. Decayed, missing and filled teeth were recorded in accordance with criteria suggested by WHO. Of the participants 10% (27 males and 13 females) were dentulous with a mean number of 9.9 teeth. The mean number of remaining teeth in dentate subjects was higher in the mandible than in the maxilla. The mean number of remaining teeth per person decreased with increasing age and was higher in males than females in 4 out of 5 age groups. The teeth most commonly retained were the canines and lateral incisors in the mandible and central incisors and canines in the maxilla. Only 0.8% of the sample had greater than or equal to 10 teeth in each dental arch.</p>","PeriodicalId":77631,"journal":{"name":"Tannlaeknabladid : blad tannlaeknafelags Islands = Icelandic dental journal","volume":"7 1","pages":"5-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1989-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"13779381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}