Indian Journal of Dental Education

Custom trays are used in prosthodontics to make final or definitive impressions. Custom trays are fabricated mostly in special auto polymerizing acrylic resins called tray resins or visible light activated (poly urethane) resins. The following technique is a quick and effective technique to modify auto polymerizing acrylic resins whenever commercial tray resins are not available.

Keywords: Custom trays; Auto polymerizing acrylic resins; Tray resins; Talcum powder. 

Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic fibrotic disease of the oral cavity and oropharynx associated with the chewing of the areca quid. This condition occurs predominantly among Indians and to a much lesser extent in other Asian population. The condition affects large population of the Indian sub continent. Interestingly the prevalence and the incidence rates are high in South India where the incidence of oral cancer is also very high. Betel quid (BQ) chewing is a popular oral habit with potential links to the occurrence of oral cancer. A malignant transformation rate of 11.7% is reported with Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) which was seen predominantly in males (87%). Most cases with malignant transformation in OSMF had occurred gradually over a long period of time. Here we are presenting a rare case of OSMF which developed carcinoma within a short span of 4 months, thus giving evidence for the aggressive potential of OSMF. In spite of extensive studies, the pathogenesis and other aspects of oral submucous fibrosis remains unclear till today. 

Keywords: Oral submucous fibrosis; Areca nut; Carcinoma. 

Diabetes is a common disease with concomitant oral manifestations that impact dental care. The purpose of this review is to summarize the prevalence, signs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, as well as dental treatment considerations for the patient with diabetes. Safely managing the patient with diabetes requires effective communication among multiple health care providers. Dentists must be familiar with techniques to diagnose, treat and prevent stomatological disorders in patients with diabetes.

Keywords: Diabetes; Oral manifestations; Dental treatment;Stomatological disorders.   

Inflammatory periodontal disease is one of the most common diseases of mankind. Gingival inflammation is widespread, but advanced periodontitis is limited to relatively small groups of population. Microbial plaque deposits at the dentogingival interface initiate gingivitis. Progression to periodontitis is modified by several environmental, behavioral, biological and healthcare variables. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the available information on the influence of risk factors on progression of periodontitis. 

Keywords: Inflammatory disease; Microbial deposit; Genetics; Smoking; Diabetes; socioeconomic factor; HIV. 

The traditional chinese medicine (TCM) approach is fundamentally different from that of Western medicine. In TCM, the understanding of the human body is based on the holistic understanding of the universe as described in Daoism, and the treatment of illness is based primarily on the diagnosis and differentiation of  yndromes. TCM has been systematized and theorized in practice and therefore to keep health, many methods were developed during thousands of years. TCM emphasizes that the most important thing is to prevent disease and treat ailment in time so as not to let it become a serious one.TCM has become the academic medicine instead of experimental medicine. For this review of literature, various search engines like pubmed were used. But due to paucity of the literature available, it is intended to produce the best extract of the available content and serve the community. 

Keywords: Chinese traditional medicine; Complementary and alternative medicine; Dentistry; Qi concept

Aim: The purpose of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of crossinfection control measures among the patients attending Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwar (SDM) dental hospital, Dharwad, India. Secondly, to identify the factors influencing knowledge and attitude of dental patients towards cross infection control measures. Study Subjects and method: A crosssectional survey was conducted among 250 individuals attending outpatient department in SDM dental hospital Dharwad, Karnataka, India. A close ended, structured, selfadministered, questionnaire consisting queries related to the knowledge, attitude towards crossinfection control measures were assessed. Frequency distribution tables, analysis of variance and scheffe’s multiple comparison tests were performed. Results: Less than 50% dental patients were aware of the spread of infection in dental clinics via saliva, blood and unsterilized/contaminated dental instruments. Over 90% said that dentist should wear gloves, and wear face mask. Seventy five percent study participants would like their dentist to change the gloves after every patient and 40.8% said that there is highly unlikely of contracting AIDS from dentist suffering with AIDS. A significant knowledge differences were observed among rural and urban study subjects with different occupational, educational and income groups. Conclusion: Dental patients considered in the present study showed poor knowledge towards spread of infection in dental hospital setting. However, adequate knowledge and positive attitudes were observed towards the use of barrier methods of infection control among dental patients. Demographic variables considered in the study showed inconsistency in knowledge of infection control.  

Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Control measures; Crossinfection.

Background: International emergence of community based clinical teaching has been attributed to drawbacks of conventional teaching methods restricted to dental schools. The rationale behind these outreach teaching schemes is to smoothen the progress of dental undergraduate students from a dental school environment where they are ‘taught’, to a clinic where they are more closely incorporated with what they will come across in an independent dental practice. To ensure that the designed teaching program is fit for its purpose it is important to understand the views of students who have trained at the unit. Aim: The aim of this paper is to report student perspectives and opinions on their experience at outreach teaching centre of K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital. Subjects and Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire study was conducted among students who had undergone internship training programme at K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara in academic year 201112. Percentage was used for statistical analysis. Results: Forty eight respondents indicated that the learning experience was helpful with their subsequent clinical careers. Respondents’ agreement with common likes was related to increased clinical autonomy and routine access to more equipment and dental materials while the agreed dislikes were related to, inability to access patients requiring specific treatment items. e.g., crowns /RPDs and inaccessibility to certain specialized equipment. Conclusion: Implementation of communitybased clinical teaching program has been successful in helping the students with their careers while outlining the advantages and deficient aspects of the present programme. 

Keywords: Dental education; Dental students; India.