Sakshi Raina

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Introduction: Somkers palate or Nicotine stomatitis is a whitish papuler lesion seen on the hard and soft palate in the oral cavity that is usually seen in individual who are exposed to any type of smoking habit. Aim: To evaluate and correlate the smoking habit in individual with different pattern of smoker’s palate depending on their use. Materials and Methods: A total of 920 subjects were assessed undergoing routine dental checkup in the dental Opd of a polyclinic. The evaluation and correlation between duration and frequency of smoking habit was done. Results: The individual using beedi were high in number than the individual using cigarette. In almost 726 individual smokers palate were present and the grade of smokers palate also increase with the increase or frequency and time of use. Conclusions: In the present study it is found that beedi smoking is more common than cigarette smoking. There is direct relationship of frequency and duration in individual having smokers palate.   Keywords: Smoker's Palate, Smoking, Cigarette

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Introduction: Covid 19 have created severe worries, fear & anxiety among every individual. Production of aerosols during various dental procedure have definitive potential of transmitting covid 19 to one another. After three phases of COVID pandemic in India, there is lot of changes and challenges in health care services. The dental treatment have became an issue which need to be well addressed. Materials and Methods: Out of 500 individual only 410 individual gave their consent for the study. Offline questionnaire survey was conducted among adults above 21 years. The questionnaire included their demographic details and question related to their knowledge and fear of undergoing dental treatment during this pandemic situation. Results: Among 410 individual who participated in the study, 21% of the individual had covid symptoms. 35% told that they are afraid of dental treatment during pandemic where as 45% almost half the individual said they will take the treatment if its only emergency. The main reason for this fear was infection that they can get while getting treated or while in a dental clinic or hospital. Conclusion: The fear of dental treatment during pandemic is not that high. This may be due to recent advances in dental procedure and sterilization. The knowledge of maintaining good oral care is been adapted by maximum individual.   Keywords: COVID-19, Dental, Aerosol

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Introduction: The placement of orthodontic appliances influences plaque growth and maturation. Significant differences in biofilm formation and periodontal reaction between different bracket types and between bonded teeth compared with control teeth have been reported, however, have reported significant attachment loss during orthodontic treatment. In patients with a history of periodontitis resulting in displaced teeth, possible orthodontic tooth movements include changes in alignment, space redistribution, and intrusion. Aim: To see the changes in clinical periodontal parameters after removal of fixed orthodontic appliances. After debonding of braket at dental clinic and before final polishing, probing depth (PD), plaque index (PI), gingival index (GI) and bleeding on probing (BOP) were assessed on the first molars and central incisors of both arches. Result: Probing depth decreased in the right maxillary first molar. Plaque index and gingival index also got deceased. Bleeding on Probing reduced significantly. Conclusion: Buccal probing depth returned to < 3>   Keywords: Periodontal, Probing, Debonding, Interproximal

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