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MISSION “To direct and guide students and the general public in attaining quality of life through quality oral and other related health research, training, education and public service”.
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(Hindawi International Journal of Dentistry, 2018-06-14)Aim. To determine the level of knowledge of periodontal diseases, practices regarding oral hygiene, and self-perceived periodontal problems among pregnant and postnatal women attending reproductive and child health clinics ...
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Co-occurrence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases among in-school adolescents in Tanzania (BMC, 2019)Childhood lifestyle, health-risk behaviours contribute to two-thirds of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) premature mortality in adult populations. The co-occurrence of risk factors for NCDs is more harmful to health than ...
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(Oral Health Dental Sci,, 2019)To evaluate the effects of bone regeneration materials (BRMs) and orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) on radiological features as well as receptor activator of nuclear factor-κBligand (RANKL) and osteoprotegerin (OPG) ...
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(The Open Dentistry Journal,, 2019)Background: Educating parents on supervision of tooth brushing ensures effective plaque removal, healthy gums and attainment of tooth brushing skills. Objective: To evaluate the effect of educating parents about ...
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(BMC, 2019)Background: Cervicofacial necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a rare life-threatening infection in the head and neck region that characteristically spreads along the fascial planes to involve subcutaneous tissues, fascia and ...
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(Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2014)Background The periodontal diseases (PDs) have recently been reported to be associated with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). In Tanzania there is no available information on the matter. In Tanzania, the most common ...
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(BiomedCentral, 2018)Background: Tooth filling treatment is utilized at low levels in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs), further, little is known about the prevailing attitudes towards such treatment. This study aimed to assess ...
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(BiomedCentral, 2018)Background: Nylon teeth myth is a belief of associating infant illnesses with bulges on infants’ alveolus that mark the positions of underlying developing teeth and that it is necessary to treat the condition mainly by ...
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(Nature, 2017)BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and ...
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(Science inquest, 2018)Aims: The study investigated the influence of trans-dental photo-curing on the depth of cure (DoC) and degree of conversion (DC) of resin composite irradiated by different curing modes. Methods: A curing lamp having six ...
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(BMC Public Health, 2018)Background: Nylon teeth myth is a belief of associating infant illnesses with bulges on infants’ alveolus that mark the positions of underlying developing teeth and that it is necessary to treat the condition mainly by ...
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(Hindawi, 2017)Background. HIV infection and long-term HAART use are associated with metabolic and morphological changes. We assessed prevalence, types, and risk factors associated with lipodystrophy among HIV-infected adults attending ...
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(Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2017)Background Children with orofacial tumours and tumour-like lesions who were treated at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) were often seen to have huge swellings which caused ...
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(Tanzania Dental Journal, 2017)Background: Periodontal diseases have been reported to be associated with cardiovascular diseases. Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the periodontal status and treatment needs among adult cardiac patients in ...
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(Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, 2017)Background Use of plaque disclosing agent and supervised tooth brushing have shown to be effective in improving children’s oral hygiene status in communities where children have good oral health behavior and home care. ...
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(Journal of Dental Treatment and Oral Care, 2017)Background: Intrusion is an injury considered one of the most severe luxation injuries to affect permanent teeth, a difficult injury to treat and is associated with several complications. Aim: Presentation of management ...
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(International Dental Journal, 2017)Despite progress in dentistry, tooth loss in old age is still a reality, even more so in long-term-care residents. However, recent trends indicate that natural teeth are lost later in life. Functional decline and age-related ...
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(Journal of Health Sciences and Nursing, 2017)Aim: To determine the maximal mandibular movements among Tanzanian children. Subjects and Methods: Analysis of archived data from 869 subjects aged 3½ -16 years of whom 51% were girls. The emergence status of the permanent ...
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(The Professional Medical Journal, 2017)Background: The oro-facial region including the jawbones and related tissues can be the site of a multitude of neoplastic conditions. This region is minefield for many benign or malignant neoplastic conditions. The aim of ...
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(International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science, 2017)Introduction: Proper occlusion is an important component of overall oral health of a child since malocclusion is associated with oral diseases like dental caries, periodontal diseases and temporal-mandibular disorders. Its ...