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Welcome to BMC Oral Health published by BioMed Central
BMC Oral Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of disorders of the mouth, teeth and gums, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Oral Health (ISSN 1472-6831) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, EMBASE, Scopus, Cinahl and Google Scholar.
Featured articles
BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :24
Around a quarter of Japanese children with developmental disabilities such as autism have species of bacteria in their dental plaque that put them at risk of periodontitis.
BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :21
An upstream allele of human beta-defensin 1, -44 G, increases constitutive expression of both hBD1 and hBD3 in keratinocytes, while the more common C allele is associated with interferon-gamma-induced expression of these genes.
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Utilization of dental health care services in context of the HIV epidemic- a cross-sectional study of dental patients in the Sudan Elwalid FADUL Nasir, Anne NORDREHAUG Astrom, Raouf WAHAB Ali, Jamil David BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :30 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Oral health and the impact of socio-behavioural factors in a cross sectional survey of 12-year old school children in Laos Nanna Jurgensen, Poul Erik Petersen BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :29 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Improved ability of biological and previous caries multimarkers to predict caries disease as revealed by multivariate PLS modelling Ake Nordlund, Ingegerd Johansson, Carina Kallestal, Thorild Ericson, Michael Sjostrom, Nicklas Stromberg BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :28 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessment of oral self-care in patients with periodontitis: a pilot study in a dental school clinic in Japan Atsushi Saito, Momomi Kikuchi, Fumie Ueshima, Shinya Matsumoto, Hiroki Hayakawa, Hitomi Masuda, Takemi Makiishi BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :27 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Practices participating in a dental PBRN have substantial and advantageous diversity even though as a group they have much in common with dentists at large Sonia K Makhija, Gregg H Gilbert, D Brad Rindal, Paul Benjamin, Joshua S Richman, Daniel J Pihlstrom, Vibeke Qvist, the DPBRN Collaborative Group BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :26 (15 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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In vitro effect of fluoride oral hygiene tablets on artificial caries lesion formation and remineralization in human enamelPeter G BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :25 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Distribution of periodontopathic bacterial species in Japanese children with developmental disabilities Shuhei Naka, Aki Yamana, Kazuhiko Nakano, Rena Okawa, Kazuyo Fujita, Ayuchi Kojima, Hirotoshi Nemoto, Ryota Nomura, Michiyo Matsumoto, Takashi Ooshima BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :24 (23 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Presence of Helicobacter pylori in betel chewers and non betel chewers with and without oral cancers Neluka Fernando, Gnanapragasam Jayakumar, Naomal Perera, Indranee Amarasingha, Fahra Meedin, John Holton BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :23 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Oral health related behaviors among adult Tanzanians: a national pathfinder survey Joyce R Masalu, Emil N Kikwilu, Febronia K Kahabuka, Ahadieli R Senkoro, Irene A Kida BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :22 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Association of a genetic polymorphism (-44 C/G SNP) in the human DEFB1 gene with expression and inducibility of multiple Andrea A Kalus, L Page Fredericks, Beth M Hacker, Henrik Dommisch, Richard B Presland, Janet R Kimball, Beverly A Dale BMC Oral Health 2009, 9 :21 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Predicting intention to treat HIV-infected patients among Tanzanian and Sudanese medical and dental students using the theory of planned behaviour-a cross sectional study Anne N Astrom, Elwalid F Nasir BMC Health Services Research 2009, 9 :213 (20 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Case Report
The modified two-by-one fixed orthodontic appliance for bodily movement of canine: a case report
Vicky WK Tsui, Hessa A Alkhal, Huie M Hou, Ricky WK Wong, A Bakr M Rabie Cases Journal 2009, 2 :211 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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In vitro proliferation of human osteogenic cells in presence of different commercial bone substitute materials combined with enamel matrix derivatives Christoph Reichert, Bilal Al-Nawas, Ralf Smeets, Adrian Kasaj, Werner Gotz, Marcus O Klein Head & Face Medicine 2009, 5 :23 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Incontinentia pigmenti presenting as hypodontia in a 3-year-old girl: a case report D Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :116 (10 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
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The nature of fibrous dysplasia Liviu Feller, Neil H Wood, Razia AG Khammissa, Johan Lemmer, Erich J Raubenheimer Head & Face Medicine 2009, 5 :22 (9 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessment of angiogenesis by CD105 antigen in epithelial salivary gland neoplasms with diverse metastatic behavior Sergio V Cardoso, Kelen Christine N Souza, Paulo R Faria, Ana Lucia A Eisenberg, Fernando L Dias, Adriano M Loyola BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :391 (4 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rapidly progressing, fatal and acute promyelocytic leukaemia that initially manifested as a painful third molar: a case report Juan A Su Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :102 (3 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
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Ulceration of the oral mucosa induced by antidepressant medication: a case report Fernanda Bertini, N Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009, 3 :98 (3 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ]
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Incidental detection of an occult oral malignancy with autofluorescence imaging: a case report Nadarajah Vigneswaran, Sheila Koh, Ann Gillenwater Head & Neck Oncology 2009, 1 :37 (28 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Influences of naturally occurring agents in combination with fluoride on gene expression and structural organization of Streptococcus mutans in biofilms Jae-Gyu Jeon, Marlise I Klein, Jin Xiao, Stacy Gregoire, Pedro L Rosalen, Hyun Koo BMC Microbiology 2009, 9 :228 (28 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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