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Objectives: Smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of morbidity and mortality, representing a threat to public health, including oral health. Oral hygienists are in a privileged position to deliver brief and very brief interventions during consultations. This study aimed to identify the procedures oral hyg...

Objectives: Oral cancer is a serious disease whose prognosis worsens greatly with late detection and diagnosis. Therefore, a demand is pressing for a cost-effective model that is optimal for mass screening for oral cancer. So, this study aims to test oral cancer screening at the workplace to detect the prevalence of...

A doença periodontal é uma patologia multifactorial apresentando o biofilme bacteriano como factor etiológico primário. No entanto, a manifestação e a progressão da periodontite são influenciadas por diversas condições, incluindo características do indiv&iacut...

Objectives: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate an association betweenthe prevalence of root-filled teeth (RFT) or apical periodontitis (AP) and some systemic conditions or smoking habits in an adult Portuguese population. Methods: Medical histories, including age, gender, presence of cardiovascul...