Oral health of smokers and e-cigarette users: a case-control study

The objective of this study was to evaluate and compare the oral health of cigarette smokers, e-cigarette smokers, and non-smokers. This observational study involved 120 participants; 40 each in the control, cigarette, and e-cigarette groups respectively. Oral health examination was conducted according to the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. Dental caries was evaluated using the DMFT index, while the periodontal parameters assessed using plaque, gingivitis, gingival bleeding, and calculus indices. The results from the 3 groups were compared using analysis of variance (MANOVA), the outcomes of which were significant for the Gingival Index (p = 0.000), Plaque Index (p = 0.012), and Bleeding Index (p = 0.001) of periodontal health. Post-hoc tests with Bonferroni correction revealed significant differences in the Gingival Index between the control and cigarette groups (p = 0.001), as well as cigarette and e-cigarette groups (p = 0.000). Meanwhile, Bleeding Index was only significantly different between the control and e-cigarette groups (p = 0.001). For Plaque Index, significant differences were seen between the control and cigarette groups (p = 0.016). There were no significant differences in the other periodontal health parameters, as the p values of the Calculus Index and DMFT Index were 0.955 and 0.702 respectively. In conclusion, e-cigarettes had potentially detrimental effects on oral health

Central composite design adoption for assessing the tio quality using response surface method

Stability is a major issue in every nanolubricant. The UV visible spectrophotometry approach is one method for assessing the dispersion quality standard of a nanolubricant. UV visible spectrophotometry is adopted to determine the absorbance level of a nanolubricant. This method assesses how well a nanolubricant absorbs UV rays emitted by a light source. A central composite design based on surface response was used to assess the influence of concentration and standing time on the absorbance ratio of TiO2-POE nanolubricant. The TiO2-POE sample was synthesized in two steps with a 0.02-0.2 vol% concentration range. A homogenizer was used to ultrasonicate the samples for 80 min. Then, U.V. visible spectrophotometry was used to examine the absorbance ratio of each sample from day 1 to day 15. Sixteen runs were performed to comply with a quadratic design for experimental data collection, then fitted using face canter alpha. The ANOVA analysis revealed that the experimental data fit the polynomial model, with an R2 value of 0.9902 and a model F-value of 201.91. This phenomenon confirms the significance of the model. The Predicted R2 of 0.9038 agrees reasonably with the Adjusted R2 of 0.9853. The findings suggest that the optimum concentration is 0.11 vol%, with an absorbance value of 0.990206 and a desirability level of 1.000

IIUM Kuantan Campus COVID-19 Guidelines

COVID-19 has brought substantial morbidity and mortality to the world, Malaysia and the state of Pahang. The recent surge in the number of brought-in-dead cases and overburdened healthcare has made the condition worse. The current spread of the variant of concern, the delta variant, has become a threat to the campus. Thus, the IIUM Kuantan Campus Operation Room (OpRoom) has been continued in service since the previous tenure. The main function of OpRoom is to become the coordination centre of matters related to COVID-19 in IIUM Kuantan community and to communicate with Kuantan District Health Office on regular basis. With the establishment of Kulliyyah Taskforce (KTF), the handling of issues pertaining to COVID-19 can become smoother through the process of empowerment. This guideline is published to facilitate the management of COVID-19 in IIUM Kuantan Campus

Demographic characteristic of patient with traumatic dental injury attending Kulliyyah of Dentistry IIUM Kuantan Campus

Introduction: Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) refer to injury to the teeth and/or peridontium and perioral soft tissues. To date, very few dental trauma studies conducted in the university setting, thus the aim of this research is to provide an epidemiological data of TDI cases among patients attending Kulliyyah of Dentistry (KOD), IIUM Kuantan Campus. Materials and Methods: A total of 32 patient's record with TDI were retrieved from 2012 to June 2016. The inclusion criteria are patients attended KOD for management of dental trauma and diagnosis of TDI was properly documented. Patients attending KOD with complaint other than dental trauma and no proper diagnosis documented were excluded. The classification of dental trauma used is based on WHO Dental Trauma Classification (1978). For cases that were doubtful or with insufficient information, decision was made after further discussion with another examiner. Results: The mean age was 12.31 years old with the highest number of cases occurs in the 6-15 year-old group (37.5%) and male to female ratio of 3:2. Uncomplicated crown fracture was the most common injury in primary and permanent dentition (38% and 67%, respectively). Falls attribute 62.5% of the causes of TDI. November and December recorded the highest number of occurance of TDI cases (25% respectively). Conclusion(s): There is low occurance of TDI cases in KOD. The occurance of TDI cases is associated with school holiday

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