Browsing Magister Chirurgiae Dentium - MChD (Oral Medicine and Periodontics) by Author "Jeftha, Anthea"
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An assessment of the factors affecting the efficacy of periodontal treatment carried out by postgraduate periodontology students.
Abdalla, Mozn (University of Western Cape, 2020)Periodontal disease is one of the most common diseases worldwide. Periodontal treatment aims to prevent disease progression and restore functional and aesthetic dentition. The purpose of studying periodontal treatment ... -
The association of periodontal disease and metabolic control of type 1 adult patients with Diabetes at Tygerberg hospital, Cape Town
Suliman, Ahmed (University of the Western Cape, 2022)Periodontal disease is chronic inflammation of the periodontium. The inflammation can affect the gingival connective tissue or can progress, into the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. Periodontal disease is a ... -
The association of periodontal disease with metabolic control in type 1 diabetic adolescents
Abdelrahman, Mohamed (University of Western Cape, 2020)Chronic inflammation of the periodontium is known as periodontal disease. The inflammation can be contained only within gingival connective tissue or can progress, leading to the loss of gingival connective tissue and ... -
The comparison of periodontal health status and metabolic control in diabetic children and adolescents at Tygerberg hospital
Scholtz-Evans, Lèzaan (University of Western Cape, 2021)Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for Periodontal disease. Research has established that the prevalence of Periodontal disease is directly related to the glycaemic control of DM in adults and only a few ... -
A description of dental implants placed at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre
Mahmoud, Hussein (University of Western Cape, 2020)This study analyzed the dental surgical implant therapy in the past 5 years at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre, UWC Dental School, Cape Town, South Africa. The findings of this study serve as a guideline for the estimation ... -
A description of dental implants placed at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre
Mahmoud, Hussein (University of the Western Cape, 2019)Purpose This study analyzed the dental surgical implant therapy in the past 5 years at Tygerberg Oral Health Centre, UWC Dental School, Cape Town, South Africa. The findings of this study serve as a guideline for the ... -
A descriptive analysis of oral lichen planus from tertiary diagnostic centres in the Western Cape
Jeftha, Anthea (University of Western Cape, 2009)Lichen planus is a systemic disease that follows a chronic course. The exact aetiology remains unknown but an immune mediated pathogenesis has been implicated. Oral lichen planus is a common form of this disease and can ... -
Efficacy of alcohol containing and alcohol-free chlorhexidine mouth rinse in reducing periodontal disease during prophylactic treatment
Mpungose, Siphesihle P. (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Chlorhexidine has been established as the gold standard against which new chemical plaque control agents are tested (Jones, 1997). The addition of alcohol in a chlorhexidine mouthwash had been widely used, however the ... -
Efficacy of gapseal® in preventing microleakage at the dental implant abutment interface
Badi Mohamed, Hadeel Mohamed (University of Western Cape, 2021)Dental implants have proven to be a success in the past decades, however the inevitable presence of microgaps at the implant abutment interface leading to microleakage is still a distressing concern. Microbial leakage can ... -
Epidemiological pattern of oral squamous cell carcinoma seen at the Tygerberg academic complex
Hamid, Abdullahi Alhashimi (University of the Western Cape, 2014)Background: Recent epidemiological reports established that there is an increase in the incidence of oral squamous cell carcinoma in young patients. Some report this to be in the absence of contributing habits such as ... -
Oral physiological pigmentation in a Western Cape sample
Govender, Shogan (University of the Western Cape, 2018)Oral physiological pigmentation presents with great variability with respect to sites, forms, patterns and contrasts in colour. Knowledge of the existence of pigmented lesions and their significance remained unclear for ...