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Use of graduated syringes for measuring salivary flow rate: a pilot study
Alves,Crésio; Brandão,Márcia; Andion,Juliana; Menezes,RafaelaThe evaluation of the salivary flow rate is important in several situations of dental practice. However, weighing the collected salivary volume it is not a practical method in public health services. This work evaluated the use of hypodermic graduated syringes as a simpler alternative method to measure the salivary flow rate. Saliva samples were obtained from 50 individuals (31 females and 19 males) aged 8 to 3...
Oral health knowledge and habits in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Alves,Crésio; Brandão,Márcia; Andion,Juliana; Menezes,RafaelaThis study evaluated the oral health knowledge and habits in Brazilian children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). A cross-sectional study was performed between November of 2005 and April of 2006 in a public health university hospital, interviewing 55 diabetic children and 55 non-diabetic control children with a semi-structured questionnaire. As much as 55% of the diabetic children and 35.5% of the non-diabe...