Abstract Objective: To determine the association between periodontal disease on pregnancy and the incidence of preterm labor.Method: This was a cross sectional study. We enrolled sixty subjects, which then divided into two groups. One group comparised of thirty pregnant women preterm delivery and thirty women with preterm pregnancy. Subjects were chosen by consecutive sampling method. The subje…
Asthma is a cronic inflammatory disease characterized by reversible airflow limitatison and airway hyperresponsiveness. Persistent inflammation in airway tissues may lead to structural changes known as airway remodeling and consequently airway obstruction that is not fully reversible and progressive loss of lung fungtion over time. In asthma, airway structural changes include subepithelial fib…
External radiotherapy is the main treatment for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. External radiotherapy can cause endothelial dysfunction of common carotid artery and reduces nitrogen oxide and prostacyclin by endothelial cell and cause thickening of the vessels walls. Purpose of this study was to find out changes in intima-media thickness and lumen diameter of common carotid artery due to radiotherap…
Skin diseases were the priority among health problems of Giri Moslem Boarding School (Pondok Pesantren Putri) X of Yogyakarta. To solve the problems, supported by the potentiality of the existence of eight santries (students) health cadres, a pre-test post-test with control designed experiment was conducted to understand the influence of health elucidation carried out by the students health cad…
Background: The construction of overdenture is often applied because endodontic treatment usualy give very promising results and patient has high motivation to maintain their natural teeth. Overdenture is a removable partial or complete den tu re th at covers and rests on one or more remaining natural teeth. roots and/or dental implants. The presence of retained teeth can maximire retention, st…