The literature related to the effects of tobacco smoking on the oral cavity is reviewed. In this paper, the review is restricted only to the effects of smoking on oral mucosa, oral bacteria, oral hygiene and periodontium. The elucidation of those effects is presented where the characteristics of tobacco component are expounded previously. The other effects have been well described elsewhere and…
An epidemiological descriptive study was conducted in order to evaluate the characteristic of vesicolithiasis cases who had attended to Bima General Hospital, in period of April 1995 to March 1996. Vesicolithiasis is a second leading operative cases after accident cases. Almost 100 percent of the cases are men. The highest frequence of cases is in 0-14 years old of age group. This bladder stone…
Thirty four urine speciment of suspected cases of urinary tract infection (34 male and 74 female) were examined. Diagnosis of bacteriury was made using clony counting method. There were 44 female and 12 male urine speciment who show positive result. Is also show that the most common cause of urinary tract infection both for male and female is Staphylococcus aureus. About 83.3 percent urinary tr…