Shaban W. Al‐Rmalli, Richard O. Jenkins, Michael J. Watts, Parvez I. Haris
BACKGROUND: Geophagy or earth-eating is common amongst some Bangladeshi women, especially those who are pregnant, both in Bangladesh and in the United Kingdom. A large proportion of the population in Bangladesh is already exposed to high concentrations of arsenic (As) and other toxic elements from d...
Dengyong Liu, Yajun Deng, Sha Lei, MA Hashem et al.
Mastication is the first step of food digestion, where foods are broken down and simultaneously impregnated by saliva resulting in the formation of semi-fluids known as food boluses. This review focuses on the impact of oral processing on texture attributes and taste perception. The article describe...
Naila Zaman Khan, S Ferdous, R. Islam, Asma Sultana et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of child behaviour problems reported by parents in rural Bangladesh. METHODS: A total of 4,003 children aged 2-9 years were identified during a population-based survey of 2,231 households. A predetermined sample of 499 was selected, of which health professional...
Anisur Rahman Khuda‐Bukhsh, Surajit Pathak, Bibhas Guha, Susanta Roy Karmakar et al.
Groundwater arsenic (As) has affected millions of people globally distributed over 20 countries. In parts of West Bengal (India) and Bangladesh alone, over 100 million people are at risk, but supply of As-free water is grossly inadequate. Attempts to remove As by using orthodox medicines have mostly...
Ranajit Sen Chowdhury, Md Daharul Islam, Khaleda Akter, Mohammad Abdus Sattar Sarkar et al.
Hydrotherapy is a procedure where water of different temperatures are used to relieve pain and treat illness. This review describes about different conditions of water treatments. Hydrotherapy can help treat a variety of conditions, including arthritis, stomach problems, sleep disorders, stress and ...
Jamie Perin, Alvin G. Thomas, Lauren Oldja, Shahnawaz Ahmed et al.
Objective To determine the relationship between geophagy (mouthing of dirt, sand, clay, or mud) and growth faltering in young children. Study design We examined linear growth as height and weight standardized by age and sex, and weight standardized by height, in a cohort of children aged 6-36 months...
Rahena Akhter, Nur Mohammad Monsur Hassan, Hiromasa Nameki, Kodai Nakamura et al.
The prevalences of signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorder (TMD) in Bangladeshi adolescents and their associations with intake of various hard food items were investigated. A group of 1200 randomly selected high school students aged 12-17 years from three communities (rural, semi-urban and ...
Fazli Khuda, M.S. Rashida Anjum, Suleman Khan, Hamayun Khan et al.
Traditionally, Natural Organic Matter (NOM) derived from cretaceous rocks has been used for treatment of various ailments such as diabetes, inflammation and skin infections. This study evaluated the antimicrobial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of natural organic matter obtained from c...
Karyna Martins do Valle-Corotti, Arnaldo Pinzan, Caio Vinícius Martins do Valle, Ana Carla Raphaelli Nahás-Scocate et al.
OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to compare the prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) in individuals submitted to either orthodontic or ortho-surgical Class III malocclusion treatment and to assess the influence of occlusal aspects on TMD severity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample co...
Huda Abutayyem, Lovely M Annamma, Vijay B. Desai, Mohammad Khursheed Alam
BACKGROUND: The aim of orthodontic treatment, apart from esthetic and functional corrections, is uniform force distribution. Hence Occlusal analysis using a T scan gives scope for a precisely targeted treatment plan. The T-scan evaluation of occlusal force, time, and location of contacts from initia...
Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Mahmud Uz Zaman, Nasser Raqe Alqhtani, Abdullah Saad Alqahtani et al.
BACKGROUND: The present review aimed to investigate the association between salivary biomarkers and temporomandibular disorders (TMD). TMD is a multifactorial condition characterised by pain and dysfunction in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and surrounding structures. Salivary biomarkers have eme...
Taseef Hasan Farook, Farah Rashid, Saif Ahmed, James Dudley
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The advent of machine learning in the complex subject of occlusal rehabilitation warrants a thorough investigation into the techniques applied for successful clinical translation of computer automation. A systematic evaluation on the topic with subsequent discussion of the clini...
SM Akram Hossain, SM Moshadeq Hossain, Fakhrul Amin Mohammad Hasanul Banna
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bja.v9i2.15275 Bangladesh Journal of Anatomy 2011 Vol.9(2) pp.75-78
Mst. Farjanamul Haque, B Aghabeighi, Mohammad Wasil, Stephen Hodges et al.
Chronic idiopathic oro-facial pain has become a common complaint, resulting increasingly in referral to the pain clinics world-wide, about 90% of the psychologically stress-related patients of the psychiatric clinic of Eastman Dental Hospital, London have been found to have associated idiopathic oro...
Motiur Rahman Molla, Karuna Shrestha
The clinical observations on 14 cases of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis including age and sex incidences as well as surgical management are presented in this paper. Ankylotic TMJ arthroplasty which include condylectomy with or without interpositional materials such as auricular cartilage an...