Oral health-related quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition affecting the quality of life. Due to a worsening of oral health in PD patients with the progression of the disease, oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) could be impaired as well. Objectives: To assess whether PD patients in The Netherlands experience worse OHRQoL...

The prevalence of awake bruxism and sleep bruxism in the Dutch adolescent population

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of awake bruxism and sleep bruxism in the Dutch adolescent population. Materials and methods: As part of a large epidemiologic survey on oral health of the general Dutch adolescent population in 2017, a total of 920 subjects were asked about their bruxism behaviour during daytime and during...

Diffusion of charged and uncharged contrast agents in equine mandibular condylar cartilage is not affected by an increased level of sugar-induced collagen crosslinking

Nutrition of articular cartilage relies mainly on diffusion and convection of solutes through the interstitial fluid due to the lack of blood vessels. The diffusion is controlled by two factors: steric hindrance and electrostatic interactions between the solutes and the matrix components. Aging comes with changes in the cartilage structure and...

The prevalence of awake bruxism and sleep bruxism in the Dutch adult population

Background Awake bruxism and sleep bruxism are common conditions amongst adult populations, although prevalence data are scarce. Objective This study aimed to assess the prevalence of awake bruxism and sleep bruxism in the Dutch adult population. Methods As part of a large epidemiologic survey on oral health of the general Dutch adult population...

Mechanical stiffness of TMJ condylar cartilage increases after artificial aging by ribose

Objective: Aging is accompanied by a series of changes in mature tissues that influence their properties and functions. Collagen, as one of the main extracellular components of cartilage, becomes highly crosslinked during aging. In this study, the aim was to examine whether a correlation exists between collagen crosslinking induced by artificial...

Aging does not change the compressive stiffness of mandibular condylar cartilage in horses

Objective Aging can cause an increase in the stiffness of hyaline cartilage as a consequence of increased protein crosslinks. By induction of crosslinking, a reduction in the diffusion of solutions into the hyaline cartilage has been observed. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the effects of aging on the biophysical and biochemical...

De prevalentie van gebitsslijtage onder de volwassen Nederlandse bevolking [The prevalence of tooth wear in the Dutch adult population]

This study, performed in 2013, aimed to assess the prevalence of tooth wear in the Dutch adult population. The prevalence of tooth wear was not only determined for different age groups but also according to gender, socioeconomic status and types of teeth. Results were compared with the outcomes of a previous study in a comparable population in...

Dental status and oral health-related quality of life. A population-based study

Summary: Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is associated with tooth wear and tooth loss. This study investigated the association between OHRQoL and dental status (in terms of natural dentition, partial or complete dentures, or edentulism). Sixteen hundred and twenty-two persons who participated in a large-scale Dutch dental survey...

Multidisciplinary treatment of tooth wear in a patient with Asperger's syndrome and dental anxiety: Interdisziplinäre Therapie des Abrasionsgebisses bei einem Patienten mit Asperger- Syndrom und Zahnbehandlungsphobie