People’s dental status has the potential to affect dietary intake and, at the same time, diet may affect the health of the dentition. To study the associations, the elderly appear to be an appropriate group and carbohydrates ...

Cognitive impairments and depression have considerable impacts on rehabilitation, quality of life and mortality after stroke. The understanding of cognitive and mood impairments in old and, in particular, very old stroke ...

The objectives of this thesis were to describe endodontic status in Swedish populations, to study clinical and socio-economic risk factors for apical periodontitis (AP) and to explore a possible association between AP and ...

The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate symptoms and signs of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and orofacial pain in the Swedish female population in relation to some other health factors. The thesis includes ...

Mycobacterium avium, M. abscessus and M. gordonae are three mycobacterial species that are ubiquitous in the environment. M. gordonae is non-pathogenic, while M. avium and M. abscessus can cause skin abscesses and airway ...

Background: Approximately 45,000 individuals live with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Sweden. Previous studies have shown an increased risk for heart failure in persons with diabetes, but most of the studies have been in the ...

Patients with diabetes have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality compared to the general population. The aim of this work was to describe the clinical characteristics and risk factors in patients ...

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is one of the most common and debilitating oral mucosal lesions in the adult population. Despite large research effort over the last decades, the aetiology of OLP remains an enigma. The current ...

Fractures are common, but the knowledge on outcomes, treatment methods or the actual number of fractures treated each year has been sparse. With the introduction of the Swedish Fracture Register (SFR) in 2011, the prospective ...

Abstract Factors influencing women’s choice of contraception Ingela Lindh, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg Sweden Aims: To describe contraceptive ...