• Kariesriskfaktorer och riskindikatorer hos förskolebarn 

  Ingemansson Hultquist, Ann (2024-11-19)

  Background and aim: Caries is one of the most common diseases in preschool children. Pain, infections and sleep disturbances in childhood caries can adversely affect body weight and nutritional ability and may raise the ...

• Behavioral Intervention for Improved Oral Hygiene in Adolescents - A Person-Centered and Theory-Based Approach 

  Lod Dimenäs, Sandra (2024-04-18)

  To educate and enhance patients’ motivation for adequate oral hygiene, that is self-performed periodontal infection control, is essential in the prevention of periodontal disease. Surveys have shown poor oral hygiene ...

• Endodontic inflammatory disease and myocardial infarction 

  Sebring, Dan (2024-01-15)

  Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause to suffering an acute myocardial infarction. Disruption of atherosclerotic plaques lead to thrombus formation and occlusion of the coronary arteries which impedes blood supply to the ...

• Functional characteristics of periodontitis and peri-implantitis lesions in humans 

  Dionigi, Carlotta (2023-11-14)

  In the current series of studies functional characteristics of periodontitis and peri-implantitis lesions in humans were investigated. Cell markers for antimicrobial activity were used to evaluate differences between ...

• The Oral Hygiene Ability Instrument-OHAI Development and evaluation of an instrument measuring the cause of poor oral hygiene self-care in older adults 

  Grönbeck-Lindén, Ingela (2023-11-02)

  Oral hygiene is an important preventive measure to maintain good oral health in the growing group of older adults. Oral hygiene often deteriorates with age, but the causes of this at the individual level are rarely ...

• On biological response and wear particles around oral implants and implant components 

  Olander, Julia (2023-11-01)

  ABSTRACT Wear particles released from implant components are gaining interest in the dental literature. In orthopedic medicine, wear particles are known to cause bone loss around medical implants in an aseptic manner and ...

• On oral health before and after obesity treatment 

  Taghat, Negin (2023-09-12)

  The overall aim of this thesis was to study the oral health of individuals with obesity and how oral health may be affected by medical and surgical obesity treatment. The thesis comprises three study populations, with ...

• Effects of silicon on bone. Clinical observations and experimental cell studies. 

  Catarina Magnusson (2023-08-16)

  Bone health has a major impact on life quality. In Sweden, osteoporosis is a highly prevalent skeletal disease that primarily affects the elderly, causing fragility fractures and pain. Local pathological bone defects due ...

• Decontamination of implant surfaces 

  Ichioka, Yuki (2023-04-06)

  Peri-implantitis is a pathological condition occurring in tissues around dental implants. It is caused by microorganisms and characterized by inflammation in the peri-implant connective tissue and progressive loss of ...

• Caries Prevention in Patients Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment 

  Enerbäck, Hanna (2022-10-14)

  Background: Scientifically based guidelines to predict and prevent caries during orthodontic treatment with fixed orthodontic appliances are lacking. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to improve caries risk assessment ...

• Young adults and oral health - Oral health behaviors and an intervention for better oral health 

  Hagman, Jennie (2022-08-22)

  Although the oral health among young adults in Sweden is generally good, there are groups where poor oral health remains a problem. The aim of this thesis is to increase our knowledge of oral health and oral health-related ...

• Neutrophil Serine Proteases in Health and Disease 

  Sanchez Klose, Felix P (2022-05-17)

  Neutrophils are filled with many antimicrobial agents, including the neutrophil serine proteases (NSPs); a group of proteases including Elastase, Proteinase 3, and Cathepsin G. Synthesized as inactive proforms, the NSPs ...

• Evidence-based dental hygenist practice in the non-surgical therapy of patients with periodontitis: outcomes of therapy and factors associated with the quality of care 

  Liss, Anna (2022-04-05)

  The overall aim was to investigate clinical and patient-reported outcomes of non-surgical treatment approaches to periodontitis and factors associated with the quality of care provided by dental hygienists (DHs) in general ...

• Cobalt-Chromium alloys in fixed prosthodontics 

  KASSAPIDOU, MARIA (2022-03-03)

  Gold and its alloys have been the dominant framework materials in metal-ceramic constructions when substantial loss of tooth substance or missing teeth needs to be replaced. However, base metal alloys, such as cobalt-chromium ...

• On the use of radiography and radiation dose consideration in orthodontic treatment 

  Stervik, Christina (2021-11-25)

  The aims of this thesis were to analyse the use of radiography and radiation risk associated with orthodontic treatment. Study I measured absorbed doses to radiosensitive organs in the head and neck in an anthropomorphic ...

• Prevention and treatment of experimental peri-implantitis 

  Almohandes, Ahmed (2021-11-22)

  Peri-implantitis is a plaque-associated pathological condition occurring in tissues around dental implants. It is characterized by inflammation in the peri-implant mucosa and progressive loss of supporting bone. The aims ...

• On factors associated with development of oral squamous cell carcinoma 

  Jäwert, Fredrik (2021-11-18)

  Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has severe impacts on the affected patient’s morbidity and mortality. Early detection of OSCC is of outmost importance to reduce morbidity and to improve patient survival. A significant ...

• On dental implant failure and patient-related factors 

  Olsson Malm, Malin (2021-10-08)

  Dental implants function as anchorage for dental prostheses. In a small number of cases, osseointegration fails to establish or be maintained around the implants, but the reasons for these failures are not yet fully ...

• Effect of Probiotics on Caries-related Variables 

  Sahal, Sahal (2021-10-05)

  In relation to the caries disease, the aims of this thesis were to investigate the effect of probiotic drops on different caries-related variables in vivo (Papers I & III), on interference capability and genetic response ...

• Neutrophil recruitment in periodontal disease 

  Dahlstrand Rudin, Agnes (2021-10-01)

  Neutrophils are the first immune cells to arrive in infected or injured tissues, where they engulf microbes and clean up cell debris. Periodontitis is one of the typical symptoms of both neutropenia and defect neutrophil ...

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