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have shown that Antibiotics have been increasingly less effective when treating staph infection or also known as MRSA. [show pic of MRSA] 2. Sub point: According to Aslantaş, Ö., & Demir, C. (2016). “Investigation of the antibiotic resistance and biofilm-forming ability of Staphylococcus aureus from subclinical bovine mastitis cases” they point out, “ In our study, Staph. aureus isolates showed higher rate of resistance to penicillin (45.5%)”…

An infection that involves the urethra, uterus, kidney and bladder is considered to be a urinary tract infection, or UTI (CDC, 2015). Normally, bacteria do not live in those areas, but if the bacterium does come in contact with those areas, an infection will occur. Symptoms of a urinary tract infection include burning sensations, pain in the lower abdomen, an increase in the frequency of urination and occasionally bloody urine. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

It is a commensal organism that can also be pathogenic if its ecological niches’ such as body’s defense system (skin, mucosal layers) is being damaged by any invasive external force where it can be introduced into the body tissues. S. Aureus forms biofilms on the hosts’ defense surfaces making it able to persist in its course of actions and evade the hosts’ antimicrobial…

This essay aims to discuss a patient case scenario based on the information provided as well as existing literature on oral health. Ben, a 15-year-old adolescent patient, presented at the AIH clinic for the first time for an oral examination. He mentions having pain in certain areas while eating sweets, and he also states that he has not visited an Oral Health Practitioner in 3 years. A good starting point for assessing and managing individual patients’ situation is by obtaining a good medical…

Oral Hygiene Aids AbdulJabar Ali Almani 17 oct, 2016 M011442005 Alwaleed2016@yahoo.com Oral hygiene is a tool used to clean teeth and mouth from dental plaque (material alba) to get excellent hygiene. Gingivitis, periodontitis, caries and halitosis are the most common problems will be formed if not that occur if oral hygiene instructions are not followed . In addition, visit dental clinics twice a year There are many types of oral hygiene aids for home care Dental floss Dental floss is the…

Periodontal diseases generally refer to common inflammatory disorders known as gingivitis and periodontitis, which are caused by a pathogenic microbiota in the subgingival biofilm that trigger an inflammatory response that activate the immune system. Biochemical mediators are biologically active compound, released by the immune cells as a response of the body to eliminate pathogenic bacteria when the periodontium is infected. These mediators responsible to initiate the inflammatory response are…

Since the mid-1960s, dental implants have been successfully used to treat edentulous patients, with a survival rate higher than 90% after 15 years.1 In the last decades, several physical and chemical treatments of the titanium surface improved its biocompatibility, in terms of both biosafety and biofunctionality. The good clinical performance of an implant depends on osseointegration, i.e. the formation of an effective interface between implant and bone, and gingival attachment, which occurs…

Urinary tract infections (UTI) still cause significant morbidity in patients with spinal cord injury, although mortality due to urinary tract complications has decreased dramatically (1). Patients with spinal cord injurie (SCI) and complete or incomplete paraplegia are prone to frequent, recurrent or chronic UTI. The reason for the increased risk of acquiring UTI is multifactorial, including reduced sensation of classical UTI symptoms, incomplete bladder emptying, frequent catheterizations or…

substance on the disk likely caused the bacteria to die. In the case of cinnamon, one reason it may have stopped bacterial growth is due to cinnamon bark oil and the bioactive phytochemicals cinnamaldehyde and eugenol, which significantly decrease biofilm formation of E. coli bacteria (Kim et al.) As shown in Figure 1, this effect of cinnamon is supported by a 4 mm zone of inhibition around the disk containing the cinnamon solution. Although cinnamon is shown to have antimicrobial properties, it…