Impact of Bitter Taste Threshold on Caries Experience in Relation to ABO Blood Types among Dental Students at Al Kufa University

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-118
Author(s):  
Rafeef A. Alsafi ◽  
Ban S. Diab
Keyword(s):  
Bitter Taste ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Taste Threshold ◽  
Blood Types

Caries Risk Assessment At Dental Students and its Association with Caries Experience

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 223-225
Author(s):  
Catalina Iulia Saveanu ◽  
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Lucia Barlean ◽  
Vlad Danila ◽  
Iulia Roxana Ionescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Caries Risk ◽  
Caries Risk Assessment

Human Blood Types and Dental Caries Experience

1966 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1818-1818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon E. Green ◽  
Robert M. Wilson ◽  
Norman C. Freeman
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Blood Types

Investigations on taste blindness with thiocarbamides II (1). Intra-pair discrepancy of taste in pairs of identical twins

1959 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. E. Verkade ◽  
B. M. Wepster ◽  
L. J. Stegerhoek
Keyword(s):  
Bitter Taste ◽  
Threshold Concentration ◽  
Identical Twins ◽  
The Other ◽  
Taste Threshold ◽  
Frequency Curve ◽  
Hereditary Property ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
The World

SUMMARYDuring the World Twin Congress held at Eindhoven (Netherlands) in 1957 we tested 70 pairs of identical twins for their ability to taste para-ethoxyphenylthiocarbamide (EPTC). In 2 pairs a clear intra-pair discrepancy of taste was encountered. The tests with these 2 pairs were continued weekly for about six months. The result was always the same. One member of the pair found a bitter taste even in a solution 1:320,000 of EPTC; the other member considered even a solution 1:5,000 of this compound, i.e. a solution of the «taste blindness threshold concentration», completely tasteless. The former is a «taster», the latter is a «non-taster».A similar intra-pair discrepancy in taste with regard to phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) in pairs of identical twins has been found by Ardashnikov c.s. and by Rife.The ability to taste certain thiocarbamides without doubt being a hereditary property, the discrepancy of taste found must have an exogenic cause, the nature of which is unknown.The fact in question is discussed on the basis of the well-established bimodality of the taste threshold concentration/frequency curve for thiocarbamides. It is pointed out that the «non-tasters» of the pairs of identical twins under consideration must be regarded as «crypto tasters». Their taste threshold concentration lies on the «wrong» side of the (more or less arbitrarily adopted) «taste blindness threshold concentration» (1:5,000 for EPTC and PTC).The consequences of the existence of «crypto tasters» and also «crypto non-tasters» for work in the field of genetics with the aid of appropriate thiocarbamides are briefly indicated.

scholarly journals Bitter taste threshold and bronchial obstruction in bronchial asthma

2017 ◽  
Vol 95 (9) ◽  
pp. 843-846
Author(s):  
Valerii N. Mineev ◽  
I. Yu. Supranovich ◽  
A. A. Kuzikova
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Volunteers ◽  
Potassium Chloride ◽  
Allergic Asthma ◽  
Bronchial Asthma ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Bitter Taste ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Taste Sensitivity ◽  
Bronchial Obstruction ◽  
Taste Threshold

Aim. To compare bitter taste sensitivity to potassium chloride and parameters of bronchial patency in patients with bronchial asthma (BSA). Material and methods. The study involved 40 healthy volunteers, 82 patients with allergic asthma (ABA), 48 patients with non-allergic asthma (NABA). Spirometry was conducted. The method of Robert I.Henkin et al. (1963) was used to determine the threshold of taste sensitivity to the bitter taste (potassium chloride). Results. The bitter taste threshold was significantly higher in asthmatic patients, particularly in patients with allergic variant of the disease compared to healthy volunteers. Statistically significant inverse correlations were revealed between bitter taste threshold and those volume (VC: τ=-0,306; n=43, p<0,01) and speed parameters (FEV1: τ=-0,429; n=44, p<0,01; MEF50: τ=-0,419; n=43, p<0,01; MEF75: τ=-0,460; n=44, p<0,01) that were obtained after inhalation of β2-agonist (berotec). Moreover, negative correlation (τ=-0,221, n=56, p<0,01) was documented between bitter taste threshold and blood ionized calcium level. Non-allergic BA was characterized by significant negative correlation between bitter taste threshold and initial vital capacity. Conclusion. The above findings suggest that changes in bitter taste sensitivity and disorders of bronchial patency in allergic BA may have common pathogenetic mechanisms based in accordance with modern concepts on disturbances in signal transduction systems coupled to G-proteins.

Positive association between bitter taste threshold and preference of vegetables among adolescents

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathias Hald ◽  
Minna Onat Hald ◽  
Jelena Stankovic ◽  
Andreas Steenholt Niklassen ◽  
Therese Ovesen
Keyword(s):  
Bitter Taste ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Taste Threshold

scholarly journals Oral hygiene status based on blood types of dentistry students

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Arini Puspitasari Deradjat ◽  
Marry Siti Mariam ◽  
Gilang Yubiliana
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Periodontal Disease ◽  
Oral Hygiene ◽  
Dental Health ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Blood Type ◽  
Type B ◽  
Blood Types ◽  
Hereditary Factors ◽  
Distribution Frequency

Introduction: Oral hygiene status can be measured by OHI (Oral Hygiene Index) the which is influenced by four factors: environmental, behavioral, hereditary and health services. Plaque and calculus Become an indicator of OHI, roomates poor OHI is one of the main causes of periodontal disease. Blood type as hereditary factors may be a risk factor for periodontal disease. More over, a dental health education will Affect a person’s behavior in dental and oral hygiene. The purpose of this research is to get an overview of the oral hygiene status of dental students in Padjadjaran University (Students in Regular Class 2008) based on blood types as a risk factor for periodontal disease, Methods:This study was a descriptive study with survey technique. Samples were taken with a simple purposive sampling method of 76 respondents, Results:The results Showed that the blood type O shows the best OHI-S with distribution frequency is 94.29% and the worst is blood type B with the distribution frequency is 6.25%, Conclusion: blood type O shows the best OHI-S and blood type B with the worst oral hygiene status is assume in having the biggest risk factor for periodontal disease compare to other blood types.

Propylthiouracil (PROP) - A Tool to Determine Taster Status in Relation to Caries Experience, Streptococcus Mutans Levels and Dietary Preferences in Children

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priya Verma ◽  
Vabitha Shetty ◽  
Amitha Hegde
Keyword(s):  
Dental Caries ◽  
Streptococcus Mutans ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Bitter Taste ◽  
Taste Perception ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Common Disease ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Pharmacological Management ◽  
Dietary Preferences

Purpose: Dental caries remains the single most common disease of childhood that is neither self-limiting nor amenable to short term pharmacological management. Hence, there is a need to identify and institute preventive measures for those children who are at a greater risk for developing dental caries to determine the prevalence of tasters and non tasters among the group of school aged children. To compare and contrast the prevalence of dental caries, S.mutans levels and dietary preferences in children with different genetic sensitivity levels to the bitter taste of PROP. Method: A total no of 500 children belonging to the age group of 6-12 years of both sexes were recruited from A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences in Mangalore, India. PROP sensitivity test was carried out to determine the inherent genetic ability to taste a bitter or sweet substance. Estimation of Streptococcus mutans levels were done, a questionnaire was given to evaluate their dietary habits and the caries experience was recorded. Collected data were tabulated and subjected for statistical analysis using Pearson Chi – square test of significance. Results: The results suggested that there was increase in the caries experience and S.mutans levels among the group of non tasters as compared to tasters. Tasters tended to be sweet dislikers and non tasters tended to be sweet likers. On the whole tasters had a healthier dentition as compared to non tasters. Conclusion: The PROP test proved to be a useful tool in determining the genetic sensitivity levels of bitter taste. Knowledge of an individuals taste perception can help us in identifying the children who are at higher risk for dental caries.

scholarly journals The impact of caries experience on quality of life among dental students in Iraq

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Jenan O. Almaas ◽  
Ban S. Diab
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Dental Caries ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Caries Experience ◽  
Life Domains ◽  
Third Molars ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Dental caries is generally given the highest priority in national oral health services for adult populations. Yet, there is no study which has explored the impact on quality of life specifically related to dental caries in samples of dental students. The purpose of the current study was to assess the impact of caries experience on quality of life among dental students in three governorates in Iraq. Materials and Methods: This observational study included 1364 dental students aged 18–22 years old, from three governorates. Information on quality of life was obtained from a structured, self-administered questionnaire from the students who were willing to participate in the study. The data was collected, summarized and statistically analyzed. Caries experience in the present study was determined by the Decayed- Missing Filled Surfaces (DMFS) indexed by WHO in 1997 in which all teeth were examined and all the third molars were included. Results: Regarding dental caries and the four Quality of Life domains, in each domain scores, DS component had the highest contribution to the DMFS followed by the MS component while FS components had the lowest contribution to the index. On the other hand, DMFS showed the lowest mean among the good scores of all domains and it had the highest mean among the poor type. Conclusion: The quality of life among dental students is associated with caries severity as the DMFS and its components affected different domains regarding quality of life.

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