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C Nakamura

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Anxiety and dental caries.

It is accepted that emotional stress causes various kinds of degenerative physiological changes. We have assumed that it is important to study the relationship between anxiety and dental caries. Anxiety and personality of children were investigated and oral examinations and questionnaires about their life style were performed. There was statistically a significant relationship between dental caries and anxiety which may be overridden by keeping regular hours. To prevent dental caries, we conclude that more attention should be paid to psychosomatic responses which may cause dental caries.

Activities of Daily Living↗

Prevention of dental caries by acupuncture.

By acupuncture stimulation (at the Chinese meridian point), the total number of oral Streptococci and the caries-pathogenic bacteria, Streptococcus mutans, in the rats were decreased. The anti-RC-20 (Streptococcus mutans) titer of the rat serum increased as the result of acupuncture stimulation. Rat caries induced by a caries induced by a caries-inducing diet (6-PWV) was reduced by acupuncture stimulation.

Acupuncture Therapy↗