Mihajlo Petrovski

With adequate oral health knowledge, dental medicine students can act as role models for their patients in improving the oral health condition for the general population. We know that except using dental brush and tooth paste there are a lot of other additional supplements. The aim of this research was to assess the usage of these additional supplements among the students of dental medicine. For realizing the aim a questionnaire with adequate questions was made. The questionnaire was answered by total number of 137 dental medicine students at our university. Results showed that 74.25 % from the students use additional supplements. Most of them, 66.26% use dental floss, 16.12% of them use interdental brushes, and just 8.2 % use both of them. 67.64 % from the students are using mouthwash solutions. Most of the students that use mouthwash solution also use interdental brushes or dental floss. We can conclude that more than a two-third of the students are using additional supplements for maintaining adequate oral hygiene. This is very important because most of them will be dental professionals in the future, so they can help educating their patients maintaining their adequate oral hygiene

Introduction: The first permanent molars heve thebiggesth dental morbidity and mortality of all permanent teeth. The main aim was to evaluate of the most common dental problems and procedures that are performed on the first permanent molars. Material and method: examination was performed in three private dental offices, two from urban and one from rural region, over a period of 2 years.The data was obtained by using dental charts from the patients and by the ambulatory register for performed interventions. Total number of interventions of the remaining teeth was detected, which interventions are most performed and and which of the four first permanent molars have the highest morbidity. Results: on the first permanent molars were made 10.98% from the total number of interventions. 61.33 %of the subjects possessed all four first permanent molars . The left mandibular molar has the highest number of interventions performed from all first permanent molars. the most common reason for dental interventions on the first permanent molar is caries and its complications. Conclusion: In a very small number of subjects all first permanent molars were not affected by any disease. Removal of caries is the most common dental intervention on the first permanent molars.