Bruxism, a common oral para-functional activity recognized by the grinding of teeth or jaw clenching during the sleep and awaking and it causes different problem to the oral system which include the pain in jaws, teeth damage (dental problem), facial pain etc. This cross sectional study was conducted among the undergraduate students at BUITEMS.The participants included in this study were selected randomly from different departments keeping the sample size 200. Study was conducted with the help of a self-developed

validated questionnaire designed to find information about bruxism and its association with stress. Data from this study revealed that etiological factor of bruxism in term of stress were evident more in the self-reported Bruxists which was found to be (69%) in females undergraduates as compared to (42%) in males that had prominent dental fractures.

What is caffeine? This is a basic question which most probably everyone knows upto a certain extent.

Caffeine is a CNS stimulant. It is also known as a “double edged sword”. We all consume coffee, soda, energy drinks like redbull which contains caffeine in considerable quantities. Caffeine is highly useful in small amounts, they are also used in the medicines too.

Moderate amount is considered as safe. Now being a dentist I want to focus particularly in the impact of the caffeine to the oral cavity. Knowing this it will help the readers to restrict how much caffeine we can consume each day

Over the last 50 years, numerous studies have been conducted to demonstrate the relationship between Periodontal Disease (PD) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Both these diseases share a similar pathophysiology in that they are immune related and the severity of one affects the outcomes of the other. DM and PD are both chronic diseases, which mostly affects the elderly and if left untreated can have deleterious effects on the standard of living. The exact mechanism by which DM affects the periodontium is not clear but it is thought that DM alters the harmonious oral environment making it more suitable for the growth of gram-negative bacteria. In this information on oral microbiota associated with DM, periodontal infection and systemic inflammation associated with DM, effects of DM on PD and the treatment of PD associated with DM are presented.

A total of 505 patients in general practice were asked to respond to a list of 25 obligatory nourishments for a child while going to have the first teeth, for its effectiveness in dealing with patient’s periodontal health especially include chewing hard food. They were also asked to select the three effective nutrition for periodontal tissue. The indicts of patient perceived importance of the periodontal health were derived and each compared with actual effectiveness as determined from a sample of 250 patient’s opinion.

Although the majority of patient’s 18 of 25 nutritions as being very effective, there was no significant association with patient perceived nourishment effectiveness and actual effectiveness. The implications for patient training are discussed.