Deciduous teeth health and oral health behavior aged 5 year old children in Hainan Province during 2005-2015 / 中国学校卫生

Objective@#To evaluate ten year changes in deciduous teeth health and oral health behavior aged 5 year old children in Hainan province (during the year of 2005-2015), to provide basis for oral health promotion among 5 year old children in Hainan province.@*Methods@#Through the comparison and analysis of the third and the fourth national oral health epidemiology survey,changes of dental caries prevalence rate, dietary habit, oral health behavior, and health seeking behavior were analyzed.@*Results@#The prevalence of dental caries in 2005 was 76.1%, 2015 was 82.3% which had significant difference(χ2=6.23，P<0.05), the percentage of consuming sugary food and sweet drinks every day in 2005 was 13.4% and 6.1%, which increased to 30.0% and 7.4% respectively in 2015. The percentage of drinking milk and yoghurt with sugar was 47.6%, which decreased 36.5% in 2015 (χ2=12.76，P<0.05), the percentage of consuming sugary food and sweet drinks before going to bed in 2005 was17.8%, which decreased to 13.3% in 2015 (χ2=32.27，P<0.05). The percentage of brushing the teeth two or more times a day was 16.9%, which increased to 24.2% in 2015(χ2=20.50，P<0.05). The percentage of using fluoridated toothpaste decreased from 31.7% (2005) to 7.4% (2015) (χ2=229.13，P<0.05). No need to treatment for baby teeth and afraid of pain among children were the main reason for no health-seeking among parents which children of dental health problems,which deffered significantly between 2005 and 2015(χ2=6.05，9.34，P<0.05).@*Conclusion@#Children’s oral health behavior improved, while eating habits fluoridated toothpaste usage and health seeking behavior remain poor.Health education on child oral health should be strengthened.

A remarkable thermosensitive hydrogel cross-linked by two inorganic nanoparticles with opposite charges.

Herein, we report the successful synthesis of a series of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPA)/layered double hydroxides (LDHs)/nano-hydroxyapatite (nano-HA) hydrogels via in-situ radical polymerization. The internal morphology, thermo sensitivity, rheological properties, swelling behavior and hemocompatibility of the PNIPA/LDHs/HA composite hydrogels were systematically investigated. Results show that the hydrogels had a reversible sol-gel transformation around 33 °C. Interactions between the positively charged LDHs and negatively charged nano-HA particles created a highly porous hydrogel network. The composite hydrogels exhibited excellent hemocompatibility, incredible mechanical toughness and reversible swelling/deswelling behavior. To our knowledge, this is the first reported study to use two types of inorganic nanoparticle with opposing charges as hydrogel crosslinking agents. Based on its properties, we expect this hydrogel has broad applications potential in tissue engineering, drug delivery and biosensor development.

Photoelectrochemical immunosensor for methylated RNA detection based on g-C3N4/CdS quantum dots heterojunction and Phos-tag-biotin.

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is an enigmatic and abundant internal modification in eukaryotic messenger RNA (mRNA), which could affect various aspects of RNA metabolism and mRNA translation. Herein, a novel photoelectrochemical (PEC) immunosensor was constructed for m6A detection based on the inhibition of Cu2+ to the photoactivity of g-C3N4/CdS quantum dots (g-C3N4/CdS) heterojunction, where g-C3N4/CdS heterojunction was used as photoactive material, anti-m6A antibody as recognition unit for m6A-containing RNA, Phos-tag-biotin as link unit and avidin functionalized CuO as PEC signal indicator. When CuO was captured on electrode through biotin-avidin affinity reaction and then treated with HCl, Cu2+ could be released and CuxS would be formed based on the selective interaction between CdS and Cu2+, leading the photocurrent obviously decreased. Under the optimal detection conditions, the PEC biosensor displayed a linear range of 0.01-10nM and a low detection limit of 3.53 pM for methylated RNA determination. Furthermore, the developed method could also be used to detect the expression level of m6A methylated RNA in serum samples of breast cancer patient before and after operative treatment. The proposed assay strategy has a great potential for detecting the expression methylation level of RNA in real sample.