Research Papers
The Evolution of Iliac Bone Graft Donor Site Analgesia in Cleft Patients: Transversus Abdominis Plane Block Is Safe and Efficacious.
Annals of plastic surgery • 2018 • Vol. 81 (4)
BACKGROUND: The transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block has been increasingly used as a means of abdominal wall analgesia. This study aims to determine if TAP block analgesia provides a benefit in cl…
Chibber, A; Girotto, J; Koltz, P
Implementation and Dissemination of a Department of Veterans Affairs Oral Care Initiative to Prevent Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Among Nonventilated Patients.
Nursing administration quarterly • 2018 • Vol. 42 (4)
Implementation and dissemination of an oral care initiative enhanced the safety and well-being of Veterans at the Salem VA Medical Center by reducing the risk of non-ventilator-associated hospital-ac…
Demirci, S; Farooqi, O; Greenwell, C
Stability and aging resistance of a zirconia oral implant using a carbon fiber-reinforced screw for implant-abutment connection.
Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials • 2018 • Vol. 34 (10)
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the long-term stability of a metal-free zirconia two-piece implant assembled with a carbon fiber-reinforced (CRF) screw by means of transformation propagation, potential cha…
Adolfsson, E; Bagegni, A; Doerken, S
Medication-Induced Xerostomia and Hyposalivation in the Elderly: Culprits, Complications, and Management.
Drugs & aging • 2018 • Vol. 35 (10)
Medication-induced xerostomia and hyposalivation will increasingly become oral health issues for older and geriatric patients because of the likely high prevalence of medication intake and polypharma…
Barbe, A
Periodontal complications of hyperglycemia/diabetes mellitus: Epidemiologic complexity and clinical challenge.
Periodontology 2000 • 2018 • Vol. 78 (1)
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the adverse effects of hyperglycemia on the periodontium. It combines data from literature reviews of original data from two large, population-based e…
Borgnakke, W; Kocher, T; Konig, J
Periodontal complications with obesity.
Periodontology 2000 • 2018 • Vol. 78 (1)
The purpose of this paper was to identify and summarize current evidence describing periodontal complications associated with obesity. Electronic searches supplemented with manual searches were carri…
D'Aiuto, F; Finer, N; Suvan, J
Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 Associated With Lyophilized Bovine Bone in Reconstruction of Atrophic Maxilla.
The Journal of craniofacial surgery • 2018 • Vol. 29 (7)
Cases of severely atrophic edentulous maxilla require reconstruction techniques employing bone grafts to promote adequate bone dimension for the successful placement of dental implants for prosthetic…
Fritscher, G; Heitz, C; Pagnoncelli, R
Dental Implant Therapy on a Patient With von Willebrand Disease: A Case Study.
Implant dentistry • 2018 • Vol. 27 (5)
BACKGROUND: Von Willebrand disease (vWD) is the most common hereditary disorder affecting coagulation. Patients with this disorder are at a higher risk of postoperative complications after dental sur…
Kang, M; Kang, P
Periodontal Diseases and Traumatic Dental Injuries in the Pediatric Population.
Pediatric clinics of North America • 2018 • Vol. 65 (5)
This article provides an overview of periodontal diseases and traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) in children and adolescents, which are serious public health problems worldwide. Periodontal diseases, i…
Almeida, T; Castonguay, G; Madathil, S
Preventing Oral Disease: Alternative Providers and Places to Address This Commonplace Condition.
Pediatric clinics of North America • 2018 • Vol. 65 (5)
Oral health disease in young children has not decreased, despite adequate modalities for treatment and prevention. Because many children may not see a dentist before oral disease has begun, disease p…
Fisher-Owens, S; Mertz, E
A Developmental Approach to Pediatric Oral Health.
Pediatric clinics of North America • 2018 • Vol. 65 (5)
Orofacial growth and development is a complex process spanning the life course. This article provides an oral health overview in the context of overall growth, physical and social development from in…
Pahel, B; Quinonez, R; Rowan-Legg, A
Infant Oral Health.
Pediatric clinics of North America • 2018 • Vol. 65 (5)
It may be easy to discount oral health in infancy because most infants are not born with teeth and only a few teeth erupt during the first year of life. Infancy, however, is a critical time for forma…
Brecher, E; Lewis, C
Orthodontics in Children and Impact of Malocclusion on Adolescents' Quality of Life.
Pediatric clinics of North America • 2018 • Vol. 65 (5)
Orthodontics is the dental specialty concerned with the position of teeth and the relationship between the maxilla and mandible. Much evidence regarding the characteristics of normal occlusion during…
Abreu, L
Camrelizumab for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a new hope?
The Lancet. Oncology • 2018 • Vol. 19 (10)
Kwong, D
Applicability of Willems methods and Demirjian's four teeth method for dental age estimation: Cross sectional study on Tunisian sub-adults.
Forensic science international • 2018 • Vol. 291
This study aims to evaluate and compare the applicability of three dental methods for age estimation, including Demirjian's four teeth, Willems I, and Willems II methods in a sample of Tunisian child…
Aissaoui, A; Ben Daya, M; Bouanene, I
Correlation between Human Papillomavirus Status and Quantitative MR Imaging Parameters including Diffusion-Weighted Imaging and Texture Features in Oropharyngeal Carcinoma.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology • 2018 • Vol. 39 (10)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The incidence of Oropharyngeal Squampus Cell Carcinoma (OPSCC) cases is increasing especially in the Western countries due to the spreading of human papilloma virus (HPV) infe…
Agazzi, G; Battocchio, S; Buglione di Monale E Bastia, M
Topical benzydamine for preventing postoperative sore throat.
Anaesthesia • 2018 • Vol. 73 (10)
Makkar, J; Singh, N; Singh, P
Adjuvant radiation for T1-2N1 oral cavity cancer survival outcomes and utilization treatment trends: Analysis of the SEER database.
Oral oncology • 2018 • Vol. 85
OBJECTIVE: Evaluate current practice patterns in the use of adjuvant radiation for T1-2N1 OCSCC patients and investigate its efficacy in the population-based setting. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This stud…
Buchmann, L; Cannon, D; Cannon, R
Temporal lobe injury patterns following intensity modulated radiotherapy in a large cohort of nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients.
Oral oncology • 2018 • Vol. 85
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the correlation between dose-volume-histograms (DVHs) with three patterns (edema, enhancement, and necrosis) of temporal lobe injury (TLI) in patients receiving intensity modul…
Chang, H; Deng, X; Ge, Y
Cleft Care: Intraoral 3D Scanning.
The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association • 2018 • Vol. 55 (9)
Radojicic, J