Research Papers
A systematic review of the clinical survival of zirconia implants.
Clinical oral investigations • 2016 • Vol. 20 (7)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review was to evaluate the clinical success and survival rates of zirconia ceramic implants after at least 1 year of function and to assess if there is sufficient evidence…
Cionca, N; Courvoisier, D; Hashim, D
Does self-efficacy mediate the effect of oral health literacy on self-rated oral health in an Indigenous population?
Journal of public health dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 76 (4)
OBJECTIVES: Mediation analyses are critical to understanding why behavioral interventions work. Health literacy is a known mediator between socio-economic factors, health behavior and oral health out…
Brennan, D; Jamieson, L; Jones, K
Nasal Septal Anatomy in Skeletally Mature Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate.
JAMA facial plastic surgery • 2016 • Vol. 18 (5)
IMPORTANCE: Septal deviation commonly occurs in patients with cleft lip and palate (CLP); however, the contribution of the cartilaginous and bony septum to airway obstruction in skeletally mature pat…
Alperovich, M; Flores, R; Massie, J
Bond strength of a new generation of universal bonding systems to zirconia ceramic.
Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials • 2016 • Vol. 62
The purpose of this laboratory study was to evaluate the tensile bond strength of a new generation of universal bonding systems to zirconia ceramic and to compare the results with the bond strength o…
Kern, M; Lehmann, F; Mitsias, M
Is the Tunnel Technique More Effective Than Open Augmentation With a Titanium-Reinforced Polytetrafluoroethylene Membrane for Horizontal Ridge Augmentation?
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2016 • Vol. 74 (9)
PURPOSE: Studies have shown that horizontal ridge augmentation with a nonresorbable membrane is subject to a relatively frequent occurrence of dehiscence and loss of the graft. This study was designe…
Carrico, C; Deeb, G; Deeb, J
Hydrochlorothiazide Use and Skin Cancer: A Mohs Surgeon's Concern.
Dermatologic surgery : official publication for American Society for Dermatologic Surgery [et al.] • 2016 • Vol. 42 (9)
Cognetta, A; Heinrichs, E; Wolfe, C
Minor salivary glands function is decreased in hyposalivation-related diseases.
Archives of oral biology • 2016 • Vol. 69
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the relationship between minor salivary gland (MSG) flow rates and oral dryness degrees in patients with xerostomia induced by pri…
Hong, X; Hua, H; Li, W
Bilateral transcervical submandibular gland excision for drooling: A study of the mature scar and long-term effects.
European journal of paediatric neurology : EJPN : official journal of the European Paediatric Neurology Society • 2016 • Vol. 20 (5)
AIM: Several surgical techniques are available to treat drooling in neurologically disabled children and adolescents, with bilateral submandibular gland excision being the only transcervical procedur…
Delsing, C; Honings, J; van den Hoogen, F
Patients' perspective on the impact of sentinel node biopsy in oral cancer treatment.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology • 2016 • Vol. 122 (3)
OBJECTIVE: Assessment of the impact of a sentinel node biopsy (SNB)-based strategy in cT1/T2 N0 oral cancer on the course of health related quality of life, psychological distress, and shoulder disab…
de Bree, R; Flach, G; Klop, W
Pre-surgical assessment of mandibular bone invasion from oral cancer: comparison between different imaging techniques and relevance of radiologist expertise.
La Radiologia medica • 2016 • Vol. 121 (9)
PURPOSE: To compare diagnostic performance between computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the detection of bone infiltration from oral cancer, and to test interobserver agr…
Chiari, G; Lanfranco, D; Manna, C
New prediction models for dental age estimation in Thai children and adolescents.
Forensic science international • 2016 • Vol. 266
The aims of this study were to develop new prediction models for dental age estimation and to test the accuracy of the resulting models in comparison with the Demirjian et al. and the Willems et al. …
Duangto, P; Iamaroon, A; Janhom, A
Impact of South Carolina's Medicaid fluoride varnish reimbursement policy on children's receipt of fluoride varnish in medical and dental settings.
Journal of public health dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 76 (4)
OBJECTIVE: We estimated the effect of South Carolina's (SC) Medicaid fluoride varnish (FV) reimbursement policy on children's receipt of fluoride varnish in medical (MFV) and dental (DFV) settings. M…
Hardin, J; L Hale, N; Martin, A
Is There a Role for PET/CT Parameters to Characterize Benign, Malignant, and Metastatic Parotid Tumors?
AJR. American journal of roentgenology • 2016 • Vol. 207 (3)
OBJECTIVE: Assessment of benign and malignant lesions of the parotid gland, including metastatic lesions, is challenging with current imaging methods. Fluorine-18 FDG PET/CT is a noninvasive imaging …
Corey, A; El-Deiry, M; Galt, J
Effect of botulinum toxin treatment on quality of life in patients with isolated lingual dystonia and oromandibular dystonia affecting the tongue.
Journal of neurology • 2016 • Vol. 263 (9)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of botulinum toxin (BoNT) treatment on the quality of life (QoL) for patients with prominent lingual dystonia (LD) using a disease-specific que…
Catania, S; Mostile, G; Nastasi, L
Two variations of congenital epulis.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition • 2016 • Vol. 101 (5)
Pay, A; Rajendran, G; Roehr, C
High performance liquid chromatography determination of dexamethasone in plasma to evaluate its systemic absorption following intra-space pterygomandibular injection of twin-mix (mixture of 2 % lignocaine with 1:200,000 epinephrine and 4 mg dexamethasone): randomized control trial.
Oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2016 • Vol. 20 (3)
PURPOSE: To determine systemic absorption of dexamethasone by detection of plasma concentration using high performance liquid chromatography following its administration along with local anesthetic a…
Bhargava, D; Deshpande, A; Dubey, S
Fever of Unknown Origin, Allergy to Titanium, and Hallux Valgus Surgery.
The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons • 2016 • Vol. 55 (5)
Brambilla, L; Ferrucci, S; Guzzi, G
A Minimal DNA Methylation Signature in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma Links Altered Methylation with Tumor Attributes.
Molecular cancer research : MCR • 2016 • Vol. 14 (9)
Oral tongue squamous cell carcinomas (OTSCC) are a homogenous group of aggressive tumors in the head and neck region that spread early to lymph nodes and have a higher incidence of regional failure. …
Bagwan, J; Dhas, K; Kekatpure, V
TMJ Imaging: Bridging the Gap.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2016 • Vol. 74 (9)
Omami, G
The Efficacy of Diquafosol Ophthalmic Solution in Non-Sjogren and Sjogren Syndrome Dry Eye Patients Unresponsive to Artificial Tear.
Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics • 2016 • Vol. 32 (7)
PURPOSE: This study evaluates the efficacy of 3% diquafosol tetrasodium ophthalmic solution in Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and non-SS dry eye patients unresponsive to conventional artificial tear. METHOD…
Hyon, J; Jeon, H