Research Papers
Supporting dental registrants in difficulty: the service provided by postgraduate dental education teams.
British dental journal • 2016 • Vol. 220 (9)
The number of dental registrants in difficulty (DRiDs) has increased significantly in recent years and the General Dental Council or National Health Service organisations tasked with the management o…
Agius, S; Macfarlane, J; Pearce, M
Impact of oral health on health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study.
BMC oral health • 2016 • Vol. 16 (1)
BACKGROUND: Despite the consensus regarding the existence of a relationship between "impacts on oral health" and "health-related quality of life", this relationship, considering the latent nature of …
Campos, J; Maroco, J; Zucoloto, M
Restricted diversity of dental calculus methanogens over five centuries, France.
Scientific reports • 2016 • Vol. 6
Methanogens are acknowledged archaeal members of modern dental calculus microbiota and dental pathogen complexes. Their repertoire in ancient dental calculus is poorly known. We therefore investigate…
Aboudharam, G; Audoly, G; Drancourt, M
Using intervention mapping to develop a home-based parental-supervised toothbrushing intervention for young children.
Implementation science : IS • 2016 • Vol. 11
BACKGROUND: Dental caries in young children is a major public health problem impacting on the child and their family in terms of pain, infection and substantial financial burden on healthcare funders…
Aliakbari, E; Day, P; Gray-Burrows, K
Comparison of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy in Low Vacuum or wet mode for the investigation of cell biomaterial interactions.
Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis • 2016 • Vol. 87 (1)
AIM: The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM), in low vacuum mode (LV-ESEM) and in wet mode (wet-ESEM) in the assessment of ce…
Di Blasio, A; Galli, C; Lorenzi, A
Significance bias: an empirical evaluation of the oral health literature.
BMC oral health • 2016 • Vol. 16 (1)
BACKGROUND: The tendency to selectively report "significant" statistical results (file-drawers effect) or run selective analyses to achieve "significant" results (data-dredging) has been observed in …
Gakonyo, J; Kagereki, E; Simila, H
Four synchronous cancers in a patient with tongue pain as the only symptom.
BMJ case reports • 2016 • Vol. 2016
Synchronous carcinomas may be present in up to 6% of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and thus may represent a significant factor in the disease burden. This case report il…
Heidemann, L; Johansen, J; Larsen, S
Storkhead box 2 and melanoma inhibitory activity promote oral squamous cell carcinoma progression.
Oncotarget • 2016 • Vol. 7 (18)
BACKGROUND: Storkhead box protein 2 (STOX2) is a transcriptional factor associated with pre-eclampsia with fetal growth restriction. We recently reported that melanoma inhibitory activity (MIA) promo…
Bosserhoff, A; Fujiwara, R; Kirita, T
Lamotrigine use in pregnancy and risk of orofacial cleft and other congenital anomalies.
Neurology • 2016 • Vol. 86 (18)
OBJECTIVE: To test previous signals of a risk of orofacial cleft (OC) and clubfoot with exposure to the antiepileptic lamotrigine, and to investigate risk of other congenital anomalies (CA). METHODS:…
Addor, M; Arriola, L; Bakker, M
Effect of surface roughness on the hydrophobicity of a denture-base acrylic resin and Candida albicans colonization.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 7 (2)
AIM: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of surface roughness (roughness average [Ra] mum) on the hydrophobicity of a denture-base acrylic resin and the initial adherence and biof…
de Foggi, C; Fernandes, D; Machado, A
Validation of Persian rapid estimate of adult literacy in dentistry.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 7 (2)
AIM: The aim of the present study was to establish the psychometric properties of the Rapid Estimate of adult Literacy in Dentistry-99 (REALD-99) in the Persian language for use in an Iranian populat…
Fridlund, B; Lawson, D; Pakpour, A
Mechanical reduction of the intracanal Enterococcus faecalis population by Hyflex CM, K3XF, ProTaper Next, and two manual instrument systems: an in vitro comparative study.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 7 (2)
AIM: In the present study, the effectiveness of three rotary and two manual nickel titanium instrument systems on mechanical reduction of the intracanal Enterococcus faecalis population was evaluated…
Alam, S; Ali, S; Andrabi, S
Does the presence of an unerupted lower third molar influence the risk of mandibular angle and condylar fractures?
International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery • 2016 • Vol. 45 (5)
It has been suggested that unerupted lower third molars (M3) increase the fragility of the mandibular angle and simultaneously decrease the risk of condylar fracture. However, it is unknown whether t…
Antic, S; Djuric, M; Filipovic, N
Trismus, xerostomia and nutrition status in nasopharyngeal carcinoma survivors treated with radiation.
European journal of cancer care • 2016 • Vol. 25 (3)
The aims of the study were to: (1) examine levels of trismus, xerostomia and nutritional status; (2) compare levels of trismus, xerostomia and nutritional status in patients with nasopharyngeal carci…
Chen, S; Chen, Y; Chiang, C
Acoustic parameters of speech: Lack of correlation with perceptual and questionnaire-based speech evaluation in patients with oral and oropharyngeal cancer treated with primary surgery.
Head & neck • 2016 • Vol. 38 (5)
BACKGROUND: Acoustic evaluation of speech is the least explored method of speech evaluation in patients with oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer. The purpose of this study was to explore acoustic pa…
Chisholm, E; Clarke, P; Dwivedi, R
Comparison of chemiluminescence and toluidine blue in the diagnosis of dysplasia in leukoplakia: a cross-sectional study.
Journal of investigative and clinical dentistry • 2016 • Vol. 7 (2)
AIMS: The early diagnosis and treatment of oral cancer at a potentially-malignant stage would reduce morbidity and improve the survival rates and quality of life of patients. Leukoplakia is the most …
Ashwatappa, D; Chaudhry, A; Krishna, A
Loss of GDF10/BMP3b as a prognostic marker collaborates with TGFBR3 to enhance chemotherapy resistance and epithelial-mesenchymal transition in oral squamous cell carcinoma.
Molecular carcinogenesis • 2016 • Vol. 55 (5)
Growth differentiation factor-10 (GDF10), commonly referred as BMP3b, is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily. GDF10/BMP3b has been considered as a tumor suppressor,…
Chang, I; Chang, J; Chen, C
Incidence of headaches related to occlusion and bite force imbalance: a case study.
Cranio : the journal of craniomandibular practice • 2016 • Vol. 34 (3)
AIMS: The purpose of this case report is to share an incidence where a bite force imbalance and occlusal interferences contributed to chronic daily headaches. METHODS: A TekScan digital occlusal anal…
Sutter, B
Stability of implants placed in fresh sockets versus healed alveolar sites: Early findings.
Clinical oral implants research • 2016 • Vol. 27 (5)
OBJECTIVES: The present study measured implant stability quotient (ISQ) values at three different time points after surgical procedures to compare whether the stability values differed between implan…
da Silva Neto, U; Gehrke, S; Giro, G
The influence of sinus membrane thickness upon membrane perforation during lateral window sinus augmentation.
Clinical oral implants research • 2016 • Vol. 27 (5)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate: (1) sinus membrane thickness in patients receiving lateral window sinus augmentation via cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and (2) the influence of Schneiderian membran…
Lin, Y; Wang, H; Wen, S