Research Papers
Trends in income-related inequality in untreated caries among children in the United States: findings from NHANES I, NHANES III, and NHANES 1999-2004.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology • 2015 • Vol. 43 (6)
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this analysis was to describe income-related inequality in untreated caries among children in the United States over time. METHODS: The analysis focuses on children ages 2-12 y…
Capurro, D; Chattopadhyay, A; Garcia, I
The Impact of Orthognathic Surgery on Facial Expressions.
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons • 2015 • Vol. 73 (12)
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of orthognathic surgical correction of facial asymmetry and maxillary hypoplasia on the magnitude and pattern of facial expressions. PATIENTS…
Al-Anezi, T; Al-Hiyali, A; Almuzian, M
Minimum intervention dentistry approach to managing early childhood caries: a randomized control trial.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology • 2015 • Vol. 43 (6)
OBJECTIVES: A pragmatic randomized control trial was undertaken to compare the minimum intervention dentistry (MID) approach, based on the atraumatic restorative treatment procedures (MID-ART: Test),…
Arrow, P; Klobas, E
Dental caries, fluorosis, and oral health behavior of children from Herat, Afghanistan.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology • 2015 • Vol. 43 (6)
OBJECTIVE: Decades of conflict, poverty, and dysfunctional public services have affected people's health in Afghanistan. To estimate treatment needs and guide health initiatives, epidemiologic data a…
Doost, F; Hopfenmuller, W; Meyer-Lueckel, H
Parental age and the risk of isolated cleft lip: a registry-based study.
Annals of epidemiology • 2015 • Vol. 25 (12)
PURPOSE: An increasing number of children in high-income countries have older parents. Several studies have suggested that pregnancy outcomes including cleft lip (CL) are associated with high parenta…
Berg, E; Haaland, O; Lie, R
Eosinophilia associated with disease exacerbations in a patient with pyostomatitis vegetans.
The British journal of dermatology • 2015 • Vol. 173 (6)
Hodgson, T; Shephard, M; Venda Nova, C
Reporting quality of randomised controlled trials published in prosthodontic and implantology journals.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2015 • Vol. 42 (12)
The purpose of this study was to examine the reporting quality of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in prosthodontic and implantology journals. Thirty issues of nine journals in prosthodo…
Doulis, I; Kloukos, D; Pandis, N
Rechargeable dental adhesive with calcium phosphate nanoparticles for long-term ion release.
Journal of dentistry • 2015 • Vol. 43 (12)
OBJECTIVES: The tooth-resin bond is the weak link of restoration, with secondary caries as a main reason for failure. Calcium phosphate-containing resins are promising for remineralization; however, …
Fouad, A; Hack, G; Weir, M
Down-regulation of prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) by Slug promotes metastasis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
The Journal of pathology • 2015 • Vol. 237 (4)
Distant metastasis and local recurrence are still the major causes for failure of treatment in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), making it urgent to further elicit the molecular mechanism…
Chen, M; Deng, W; Kang, T
Long-term outcomes of the use of allogeneic, radiation-sterilised bone blocks in reconstruction of the atrophied alveolar ridge in the maxilla and mandible.
Cell and tissue banking • 2015 • Vol. 16 (4)
Increasingly dental surgeons face the challenge of reconstruction of the height and/or thickness of the alveolar ridge as more and more patients wish to have permanent restoration of their dental def…
Fiedor, P; Kaminski, A; Krasny, K
Stress Distribution in Bone and Implants in Mandibular 6-Implant-Supported Cantilevered Fixed Prosthesis: A 3D Finite Element Study.
Implant dentistry • 2015 • Vol. 24 (6)
PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to evaluate by a 3-dimensional finite element analysis the load transmission to periimplant bone by a framework supported by 6 implants placed in an edentulous m…
Fernandes, A; Herekar, M; Mulani, S
High mobility group box 1 serum levels are increased in Behcet's disease, but not associated with disease activity or disease manifestations.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) • 2015 • Vol. 54 (12)
OBJECTIVES: High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a nuclear protein that acts as an alarmin when released into the extracellular milieu. HMGB1 is a biomarker of active disease in several systemic auto…
Andrade, L; Bijl, M; de Franca, N
Prognostic Significance of Lymph Node Density in Patients with Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Annals of surgical oncology • 2015 • Vol. 22 Suppl 3
BACKGROUND: Lymph node density (LND) is more useful than the TNM classification in predicting survival after surgery for many cancers. The purpose of this study was to clarify independent prognostic …
Cho, K; Joo, Y; Kim, M
Oral mucosal lesions' impact on oral health-related quality of life in preschool children.
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology • 2015 • Vol. 43 (6)
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions and their impact on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in children aged 5 years. METHODS: A sample of …
Barros, A; Correa, M; Demarco, F
Dark/light transition and vigilance states modulate jaw-closing muscle activity level in mice.
Neuroscience research • 2015 • Vol. 101
Bruxism is associated with an increase in the activity of the jaw-closing muscles during sleep and wakefulness. However, the changes in jaw-closing muscle activity across states of vigilance over a 2…
Baba, K; Ikawa, Y; Ikeda, M
Delivery of Apical Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Root Canals of Mature Teeth.
Journal of dental research • 2015 • Vol. 94 (12)
Regenerative endodontic procedures are stem cell-based treatments for immature teeth with pulp necrosis. The translation of regenerative endodontic procedures into treating mature teeth depends, amon…
Chrepa, V; Daniel, B; Diogenes, A
Effects of allergic rhinitis and desloratadine on the submandibular gland in a rat allergy model.
International forum of allergy & rhinology • 2015 • Vol. 5 (12)
BACKGROUND: Allergic rhinitis (AR) and antihistamine usage can cause xerostomia. The study aims to examine if AR, antihistamines, and the use of antihistamines in AR have histopathological effects on…
Halici, Z; Parlak, S; Polat, E
Two mandibular surgical ciliated cysts after Le Fort I osteotomy and genioplasty.
The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery • 2015 • Vol. 53 (10)
A surgical ciliated cyst is a locally aggressive lesion that usually develops as a delayed complication many years after the initial operation, and we know of few reports of its development after ort…
Cai, M; Lu, X; Shen, G
Perspectives on next steps in classification of oro-facial pain - part 1: role of ontology.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2015 • Vol. 42 (12)
The purpose of this study was to review existing principles of oro-facial pain classifications and to specify design recommendations for a new system that would reflect recent insights in biomedical …
Ceusters, W; Durham, J; Michelotti, A
Fabricating an Accurate Implant Master Cast: A Technique Report.
Journal of prosthodontics : official journal of the American College of Prosthodontists • 2015 • Vol. 24 (8)
The technique for fabricating an accurate implant master cast following the 12-week healing period after Teeth in a Day(R) dental implant surgery is detailed. The clinical, functional, and esthetic d…
Alfano, S; Balshi, S; Balshi, T