Research Papers
The face, the future, and dental practice: how research in craniofacial biology will influence patient care.
Australian dental journal • 2014 • Vol. 59 Suppl 1
It has been a privilege to assemble a group of Australian and international researchers to produce a special issue of the Australian Dental Journal that reflects the cutting edge of research in diffe…
Brook, A; Townsend, G
The dentition: the outcomes of morphogenesis leading to variations of tooth number, size and shape.
Australian dental journal • 2014 • Vol. 59 Suppl 1
The clinical importance of variations of tooth number, size and shape is seen in many dental disciplines. Early diagnosis allows optimal patient management and treatment planning, with intervention a…
Brook, A; Hughes, T; Jernvall, J
Factors affecting sports-related orofacial injuries and the importance of mouthguards.
Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) • 2014 • Vol. 44 (6)
Sports dentistry is one of the most recent and upcoming fields in dentistry. It includes mainly the prevention and management of sports-related orofacial injuries and associated oral diseases or trau…
Ozel, E; Tuna, E
A study of the temporomandibular joint during bruxism.
International journal of oral science • 2014 • Vol. 6 (2)
A finite element model of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and the human mandible was fabricated to study the effect of abnormal loading, such as awake and asleep bruxism, on the articular disc. A q…
Commisso, M; Martinez-Reina, J; Mayo, J
Early events in Sjogren's Syndrome pathogenesis: the importance of innate immunity in disease initiation.
Cytokine • 2014 • Vol. 67 (2)
Sjogren's Syndrome (SS) is a debilitating autoimmune disease that primarily affects women. Patients with SS experience dry eyes and dry mouth in addition to systemic disease manifestations, including…
Kramer, J
Painful peripheral facial palsy.
European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases • 2014 • Vol. 131 (3)
Abramovici, L; Akkari, M; Mondain, M
Bruxism--before and after images--on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Clinical nuclear medicine • 2014 • Vol. 39 (6)
Physical activity before F-FDG PET/CT can cause increased muscle glucose metabolism. We report markedly increased glucose metabolism in the masseter and temporalis muscles of a 53-year-old man who wa…
Fulham, M; Pinna, A; Walter, J
Shortening the etching time for etch-and-rinse adhesives increases the bond stability to simulated caries-affected primary dentin.
The journal of adhesive dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 16 (3)
PURPOSE: To evaluate the influence of shortening the etching time on the bond degradation of one etch-and-rinse and one two-step self-etching adhesive system to sound (SD) and caries-affected (CAD) d…
Braga, M; Lenzi, T; Raggio, D
pH and bacterial profile of dental plaque in children and adults of a low caries population.
Anaerobe • 2014 • Vol. 27
OBJECTIVE: This study compares pH and microbiological profile of dental plaque in children and adults of a low caries population. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-nine children, 12-14 years of age and 45…
Carlen, A; Dahlen, G; Hassan, H
Strontium ranelate related Stevens-Johnson syndrome: a case report.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA • 2014 • Vol. 25 (6)
Strontium ranelate is a relatively new medication with good safety profile for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. However, severe cutaneous adverse drug reactions have been reported, such …
Chen, C; Chung, W; Hsiao, H
Regenerative potential and anti-bacterial activity of tetracycline loaded apatitic nanocarriers for the treatment of periodontitis.
Biomedical materials (Bristol, England) • 2014 • Vol. 9 (3)
Current treatment of periodontal infections includes mechanical debridement, administration of antibiotics and bone grafting. Oral administration of antibiotics results in undesirable side effects, w…
Madhumathi, K; Sampath Kumar, T
CDK3 expression and its clinical significance in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Molecular medicine reports • 2014 • Vol. 9 (6)
The aim of the current study was to investigate the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase 3 (CDK3) in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and to evaluate its association with the clinicopathological…
Hu, H; Jin, Z; Lin, Y
Diffusion Reflection: A Novel Method for Detection of Oral Cancer.
Journal of dental research • 2014 • Vol. 93 (6)
Intraoperative detection of residual disease in oral cancer may reduce the high rate of recurrences. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the detection sensitivity of diffusion reflection (DR…
Ankri, R; Fixler, D; Hirshberg, A
Surface raw electromyography has a moderate discriminatory capacity for differentiating between healthy individuals and those with TMD: a diagnostic study.
Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology • 2014 • Vol. 24 (3)
The use of surface electromyography (sEMG) to identify subjects with chronic temporomandibular disorders (TMD) is controversial. The main objective of this study is to determine the diagnostic accura…
Cadarso-Suarez, C; Lopez-Cedrun, J; Lopez-Raton, M
Simulation of clinical fractures for three different all-ceramic crowns.
European journal of oral sciences • 2014 • Vol. 122 (3)
Comparison of fracture strength and fracture modes of different all-ceramic crown systems is not straightforward. Established methods for reliable testing of all-ceramic crowns are not currently avai…
Gjerdet, N; Kvam, K; Oilo, M
Dental status and oral health-related quality of life. A population-based study.
Journal of oral rehabilitation • 2014 • Vol. 41 (6)
Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is associated with tooth wear and tooth loss. This study investigated the association between OHRQoL and dental status (in terms of natural dentition, par…
Lobbezoo, F; Schuller, A; Visscher, C
Molecular motor MYO1C, acetyltransferase KAT6B and osteogenetic transcription factor RUNX2 expression in human masseter muscle contributes to development of malocclusion.
Archives of oral biology • 2014 • Vol. 59 (6)
OBJECTIVE: Type I myosins are molecular motors necessary for glucose transport in the cytoplasm and initiation of transcription in the nucleus. Two of these, MYO1H and MYO1C, are paralogs which may b…
Desh, H; Ferri, J; Gray, S
The influence of endodontic broken stainless steel instruments on the urinary levels of iron.
Biological trace element research • 2014 • Vol. 158 (3)
Previous studies on the endodontic broken stainless steel instruments have mainly focused on retrieval of specimens. However, the systemic consequences of the retained separated instruments need an i…
Asatourian, A; Garcia-Godoy, F; Haraji, A
High MMP-21 expression in metastatic lymph nodes predicts unfavorable overall survival for oral squamous cell carcinoma patients with lymphatic metastasis.
Oncology reports • 2014 • Vol. 31 (6)
The aim of the present study was to examine the clinical significance of lymph node metastatic (LNM) foci in predicting the overall survival of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) patients with LNM. …
Feng, Z; Guo, C; Pu, Y
Association of human papilloma virus with atypical and malignant oral papillary lesions.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology • 2014 • Vol. 117 (6)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine atypical and malignant papillary oral lesions for low- and high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and to correlate HPV infection with clinical and patho…
Bradley, G; Irish, J; Leong, I