Research Papers
You're the flight surgeon: mumps.
Aviation, space, and environmental medicine • 2014 • Vol. 85 (1)
Howard, C
Biannual fluoride varnish applications and caries incidence in preschoolers: a 24-month follow-up randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial.
Caries research • 2014 • Vol. 48 (3)
Sound evidence on the effectiveness of fluoride varnishes (FV) to reduce caries incidence in preschool children is lacking. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the application of FV in preschool children at…
Campos, K; Carvalho, D; Falcao, A
Tailored treatments in temporomandibular disorders: where are we now? A systematic qualitative literature review.
Journal of oral & facial pain and headache • 2014 • Vol. 28 (1)
AIMS: To conduct a systematic review to evaluate the evidence of possible benefits of tailored treatments for temporomandibular disorders (TMD) based on randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS: …
Forssell, H; Kotiranta, U; Suvinen, T
Frequency of pain and correlation with clinical and histologic parameters in T1 squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue: a retrospective pilot study.
Journal of oral & facial pain and headache • 2014 • Vol. 28 (1)
AIMS: To conduct a pilot retrospective study to investigate the frequency of pain among patients with early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) of the tongue and to correlate the pain with clin…
Kamperos, G; Kolokythas, A; Nikitakis, N
Painful traumatic trigeminal neuropathy: an open study on the pharmacotherapeutic response to stepped treatment.
Journal of oral & facial pain and headache • 2014 • Vol. 28 (1)
AIMS: To evaluate pharmacotherapeutic success in patients with painful traumatic trigeminal neuropathy (PTTN) and to identify patient or pain characteristics that may predict treatment outcome. METHO…
Benoliel, R; Haviv, Y; Sharav, Y
Piezolelectric surgery in dentistry: a review.
Minerva stomatologica • 2014 • Vol. 63 (1-2)
In the last ten years was observed a significant increase of publications about piezoelectric bone surgery. The purpose of this review was to define the state of art and to realize a comparison betwe…
Baldoni, M; Carini, F; Porcaro, G
Adjuvant aqueous ozone in the treatment of bisphosphonate induced necrosis of the jaws: report of two cases and long-term follow-up.
Minerva stomatologica • 2014 • Vol. 63 (1-2)
Bisphosphonate induced necrosis of the jaws (BONJ) does not have a unique protocol of treatment and many therapeutic approaches have been arising in oral medicine with debatable results. A male and a…
Brozoski, M; Da Graca Naclerio-Homem, M; Deboni, M
The personal human oral microbiome obscures the effects of treatment on periodontal disease.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (1)
Periodontitis is a progressive disease of the periodontium with a complex, polymicrobial etiology. Recent Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) studies of the microbial diversity associated with periodont…
Alonaizan, F; Bharti, B; Caporaso, J
The influence of heat treatment on the mechanical properties of Ni-Ti file materials.
Dental materials journal • 2014 • Vol. 33 (1)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of heat treatment on the mechanical properties of Ni-Ti file materials. Ni-Ti wire (1.00 mm o) was processed into a conical shape with 0.30-…
Ebihara, A; Hanawa, T; Hayashi, Y
Dental zirconia can be etched by hydrofluoric acid.
Dental materials journal • 2014 • Vol. 33 (1)
The surface morphology and crystal structure change of dental zirconia after hydrofluoric acid (HF) etching were evaluated. Four groups of sintered zirconia specimens were 1) control group, 2) immers…
Busabok, C; Poolthong, S; Sriamporn, T
Influence of composition on the adhesive strength and initial viscosity of denture adhesives.
Dental materials journal • 2014 • Vol. 33 (1)
To investigate the effect of composition on the initial viscosity and adhesive strength between denture adhesives and the denture base. Two types of water-soluble polymers (methoxy ethylene maleic an…
Han, J; Hayashida, K; Hong, G
Growing heterotopic calcification in the prevertebral space of a cervical spine as a late complication of irradiation: case report.
Korean journal of radiology • 2014 • Vol. 15 (1)
Heterotopic calcification following head and neck irradiation has rarely been reported. It usually develops as a late complication of radiotherapy in patients with malignancies, including breast canc…
Joo, K; Lee, S; Park, J
Transcervical ultrasonography is feasible to visualize and evaluate base of tongue cancers.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (1)
BACKGROUND: Base of tongue (BOT) is a difficult subsite to examine clinically and radiographically. Yet, anatomic delineation of the primary tumor site, its extension to adjacent sites or across midl…
Blanco, R; Califano, J; Fakhry, C
Multiple logistic regression analysis of risk factors associated with denture plaque and staining in Chinese removable denture wearers over 40 years old in Xi'an--a cross-sectional study.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (2)
BACKGROUND: Removable dentures are subject to plaque and/or staining problems. Denture hygiene habits and risk factors differ among countries and regions. The aims of this study were to assess hygien…
Chai, Z; Chen, J; Yang, Y
Dental caries is associated with dental fear in childhood: findings from a birth cohort study.
Caries research • 2014 • Vol. 48 (4)
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of dental fear in preschool children and to estimate its association with maternal and children characteristics. METHODS: The study was neste…
Barros, A; Bonow, M; Demarco, F
Managing local swelling following intratumoral electro-chemo-gene therapy.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) • 2014 • Vol. 1121
Delivering genes and other materials directly into the tumor tissue causes specifically localized and powerfully enhanced efficacy of treatments; however, these specific effects can cause rapid, dras…
Cutrera, J; Gumpel, E; Jones, P
Dental calculus is associated with death from heart infarction.
BioMed research international • 2014 • Vol. 2014
OBJECTIVES: We studied whether the amount of dental calculus is associated with death from heart infarction in the dental infection-atherosclerosis paradigm. MATERIALS: Participants were 1676 healthy…
Meurman, J; Soder, B; Soder, P
Beta-catenin and epithelial tumors: a study based on 374 oropharyngeal cancers.
BioMed research international • 2014 • Vol. 2014
INTRODUCTION: Although altered regulation of the Wnt pathway via beta-catenin is a frequent event in several human cancers, its potential implications in oral/oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas (…
Aquino, G; Bufo, P; Cafarelli, B
Zinc induces apatite and scholzite formation during dentin remineralization.
Caries research • 2014 • Vol. 48 (4)
The aim of this study was to ascertain whether zinc may improve the repair ability of demineralized dentin. Dentin disks were demineralized by phosphoric acid during 15 s and immersed in artificial s…
Cabello, I; Osorio, E; Osorio, R
Changes in soft tissue profile following the treatment using a Herbst appliance--a photographic analysis.
Vojnosanitetski pregled • 2014 • Vol. 71 (1)
BACKGROUND/AIM: Aesthetics is the reason for most of the class II malocclusion patients to opt for orthodontic treatment. In order to regulate retrognathic profile Herbst appliance for anterior movem…
Cubrilo, D; Hadzi-Mihailovic, M; Nedeljkovic, N