Research Papers
How to manage a loosened dental implant associated with pain?
Journal (Canadian Dental Association) • 2014 • Vol. 80
Afrashtehfar, K; Esfandiari, S; Srivastava, A
Effects of high-frequency bio-oxidative ozone therapy in temporomandibular disorder-related pain.
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre • 2014 • Vol. 23 (6)
OBJECTIVE: It was the aim of this study to compare the efficacy of ozone therapy and drug treatment in patients with painful temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder (TMD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A tota…
Akar, T; Akpinar, A; Dogan, M
Antiplaque and antigingivitis efficacy of triphala and chlorhexidine mouthrinse among schoolchildren - a cross-over, double-blind, randomised controlled trial.
Oral health & preventive dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 12 (3)
PURPOSE: To evaluate and compare the effect of triphala extract mouthrinse and chlorhexidine on dental plaque and gingivitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this double blind, crossover study, 120 qualify…
Chainani, S; Manjunath, M; Manjunathappa, T
Effect of prophylactic low level laser therapy on oral mucositis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (9)
BACKGROUND: Objective was to determine whether prophylactic low level laser therapy (LLLT) reduces the risk of severe mucositis as compared to placebo or no therapy. METHODS: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Coc…
Beyene, J; Oberoi, S; Sung, L
Effects of edentulism on mandibular morphology: evaluation of panoramic radiographs.
TheScientificWorldJournal • 2014 • Vol. 2014
PURPOSE: The objective of this study was to evaluate morphological changes of the mandible in edentulous and dentate subjects using panoramic radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Panoramic radiographs…
Asarkaya, B; Isman, E; Oksayan, R
Self-ligating brackets and their impact on oral health-related quality of life in Chinese adolescence patients: a longitudinal prospective study.
TheScientificWorldJournal • 2014 • Vol. 2014
INTRODUCTION: Although the associations between orthodontic and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQOL) have been explored, little research has been done to address the influence of brackets typ…
Lin, J; Ni, Z; Wang, Y
Validation of self-reported information on dental caries in a birth cohort at 18 years of age.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (9)
OBJECTIVE: Estimate the prevalence of dental caries based on clinical examinations and self-reports and compare differences in the prevalence and effect measures between the two methods among 18-year…
Assuncao, M; Demarco, F; Goncalves, H
Reducing dental plaque formation and caries development. A review of current methods and implications for novel pharmaceuticals.
Stomatologija • 2014 • Vol. 16 (2)
Dental caries is an oral disease, which has a high worldwide prevalence despite the availability of various prophylactic means, including the daily use of fluoride toothpastes, water fluoridation, de…
Ambrozaitis, A; Ericson, D; Kacergius, T
How various surgical protocols of the unilateral cleft lip and palate influence the facial growth and possible orthodontic problems? Which is the best timing of lip, palate and alveolus repair? literature review.
Stomatologija • 2014 • Vol. 16 (2)
OBJECTIVES. Cleft lip palate is congenital growth disease with unknown etiology, probably linked to both genetically and external causes. The aim of this work consists in presenting the effects of th…
Farronato, G; Galbiati, G; Giannini, L
Maternal beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngeal exposure and colonization in pregnancy.
Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology • 2014 • Vol. 2014
OBJECTIVES: To report the pharyngeal colonization rate of beta-hemolytic streptococci and changes in the value of antistreptolysin O (ASO) and anti-DNase B serology titers during pregnancy. METHODS: …
Brar, A; Cunningham, M; Eghtesady, P
Cohort study on incidence of coronal and root caries in Japanese adults.
The Bulletin of Tokyo Dental College • 2014 • Vol. 55 (3)
The purpose of this study was to investigate the incidence of coronal and root caries in participants aged 20-59 years in Japan. The participants comprised 118 men and 23 women undergoing a re-examin…
Kurokawa, A; Maki, Y; Matsukubo, T
TQM on EBD.
The Journal of the American College of Dentists • 2014 • Vol. 81 (2)
Chambers, D
Dental school volunteerism.
The Journal of the American College of Dentists • 2014 • Vol. 81 (2)
Student Community Outreach for Public Education, SCOPE, is a student-led community outreach program at the University of the Pacific that provides leadership opportunities, service experiences, and a…
Blake, A; March, P; Miller, C
Mission of Mercy.
The Journal of the American College of Dentists • 2014 • Vol. 81 (2)
Some dentists prefer solo charity work, but there is much to be said for collaboration within the profession in reaching out to those who are dentally underserved. Mission of Mercy (MOM) programs are…
Humenik, M
Effect of single dose intramuscular methylprednisolone injection into the masseter muscle on the surgical extraction of impacted lower third molars: a randomized controlled trial.
Kathmandu University medical journal (KUMJ) • 2014 • Vol. 12 (45)
BACKGROUND: Lower impacted third molar surgical extraction usually causes post-surgical sequelae like pain, trismus and swelling as a result of postoperative inflammatory response. OBJECTIVE: The aim…
Aapaliya, P; Agarwal, S; Patel, D
Building a stronger child dental health system in Australia: statistical sampling masks the burden of dental disease distribution in Australian children.
Rural and remote health • 2014 • Vol. 14 (3)
INTRODUCTION: In Australia, over the past 30 years, the prevalence of dental decay in children has reduced significantly, where today 60-70% of all 12-year-olds are caries free, and only 10% of child…
KRUGER, E; Tennant, M
Bonding of an opaque resin to silane-treated porcelain.
Bio-medical materials and engineering • 2014 • Vol. 24 (6)
The repair of a fractured porcelain surface with a resin composite was investigated. The effects of applying an opaque resin to porcelain surfaces, which were silanated by a ceramic primer from a rep…
Gao, P; Li, R; Sun, Y
Automatic recognition of facial movement for paralyzed face.
Bio-medical materials and engineering • 2014 • Vol. 24 (6)
Facial nerve paralysis is a common disease due to nerve damage. Most approaches for evaluating the degree of facial paralysis rely on a set of different facial movements as commanded by doctors. Ther…
Dong, J; Sun, X; Wang, S
Individual tooth region segmentation using modified watershed algorithm with morphological characteristic.
Bio-medical materials and engineering • 2014 • Vol. 24 (6)
In this paper, a new method for individual tooth segmentation was proposed. The proposed method is composed of enhancement and extraction of boundary and seed of watershed algorithm using trisection …
Kim, M; Lee, G; Lee, J
EGF up-regulates miR-31 through the C/EBPbeta signal cascade in oral carcinoma.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (9)
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is one of the most prevalent carcinomas worldwide. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression and modulate physiological or pathol…
Chang, K; Kao, S; Lin, S