Research Papers
Dental prophylaxis decreases the risk of esophageal cancer in males; a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (10)
BACKGROUND: Periodontal disease (PD) is one of the most common chronic inflammatory diseases. Esophageal cancer (EC) is also a common cause of death due to cancer among males. Systemic inflammatory p…
Chou, P; Chu, D; Hu, H
Oral health status, dental treatment needs, and barriers to dental care of elderly care home residents in Lodz, Poland.
Clinical interventions in aging • 2014 • Vol. 9
OBJECTIVES: To determine oral health status, dental treatment needs, and to identify barriers that prevent easy access to dental care by elderly care home residents in Lodz. BACKGROUND: Studies in ma…
Gaszynska, E; Gaszynski, T; Godala, M
Use of electrical impedance spectroscopy to detect malignant and potentially malignant oral lesions.
International journal of nanomedicine • 2014 • Vol. 9
The electrical properties of tissues depend on their architecture and cellular composition. We have previously shown that changes in electrical impedance can be used to differentiate between differen…
Brown, B; D'Apice, K; Healey, T
Purpose of esthetic risk assessment in prosthetic rehabilitations with gingiva-shade ceramics.
The international journal of esthetic dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 9 (4)
Esthetic predictability and the possibility to reduce the need for more aggressive surgical interventions have been two strong reasons for the growing acceptance of gingiva shade ceramics in dental t…
Correia, A; Kovacs, Z; Viana, P
Integrating techniques to re-establish dentogingival esthetics.
The international journal of esthetic dentistry • 2014 • Vol. 9 (4)
The aim of this article was to report the clinical case of a male patient of 20 years with hyperpigmented gingiva and moderate fluorosis, whose smile was reestablished by the use of a laser assisted …
Gupta, A; Jain, N; Mahajan, S
The future of our profession.
Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association • 2014 • Vol. 85 (3)
Mermelstein, J
Oral pathology quiz #84. Case number 3. Benign hyperkeratosis.
Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association • 2014 • Vol. 85 (3)
Blood clots. Good when you're bleeding; bad when you're not bleeding hypercoagulability and thrombophilia--overview and case report.
Journal of the New Jersey Dental Association • 2014 • Vol. 85 (3)
A critical and recurrent situation faced by the dental clinician (DC) is that of providing care to patients who may be at risk for excessive bleeding during care or post-operatively. Bleeding disorde…
Abbas, A; Cohen, H; Gurung, S
Effects of soft denture liners on L929 fibroblasts, HaCaT keratinocytes, and RAW 264.7 macrophages.
BioMed research international • 2014 • Vol. 2014
The effects of six soft liners (Ufi Gel P (UG), Sofreliner S (SR), Durabase Soft (D), Trusoft (T), Coe Comfort (CC), and Softone (ST)) on L929, HaCat, and RAW 264.7 cells were investigated. Eluates (…
Chaves de Souza, P; de Andrade Lima Chaves, C; de Souza Costa, C
Anti-heparanase aptamers as potential diagnostic and therapeutic agents for oral cancer.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (10)
Heparanase is an endoglycosidase enzyme present in activated leucocytes, mast cells, placental tissue, neutrophils and macrophages, and is involved in tumour metastasis and tissue invasion. It presen…
Bitu, C; Brenchley, P; Cortez, C
Measures of user experience in a streptococcal pharyngitis and pneumonia clinical decision support tools.
Applied clinical informatics • 2014 • Vol. 5 (3)
OBJECTIVE: To understand clinician adoption of CDS tools as this may provide important insights for the implementation and dissemination of future CDS tools. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Clinicians (n=168)…
Kannry, J; Knaus, M; Mann, D
Adult sublingual schwannoma with angioma-like features and foam cell vascular change.
Folia neuropathologica • 2014 • Vol. 52 (3)
Schwannomas are benign, slow-growing neoplasms of the neural sheaths. They occur rarely in a sublingual location; 9 cases have been reported to our knowledge. We aimed to report the case of a subling…
Gorphe, P; Handra-Luca, A; Taconet, S
Performance of a novel polishing rubber wheel in improving surface roughness of feldspathic porcelain.
Dental materials journal • 2014 • Vol. 33 (6)
Replacing glazing with polishing is still controversial in terms of the surface roughness of dental porcelains. This study investigated the polishing performance of a ceramic-polishing rubber wheel (…
Chae, S; Cho, B; Han, G
A randomized five-year clinical study of a two-step self-etch adhesive with or without selective enamel etching.
Dental materials journal • 2014 • Vol. 33 (6)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the five-year clinical performance of a two-step self-etch adhesive in non-carious cervical sclerotic lesions with or without selective acid-etching of ename…
Can Say, E; Ozel, E; Soyman, M
Factors predict prolonged wait time and longer duration of radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a multilevel analysis.
PLoS One • 2014 • Vol. 9 (10)
PURPOSE: Radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy is the primary treatment for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). It wastes time from diagnosis to treatment. Treatment time of radiotherap…
Chen, P; Huang, W; Lee, C
Danggui-shaoyao-san, a traditional Chinese medicine prescription, alleviates the orthodontic pain and inhibits neuronal and microglia activation.
Chinese medical journal • 2014 • Vol. 127 (20)
BACKGROUND: The pain caused by orthodontic treatment has been considered as tough problems in orthodontic practice. Danggui-shaoyao-san (DSS) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription whic…
E, L; Gu, Z; Kou, J
[Managing oral and dental care in young children. When a crocodile promotes prevention of dental caries].
Krankenpflege. Soins infirmiers • 2014 • Vol. 107 (9)
Cretegny, D; Freudweiler, C
Waiting times before dental care under general anesthesia in children with special needs in the Children's Hospital of Casablanca.
The Pan African medical journal • 2014 • Vol. 17
INTRODUCTION: Oral diseases may have an impact on quality of children's life. The presence of severe disability requires the use of care under general anesthesia (GA). However, because of the limited…
Badre, B; El Arabi, S; Serhier, Z
Craniofacial morphology in patients with Angle Class II division 2 malocclusion.
Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie • 2014 • Vol. 55 (3)
Cephalometric analysis is frequently used in orthodontics for diagnostic purposes, in order to evaluate the positional relationship of the upper and lower jaw to the cranial base, as well as to objec…
Balan, R; Bratu, D; Bratu, E
Clinical and histopathological studies using fibrin-rich plasma in the treatment of bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw.
Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie • 2014 • Vol. 55 (3)
The authors report their experience using platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) therapy for the treatment of ten patients presenting bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ). The aim of our study…
Bodnar, D; Bucur, A; Bucur, M