Research Papers
Facilitators and barriers to home-based toothbrushing practices by parents of young children to reduce tooth decay: a systematic review.
Clinical oral investigations • 2021 • Vol. 25 (6)
OBJECTIVES: Parental supervised toothbrushing (PSB) is a collection of behaviours recommended by national guidance to improve oral health. This systematic review aimed to identify the barriers and fa…
Aliakbari, E; Day, P; Edwebi, S
Using national register data to estimate the heritability of periodontitis.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2021 • Vol. 48 (6)
AIM: To identify whether periodontal traits derived from electronic dental records are biologically informative and heritable. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study included 11,974 adult twins (aged 30-92…
Esberg, A; Haworth, S; Johansson, I
The impact of splinting mobile mandibular incisors on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life-Preliminary observations from a randomized clinical trial.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2021 • Vol. 48 (6)
AIM: To compare the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life (OHRQoL) of patients with mobile mandibular incisors before and after full-mouth disinfection (FMD) with and without splinting. MATERIAL AND ME…
Ciardo, A; Kim, T; Krisam, J
Correlation between dental plaque accumulation and gingival health in periodontal maintenance patients using short or extended personal oral hygiene intervals.
Journal of clinical periodontology • 2021 • Vol. 48 (6)
AIMS: To evaluate the correlation between bacterial dental plaque accumulation and gingival health in subjects with history of periodontitis attending a maintenance programme including personal oral …
Kantorski, K; Maier, J; Moreira, C
A triple-classification radiomics model for the differentiation of pleomorphic adenoma, Warthin tumour, and malignant salivary gland tumours on the basis of diffusion-weighted imaging.
Clinical radiology • 2021 • Vol. 76 (6)
AIM: To develop and validate a triple-classification radiomics model for the preoperative differentiation of pleomorphic adenoma (PA), Warthin tumour (WT), and malignant salivary gland tumour (MSGT) …
Cui, J; Gao, P; Mao, N
Considerations for vertical control with microimplants in a idiopathic condylar resorption patient: A case report.
Journal of orthodontics • 2021 • Vol. 48 (2)
Idiopathic condylar resorption (ICR) is a rare, destructive temporomandibular joint disease characterised by progressive resorption of the condyles. This case report presents a record of an orthodont…
Noh, H; Park, H
sRNA23392 packaged by Porphyromonas gingivalis outer membrane vesicles promotes oral squamous cell carcinomas migration and invasion by targeting desmocollin-2.
Molecular oral microbiology • 2021 • Vol. 36 (3)
Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common head and neck malignant tumor. Periodontitis, a common chronic inflammatory disease, has been proven to increase the risk of oral cancers. Porph…
Liu, D; Liu, J; Liu, S
Effects of miniscrew-assisted orthodontic treatment with premolar extractions on upper airway dimensions in adult patients with Class II high-angle malocclusion.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2021 • Vol. 159 (6)
INTRODUCTION: The primary aim of this study was to investigate the change in upper airway dimensions and in mandibular position after miniscrew-assisted treatment with premolar extractions in adult p…
Aarab, G; Berkhout, E; Chen, H
LINC01515 promotes nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression by serving as a sponge for miR-325 to up-regulate CDCA5.
Journal of molecular histology • 2021 • Vol. 52 (3)
Long non-coding RNAs (LncRNAs) have gained widespread interest and attention as vital regulators in cancer occurrence and development. Nonetheless, the functions and mechanisms of lncRNAs involved in…
Chen, S; Gong, H; Kong, Y
Facial emotion detection in Vestibular Schwannoma patients with and without facial paresis.
Social neuroscience • 2021 • Vol. 16 (3)
This study investigates whether there exist differences in facial emotion detection accuracy in patients suffering from Vestibular Schwannoma (VS) due to their facial paresis. Forty-four VS patients,…
Aarts, H; Blom, S; Kunst, H
Adjuvant effects of curcumin as a photoantimicrobial or irrigant in the non-surgical treatment of periodontitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy • 2021 • Vol. 34
AIM: Curcumin (CUR) has been used clinically in several studies as a subgingival irrigant or as a photoantimicrobial in combination with a blue light-emitting diode (LED) in antimicrobial photodynami…
Brandini, D; da Rocha, T; Ervolino, E
The Appearance of Sjogren Syndrome on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT.
Clinical nuclear medicine • 2021 • Vol. 46 (6)
Significant 68Ga-PSMA-11 activity is commonly observed in the lacrimal and salivary glands on PSMA PET/CT. An 80-year-old man after radical prostatectomy was evaluated with 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT. There…
Cheng, C; Li, D; Li, R
Light-based diagnostic methods for the in vivo assessment of initial caries lesions: Laser fluorescence, QLF and OCT.
Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy • 2021 • Vol. 34
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate different light-based caries diagnostic methods for assessment of non-cavitated initial carious lesions on smooth surfaces. METHODS: 39 participants were included. For each pa…
Haak, R; Park, K; Schneider, H
Dioscin inhibits SCC15 cell proliferation via the RASSF1A/MST2/YAP axis.
Molecular medicine reports • 2021 • Vol. 23 (6)
Dioscin, an extract from traditional Chinese herbal plants, displays various biological and pharmacological effects on tumors, including inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of DNA damage. …
Chen, X; Fu, X; Gu, W
Dental age and skeletal maturity assessment in patients with cerebral palsy.
European journal of oral sciences • 2021 • Vol. 129 (3)
The aims of this study were to calculate the estimated dental age and the degree of skeletal maturity in patients with cerebral palsy and control patients (i.e., without a diagnosis of cerebral palsy…
Djuric, M; Marinkovic, N; Milovanovic, P
The dual anti-caries effect of carboxymethyl chitosan nanogel loaded with chimeric lysin ClyR and amorphous calcium phosphate.
European journal of oral sciences • 2021 • Vol. 129 (3)
In this study, we evaluated the anti-biofilm and anti-demineralization abilities of a novel material, CMC-ClyR-ACP nanogel, designed by loading the chimeric lysin ClyR and amorphous calcium phosphate…
Huang, S; Li, Y; Mujtaba, B
The association of apical periodontitis and type 2 diabetes mellitus: A large hospital network cross-sectional case-controlled study.
Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) • 2021 • Vol. 152 (6)
BACKGROUND: The relationship of apical periodontitis (AP) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is poorly studied in large populations. The aims of this study were to determine if there is an independe…
Fouad, A; Liu, C; Wu, D
Dental arch changes after open bite treatment with spurs associated with posterior build-ups in the mixed dentition: A randomized clinical trial.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2021 • Vol. 159 (6)
INTRODUCTION: This single-center, 2-arm, parallel-group randomized clinical trial aimed to compare the dimensional dental arch changes after anterior open bite (AOB) treatment with bonded spurs assoc…
Aliaga-Del Castillo, A; Arriola-Guillen, L; Bellini-Pereira, S
Upper airways after mandibular advancement orthognathic surgery: A 4-year follow-up.
American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics • 2021 • Vol. 159 (6)
INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to assess the stability of changes in the upper airways 4 years after orthognathic surgery in patients with skeletal Class II malocclusion. METHODS: A retr…
de Castro Rocha, V; Degan, V; de Menezes, C
Efficacy of a self-assembling peptide to remineralize initial caries lesions - A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Journal of dentistry • 2021 • Vol. 109
INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVES: The present review systematically analyzed clinical studies investigating the efficacy of self-assembling peptides (SAP) to reduce initiation of or to remineralize initial ca…
Carvalho, T; Wierichs, R; Wolf, T