INTRODUCTION Fear and anxiety are part of all human experiences and they may contribute directly to a patient's behavior. The Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) is a technique that may be an alternative approach in treating special care patients or those who suffer fear or anxiety. OBJECTIVE the aim of this paper is to review the ART technique as an alternative to reduce pain and fear dur...

With the increase of life expectancy in the world's population, oral health care of elderly people has attracted considerably more attention over the last years. Many elderly may benefit from oral health promotion measures that involve the Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (ART) approach. The purpose of this study will be to evaluate, over 3 years of follow-up, the clinical behavior of atraumati...

Osteoporosis is responsible for a significant burden both individually and socially, but is readily treated with antiresorptive agents and mineral supplementation. However, long-term usage of these agents, notably bisphosphonates, is rarely associated with atypical fractures. Denosumab is a monoclonal antibody that reduces osteoclast activity and thus increases bone mineral density. In this cas...

Osteoporosis is a serious disease characterized by high morbidity and mortality due to atraumatic fractures. In the pathogenesis of osteoporosis, except environment and internal factors, such as hormonal imbalance and genetic background, are also in play. In this study candidate genes for osteoporosis were classified according to metabolic or hormonal pathways, which regulate bone mineral densi...

INTRODUCTION Little is known about splenic rupture in patients who develop systemic acquired A amyloidosis. This is the first report of a case of atraumatic splenic rupture in a patient with acquired A amyloidosis from chronic injection drug use. CASE PRESENTATION A 58-year-old Caucasian man with a long history of injection drug use, hospitalized for infective endocarditis, experienced atraum...

"Limp" is a common complaint of children presenting to the emergency department or physician's office. For most patients presenting with limp, the diagnosis and management can be completed in the physician's office or emergency department by gathering a detailed history, performing a careful physical examination, and requesting a few laboratory and imaging studies. This article reviews common c...

We investigated the epidemiology, assessment and outcome of acute atraumatic limp in 243 children under the age of 14 years presenting to a paediatric accident and emergency department (AED) over a period of six months. Data were collected at presentation and medical notes were re-examined after 18 to 21 months. The incidence of limp was 1.8 per thousand. The male:female ratio was 1.7:1 and the...

i m t f f y M t p m c h m h s m R r u e 8 i t d j s he purpose of our study was to evaluate the long-term utcomes of patients with multidirectional instability of he shoulder initially treated with rehabilitation exerises. Sixty-four patients were treated for atraumatic ultidirectional instability of the shoulder between 987 and 1990. Preliminary evaluation was perormed 2 years after initiation...

Immediate placement of dental implant into the fresh extraction socket has been an acceptable procedure for the past two decades. Commonly, immediate placement has been reserved for the single rooted anterior tooth and single or bi-rooted premolar tooth. To preserve the alveolar bone proper, particularly that of the labial and lingual plates of bone it is essential that the extraction should be...