introduction. as english is today's dominant language of science and technology (est), students having passed general and est courses need to interact primarily with the scientific community specially in their field of study for various purposes, including the use of educational films. this study specifically aims to evaluate the proficiency of iranian students of dentistry in understandin...

a Master’s course in Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, North Paraná University (UNOPAR), Londrina, PR, Brazil b Biochemistry Department, Biomedical Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State (UNIRIO), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil c Biochemistry Institute, Biological Structural Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil d Dental School, North Paraná Un...

PURPOSE To evaluate the satisfaction of individuals with atrophic maxilla, rehabilitated with fixed dental prostheses, anchored on zygomatic implants, with variables being the anesthetic procedure: general anesthesia, or local with sedation. MATERIALS AND METHODS By means of the clinical record charts from the Training Course in Advanced Hospital Surgeries for Implant Dentists conducted at th...

Accurate preoperative assessment of fistula-in-ano is mandatory if the fistula is not to recur. In recent years, MRI has become pre-eminent for fistula assessment and recent studies have shown that not only is MRI more accurate than surgical assessment, but that surgery based on MRI can reduce further disease recurrence by approximately 75%. The main role of MRI is to alert the surgeon to fistu...

1Department of Conservative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea 2The State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Sichuan 610042, China 3Department of Restorative Dentistry, University of Otago, School of Dentistry, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand 4Department of Oral Biological Sciences, University Lyon ...

BACKGROUND Extensive caries in children can result in a referral for tooth extraction under General Anaesthesia (GA). While there are guidelines for the use of GA within paediatric dentistry this process is ultimately dependent upon the decision making of the treating dentist. This decision can be influenced locally by the availability of services and their waiting list. GA services for paediat...

Psychiatry is intimately related to surgery in general and dentistry in particular because of the varied psychological reactions of patients undergoing various surgical procedures (Abrams, 1975 and Lafer, 1975). Janis (1959) referred to the role of pre-operative anxiety and its effects on the post-operartive course. Abrams and Gill (1961) noted that excessive pre-operative anxiety and unrealist...