The science behind caries prevention and reversal is well understood. A recent clinical trial has confirmed that reducing caries risk results in a reduction in dental decay. Dental caries progression or reversal depends upon the balance between demineralization and remineralization and can be visualized for clinical purposes as the "caries balance." This balance is determined by the relative we...

We evaluated the effectiveness of a dentist-implemented behavioral intervention in which brief escape from dental treatment was provided on a regular basis, independent of the child's behavior. Within a multiple baseline design across subjects, 5 children, ages 4 to 7 years, were provided with temporary escape from dental treatment on a fixed-time schedule. The intervals were signaled by an ele...

Executive summary II Acknowledgements VIII Research team VIII Evaluation peer review panel VIII 1. Introduction 1 2. The progress of PDS pilot 5 3. Understanding progress and achievement 10 4. Activity and funding 17 5. The impact of PDS pilots on professional and non-professional roles 33 6. The user and patient experience of dental services 39 7. The future of PDS: Key tasks and challenges 46...

objective: in dental and medical education, information and communication technology (ict) has been playing an important role and its use is rapidly increasing. in developing countries, however, information technology is still only available to a minority of health professionals. the present study aimed to assess the level of computer use among dental undergraduate students pursuing their caree...

Introduction Quality control in clinical microbiology laboratories has tended to focus mainly on the accuracy of results obtained from the processing of specimens.`'3 Providing that external and internal quality control procedures are satisfactory, the laboratory may tend to assume that because the results produced are accurate, the service provided must be a good one. Users of the service, on ...

42 a Graduate Student, c Associate Professor, d Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. b Professor, Department of Prosthodontics and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Health Science University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Corresponding author: Tae-Woo Kim. Department of Orthodontics, School of De...