Patients who undergo radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer usually present oral complications that impair their quality of life. This clinical case presents the advantage using a semi-direct technique with bioactive materials to restore compromised posterior teeth by dental professionals participate as members oncology network support team provide long-lasting treatment in shorter time. Post-ra...

The aim was to explore the experiences of sexually abused individuals as dental patients. Purposively selected were 13 informants (11 women) aged 19–56. All had experienced sexual abuse children or adults and memories this been triggered expressed during a appointment. They encouraged relate in their own words interviews recorded digitally, transcribed verbatim, analysed according Qualitative C...

Objective: This study evaluated the polishing properties of occlusal splint materials obtained using subtractive and additive manufacturing methods with laboratory-type (LP) chairside-type (CP) procedures. Material Methods: Specimens (N=180, n=60 each group) were manufactured one following methods: method (SMM) (M-PM Disc, Merz Dental GmbH), (AMM) (Freeprint Splint 2.0, DETAX GmbH & Co. KG)...

Filling dental faculty positions isn’t getting any easier. A recent article in the Journal of Dental Education reports that the number of vacant budgeted full-time faculty positions remained almost unchanged from 2001 to 2003 at 280.1 According to that article, retaining dental faculty isn’t getting any easier either. The report notes that of the 921 faculty departures in 2002 to 2003, 46% invo...

BACKGROUND Periodontitis is the major cause of tooth loss in adults and is linked to systemic illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease and stroke. The development of rapid point-of-care (POC) chairside diagnostics has the potential for the early detection of periodontal infection and progression to identify incipient disease and reduce health care costs. However, validation of effective diagno...

UNLABELLED Spectrophotometric evaluation of color changes of Bleach-shade resin-based composites after staining and bleaching. AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the color stability of two commercially available bleach-shade resin composites (RC) after exposure to 3 storage solutions and the effect of 3 bleaching agents on the color stability and stain removal from stained RC. MATERI...