From the registry of self employed workers living in Paris, a group of 105 dental technicians was studied to evaluate occupational exposure, to determine respiratory manifestations, and to investigate immune disturbances. Seventy one dental technicians (age range 43-68: group D), 34 dental technicians younger than 43 or older than 68 (group d), and 68 control workers (age range 43-66: group C) ...

As part of the Basic Science Survey Series (BSSS) for Dentistry, members of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) Anatomical Sciences Section surveyed faculty members teaching embryology and histology courses at North American dental schools. The survey was designed to assess, among other things, curriculum content, utilization of laboratories, use of computer-assisted instruction (C...

Dental age estimation (AE) tests are routinely done on living and deceased persons. There is anecdotal evidence suggesting an increase in age estimations due to the refugee crisis. Our aim is to determine the reasons and methods for performing dental AE tests in both living and deceased individuals. Global trends in AE over the past 10 years were also investigated. A database of all forensic la...

A wide variety of mathematical and statistical software tools are available today, and the list grows daily. Means for representing and storing data and scientific information are likewise increasing, from sophisticated database and knowledge base technologies to high-speed, high-resolution graphics. Imagine a computing environment that couples all of these in a user-friendly way, using the bes...

This study evaluated two oral sedative regimens for the conscious sedation of pediatric dental patients (mean age 37.0 months) unmanageable by traditional behavior management techniques. Regimen A included chloral hydrate (Noctec--E.R. Squibb and Sons, Princeton, NJ) at 50 mg/kg with 25 mg hydroxyzine pamoate (Vistaril--Pfizer Laboratories, New York, NY), plus meperidine (Demerol--Winthrop-Breo...

INTRODUCTION The longevity of silane promoted adhesion of surface conditioned metallic materials is of concern in dentistry and poses both a functional and esthetic dilemma for the patient and dental professionals. Several methods for surface conditioning exist, but some are employed more frequently in clinical practice. AIM OF THE REVIEW This overview aims to characterize and discuss the mos...

From the Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics 1 , RIKEN BSI, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan; the Department of Molecular Pharmacology 2 , Medical Research Institute, and Center of Excellence Program for Molecular Destruction and Reconstruction of Tooth and Bone, Tokyo Medical & Dental University, Chiyoda, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan; the Department of Molecular Immunology 3 , Graduate School of Agricult...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the determinants of disparities in the regional density of private dentists in Austria. Specifically, we focused on the relationship between the density of private dentists and their public counterparts, thereby controlling for other possible covariates of dentist density. METHODS Dentist density was measured at the district level. We used panel data of dentist dens...

BACKGROUND Though the use of simulators in operative dentistry is not new, the teaching and learning practices that take place during clinical sessions in skills laboratories are rarely reported. This study was designed to determine the current practices relating to teaching and learning of dental clinical skills in southern Nigeria. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted among the fin...