BACKGROUND It has been found that significantly different clinical outcomes occur in trauma patients with different mechanisms of injury. Ground level falls (GLF) are usually considered "minor trauma" with less injury occurred in general. However, it is not uncommon that geriatric trauma patients sustain cervical spine (C-spine) fractures with other associated injuries due to GLF or less. The a...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Development of patient-based outcome measures has enhanced our ability to assess the oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Present study aimed to compare the performance of the Geriatric Oral Health Assessment Index (GOHAI) and the Oral Health Impact Profile-14 (OHIP-14) as two methods of assessment of oral health-related quality of life.METHODS: In this cross-sectio...

This article discusses some of the misconceptions of evidence-based research in the health sciences. It proposes that since not all treatments in medicine and dentistry can be evidence-based, clinical applications of the evidence-based process should become a specialty. The case is particularly evident in dentistry. Therefore dentistry is taken in this article as a model for discussion. We prop...

Aims: The present study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between the grades of pre-clinical and clinical courses of endodontics, fixed prosthodontics and restorative dentistry achieved by dental students entering Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Materials and methods: The subjects in this retrospective cross-sectional study consisted of dental students entering Ta...

1 PhD Candidate, Community Oral Health Department, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran; Preventive Dentistry Research Center, Dental Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3 Associate Professor, ...

Care of the elderly population with diabetes may not be restricted to the management of hyperglycemia, associated risk factors, and specific diabetic complications. An integrated approach should also include the assessment and management of gerontological problems. Both diabetes mellitus and aging interact toward the direction of the increased incidence of geriatric syndromes. Education is a co...

On a very hot summer day in 2012, Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics (RDE, www.rde.ac) changes its official language from Korean to English in order to join and to contribute to the international society of specific dental professions. On the verge of this breakthrough, it is an imperative step to remember the pioneer members and to appreciate their hard work and dedication. The Korean Academy...

Manish Goel*, G. Venkanna Babu** and Manish Sharma# *Professor, Department of pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Maitri College of dentistry and research centre, Durg, (C.G.) **Senior Lecturer, Department of pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Maitri College of dentistry and research centre, Durg, (C.G.) #Professor, Department of prosthodontics, Sardar Patel institute of dental sciences, L...

BACKGROUND A previous study has shown that dental practitioners in Benghazi believed that the less prevention-oriented education system is one of the barriers to applying preventive dentistry. OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and perceived competence of the dental graduates in Benghazi towards prevention and early management of dental caries. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based surv...