The risk for caries development in children varies significantly for different age groups, individuals, teeth, and surfaces. Thus from a cost-effectiveness point of view, caries preventive measures must be integrated and based on predicted risk from age group down to individual tooth surfaces. Based on this philosophy and experiences from continuously ongoing research on evaluating and reevalua...

Studies to date have assessed wear of composite restorations in primary molars using the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) evaluation criteria. Direct clinical evaluations of 148 Ful-Fil® restorations using the USPHS wear criteria were made at baseline, 6, 12, and 24 months. Quantitative assessments were made by comparing calibrated standard casts with the die stone casts obtained at ...

Traditionally, thick enamel has often been used to infer durophagy (i.e., hard nut and seed consumption) in extinct hominins. These inferences are based on the hypothesis that thick enamel is primarily an adaptation to prevent tooth fracture or chipping resulting from high-stress loads produced during the mastication of large hard foods. An alternative view argues that thick enamel may aid in m...

AIM Assess oral health, treatment needs and the correlation between tooth wear and medications in patients with psychiatric disease. METHODOLOGY 92 patients (40 male and 52 female) admitted in the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry of the Umberto I Hospital of Rome underwent an oral and dental clinical examination in accordance according to World Health Organization Basic Methods Criteria...

Diseases such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), bulimia, anorexia, and extrinsic alimentary factors may cause dental erosion (DE). The minimally invasive therapeutic attitude preserves the remaining healthy tooth structure. In the earlier stages, the direct restoration of dental lesions is possible, using composite materials. In advanced stages of DE, prosthetic treatments are recommen...

statement of the problem: hearing impaired children have a problem in understanding and comprehending with dental treatments. visual language is the sensible answer of how to improve communication with them. purpose: to evaluate the applicability of dental sign language in hearing impaired children in relieving anxiety during stressful dental treatment by improving their means of communication....

This article presents the basic principles of dental occlusion and an overview of this subject area, which is important for dental professionals. Clinical relevance: A sound knowledge of dental occlusion is important in order to improve dental treatment outcome and achieve a long-lasting restoration.

Mammalian tooth form reflects the material properties of foods. Much research has focused on relationships between aspects of dental morphology and diet. Understanding these relationships allows us to infer feeding adaptations from the teeth of fossil forms. Most such studies have focused on unworn (rather than worn) teeth because these are easier to characterize and compare among species. Neve...