In a 25-year-old satellite dental program, advanced dentistry and dental hygiene students provide highly supervised dental treatment for patients in government-funded clinics in 3 under-serviced communities in northern Alberta. Analysis of the performance data of the 2003 University of Alberta dentistry students in their fourth and final year was used to evaluate this program. The data showed t...

With the development of new dental restorative materials, advances in adhesive dentistry, better understanding of the caries process, the tooth’s potential for remineralization and changes in caries prevalence and progression; the management of dental caries has evolved from G.V. Black’s “extension for prevention” to “minimally invasive.” This concept includes early detection of lesions; indivi...

In the management of head and neck cancer, dentistry has an important supportive role. Many anatomical and functional changes caused by surgery for the removal of intraoral tumors can be corrected or improved upon by prosthetic dentistry. The control of dental pathology contributes to the immediate and long-term success of tumor treatment and facilitates rehabilitation. Radiotherapy and loss of...

AIM The goal of paediatric dentistry is to provide preventive education to parents and patients as well as interception and therapy of dental diseases in a minimally invasive way using a stress-free approach. Different laser wavelengths are used for different applications following these minimally invasive concepts: argon, KTP, diode, Nd:YAG, and CO2 lasers are used for soft tissue applications...

Gene therapy holds a promising future for bridging the gap between the disciplines of medicine and clinical dentistry. The dynamic treatment approaches of gene therapy have been advancing by leaps and bounds. They are transforming the conventional approaches into more precise and preventive ones that may limit the need of using drugs and surgery. The oral cavity is one of the most accessible ar...

Nanotechnology has rapidly expanded into all areas of science; it offers significant alternative ways to solve scientific and medical questions and problems. In dentistry, nanotechnology has been exploited in the development of restorative materials with some significant success. This review discusses nanointerfaces that could compromise the longevity of dental restorations, and how nanotechnol...

Review Article Caries Prevention – Newer Horizons: A Review Katiyar A, Kohli A, Singh G, Gupta K, Gupta S, Srivastava S Abstract: Prevention is a philosophy of practice based on a perspective that focuses on maintaining health rather than on treating a disease. Modern methodology for the prevention of progressive oral diseases includes the identification of patients at high risk of developing d...

Dental research in the last 50 years has accomplished numerous significant advances in preventive dentistry, particularly in the area of research in fluorides, periodontal diseases, restorative dentistry, and dental materials, as well as craniofacial development and molecular biology. The transfer of scientific knowledge to clinical practitioners requires additional effort. It is the responsibi...