isolated third nerve palsy develops in numerous intracranial pathologies such as closed head trauma, tumor, and aneurysm. this report describes a 61 years old female with an abrasion on the left forehead and ptosis of the left eye. initial computed tomography did not reveal any causative cerebral and vascular lesions or orbital and cranial fractures. high-resolution and multi-axial enhanced mag...

mercury is among the most toxic nonradioactive elements which may cause toxicity even at low doses. some studies showed release of mercury from dental amalgam fillings in individuals who used mobile phone. this study was conducted to assess the effect of high-field mri on mercury release from dental amalgam filling. we studied two groups of students with identical tooth decays requiring a simil...

BACKGROUND: Many pediatric oral diseases are preventable if physicians recognize and encourage preventive care and refer patients to dentists whenever necessary. Parents usually visit pediatricians for routine care during the first few years of a child’s life. Therefore, pediatricians have can assist dental professionals by educating parents to maintain their children's oral health. The main ob...

background & aim:the major teeth problems associated with adults are: plaque, tartar, tooth decay, gingivitis, periodontal disease. there is a long and venerable history of the use of plants to improve dental health and promote oral hygiene. there are a number of traditional herbal remedies for the treatment and management of diseases related to teeth, gum and oral hygiene. good oral hygien...

Keywords global health, United Nations, World Health Organization, noncommunicable diseases, dental research, evidence-based practice

Introduction A playful competition was launched in a primary dental health care system to improve the recording of diagnoses into an electronic patient chart system and to study what diagnoses were used in primary dental care. Methods This was a longitudinal follow-up study with public sector primary dental care practices in a Finnish city. A one-year-lasting playful competition between the d...

3 ilver-mercury fillings—also called dental or mercury amalgams— ave been used in dentistry since 1832. In 1840, the dental ssociation of the day argued over whether to use mercury as filling material because it was cheap, or to withdraw it ecause it was toxic. The safety debate had already begun and ould be called “Amalgam War I.” In the late 1920s, Dr Alfred tock, a biochemist and researcher,...

Teledentistry has gained an increasing popularity among dentists as alternative innovative solution to minimize the risk of transmission COVID-19 and other infections. Dentists at Bandung community health center have started implementing teledentistry since government issued a reference for dental oral services during pandemic. The purpose this study was analyze implementation in centers based ...