Objective: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a serious condition affecting quality life patients taking antiresorptive and anti-angiogenic drugs. The main purpose this study was to evaluate dentists’ awareness MRONJ. Methods: A questionnaire administered dentists. contained 20 questions on demographic data participants their MRONJ complications or responses were analyzed us...

Understanding the information-seeking behavior of dentists may inform ways to increase the dentist uptake of evidence-based research for clinical decision making and the practice of evidence-based dentistry, but no systematic review of dentist information-seeking behavior has been conducted. This review aimed to synthesize the best available evidence on where and how dentists seek information. ...

statement of the problem many diseases to be treated by dentists require drug therapy. lack of paying enough attention to principles of drug prescription can lead to problems such as unsuccessful treatment. on the other hand, the most important way to prevent such problems is paying enough attention to prescription of drugs materials and methods in this descriptive study, 260 prescriptions rand...

background some of the dental procedures can cause bleeding. bleeding control can be difficult in some patients because of systemic disease or chronic anticoagulant therapy, so they may be at increased risk for bleeding occurrences or even death following invasive dental procedures. this study was schemed to measure the knowledge of general dentists in shiraz city regarding coagulation tests pe...

OBJECTIVES To investigate (1) the degree of digital technology adoption among general dental practitioners, and to assess (2) which personal and practice factors are associated with technology use. METHODS A questionnaire was distributed among a stratified sample of 1000 general dental practitioners in the Netherlands, to measure the use of fifteen administrative, communicative, clinical and ...

PURPOSE There is a need for research to facilitate the widespread implementation, dissemination and sustained utilization of evidence-based primary care screening, monitoring and care coordination guidelines, thereby increasing the impact of dental hygienists' actions on patients' oral and general health. The aims of this formative study are to explore dental hygienists' and dentists' perspecti...