Using all-inclusive data from 126 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care facilities that provide dental services, this study identified the staffing infrastructure under which the Veterans Health Administration can provide graduate dental education without compromising dental clinic productivity. From regression analyses, we found that teaching residents has a negative impact on staff ...

Clinical effects of systemic and topical tetracycline therapy on chronic periodontal disease. Cristiane Gonçalves 1 Rosa Maria J. Rodrigues 2 Eduardo Jorge Feres-Filho 3 Ana Paula Colombo4 1 MSD Dept. of Dental Clinic – Periodontics – Gama Filho University – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil 2 MSD Dept. of Dental Clinic – Periodontics – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil 3 DSc...

This study evaluated the dental anxiety levels of preschool children at a kindergarten and at a dental clinic. The anxiety levels of ninety 4-6-year-old (4.99 ± 0.81) preschool children were evaluated according to pulse rates, the facial image scale (FIS), the Venham picture test (VPT), and the Frankl behavior rating scale. The children's mothers were asked to complete the state-trait anxiety i...

a 79 year old fanner referred to a dental clinic because of toothache for one week. after extraction of a painful tooth, three larvae, 1.5 cm in length emerged from the dental cavity. morphological study of the larvae proved them as w. magnifica. this is the first report of dental cavity myiasis from iran.

The dental profession has recognized tobacco cessation as an important part of comprehensive dental care, yet implementation of the Public Health Service clinical practice guideline on "Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence" remains a challenge. This is especially the case for patients presenting in dental clinics for whom smoking represents a large financial burden. Many of these smoking-addicte...

Effective teaching behaviors have been studied in various arenas in higher education. However, there is limited research documenting effective teaching behaviors in dentistry and dental hygiene. Our qualitative study attempts to define effective teaching in both the classroom and clinic for dentistry and dental hygiene students. A total of 175 dental and dental hygiene undergraduate students no...

Introduction: Traumatic dental injuries (TDI) in children and adolescents are a common dental health problem and the prevalence of these injuries has increased during the past few decades. The aim of this paper was to evaluate the data of the patients with dental trauma in permanent teeth looking for treatment in the Dental Trauma Clinic in the North-east of Iran over 4 years. Methods: During t...

Using the information from remake request slips in a dental school's predoctoral clinic, we examined the short-term survival of Class II resin composite restorations versus Class II dental amalgam restorations. In the student clinic, resin composite is used in approximately 58 percent of Class II restorations placed, and dental amalgam is used in the remaining 42 percent. In the period examined...