BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to determine the oral health status and treatment needs of elderly hostel residents in Melbourne. METHOD One hundred and seventy-five subjects aged 65+ were selected from 20 hostels within a 10 km radius of Melbourne's central business district. RESULTS Subjects were clinically examined and interviewed using a standard questionnaire. In the course of...

Intracoronal radiolucencies in unerupted permanent teeth had been described previously as caries, carieslike lesions," and developmental in origin.More recent reports describe these lesions as resorption of the crown of unerupted permanent teeth' found as an incidental radiographic finding, rarely in more than one tooth in the same patient.-' These often go unnoticed until eruption and then are...

AIM The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of endodontic and coronal restorations and the association with periapical status in a Danish population. METHODOLOGY A total of 614 randomly selected individuals (20-60+ years of age) from Aarhus County had a full-mouth radiographic examination. The quality of endodontic and coronal restorations and the periapical status of endodontica...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the oral health (with regard to the periapical status, quality of root fillings and coronal restorations) in an urban adult Turkish subpopulation using digital panoramic radiographs. MATERIALS AND METHODS One thousand digital panoramic radiographs involving 28,000 teeth were selected from the archive of the Public Oral and Dental Health Center of Isparta. Coronal stat...

The restoration of broken down puIpless molar teeth generally implies the provision of a cast post and core with a crown. In this research the failure resistance of some restoration methods utilizing amalgam was investigated under an oblique load. The results suggest that intracoronal reinforcement with a prefabricated dowel did not significantly increase the in vitro resistance. It is expected...

AIM The purpose of this case report is to describe the clinical procedure for fabricating fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) onlay composite resin restorations using a FRC as the substructure. BACKGROUND A variety of therapeutic modalities are available to restore teeth with moderate coronal defects in the posterior region of the mouth. For patients who refuse complete crown restorations or whe...

Onlay is an extra-coronal restoration usually involving same area as inlay restoration and portion of outer cuspal slope, it is indicated in cases of steep cuspal inclines as wedging force tends to direct forces not parallel to the long axis of tooth [3]. The versatile inlay and onlay restorations require meticulous care in preparation, but when properly designed are extremely useful as durable...

OBJECTIVES There is currently no standardised technique to measure the amount of coronal dentine remaining in a root-treated tooth after crown preparation. The aim of this study was to develop a method of measuring remaining coronal dentine in root-treated teeth and to propose an index for grading tooth restorability. METHODS The study recruited 20 patients who had completed molar endodontic ...

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the quality of the coronal restoration and the root filling on the success of endodontic treatment. Patients treated at Kuwait University Dental Clinics (KUDC) from 2003 to 2014 were contacted by telephone calls. Demographic data and clinical records of patients, including age, gender, the tooth number, and medical history were recorded. Each pa...