conclusions although the dentists had a proper knowledge in the field of transmission of hiv, hbv, and hcv infections, fear and concern of being infected make them to refuse these patients. therefore, training dentists to improve their attitudes toward treatment of these patients is necessary. background dental practitioners can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b ...

background and aims. temporomandibular disorders (tmd) account for the most common orofacial pains rising from musculoskeletal origin. the aim of this study was to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes and practice of dental practitioners regarding tmd in tehran, iran. materials and methods. a questionnaire, containing 29 questions on etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatmen...

background cone beam computed tomography (ct) has recently become effective for oral and maxillofacial imaging. objectives the aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of dentists regarding cone beam computed tomography. materials and methods in this descriptive cross sectional study, a questionnaire regarding cone-beam computed tomography (cbct) was distributed amongst 100 dentists (gener...

introdouction: implants are considered to be a useful treatment for the replacement of lost teeth. although the success rate and durability of implants are high, the prevalence of peri-implantitis is high as well. the purpose of this study was to analyze the knowledge of general practitioners in the city of rasht in northern iran regarding peri-implantitis and its treatment. materials and metho...

Afssaps updated these recommendations based on the evaluations of a multidisciplinary group of experts headed by P Lesclous dentist (Nantes) including: F Duffau dentist (Paris), JJ Bensahel dentist (Nice), P Blanchard stomatologist (Villeneuve-Saint-Georges), R Cohen infectious disease specialist (Creteil), V Descroix dentist (Paris), L Dubreuil microbiologist (Lille), X Duval infectious diseas...

based on the current emphasis on competency-based education, as a part of need assessment phase of dental curriculum revision in iran, in the present study the dental graduates' perspective concerning the minimum competency requirements for an iranian general dentist has been investigated.based on the three available major competency documents in the literature a questionnaire was developed in ...