providing an esthetic restoration in the anterior region of the mouth has been the basis of peri-implant esthetics. to achieve optimal esthetics, in implant supported restorations, various patient and tooth related factors have to be taken into consideration. peri-implant plastic surgery has been adopted to improve the soft tissue and hard tissue profi les, during and after implant placement. t...

The aim of this retrospective study was to assess dental patient, physician and dental student attitudes toward blood pressure and glycemic monitoring within a dental school environment. The responses of these cohort groups were analyzed by using an Institutional Review Board-approved survey. Physicians and dental students viewed blood pressure monitoring positively, while patients were less en...

a Department of Urology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan b Department of Pathology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan c Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Uonuma Institute of Community Medicine, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Japan d Department of Digestive...

The objective was to evaluate the importance of preoperative elimination of oral infections and oral health for survival after heart valve surgery In a group of patients (n=149; treatment group, GP group), oral health was examined and dental treatment was performed 3-6 months prior to heart valve surgery. In a second group (n=103; control group, SP group), oral health was examined postoperative...

34 JAYPEE Role of Imaging in Dental Implants 1Divya Kalra, 2Geetika Jain, 3Abhijeet Deoghare, 4Pravin Lambade 1Associate Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India 2Postgraduate Student, Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Rohtak, Haryana, India 3Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine, Chhattisgarh Dental College and Research I...

Skeletal and dental changes were examined in 15 patients presenting with a Class III malocclusion treated by a sagittal split osteotomy. All patients received orthodontic treatment with Straightwire appliances both prior to and following surgery. These appliances were also used for fixation. The lower incisors were proclined by 8.4 degrees before surgery with little change in upper incisor incl...

INTRODUCTION Many Canadian children are affected by early childhood caries (ECC) and require treatment under general anesthesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the burden of day surgery for children with ECC in Canada. METHODS Day surgery abstracts for children 6 years of age with ECC were extracted from the Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database and...

PURPOSE The purposes of this study were to develop a workstation computer that allowed intraoperative touchless control of diagnostic and surgical images by a surgeon, and to report the preliminary experience with the use of the system in a series of cases in which dental surgery was performed. MATERIALS AND METHODS A custom workstation with a new motion sensing input device (Leap Motion) was...