Aims: To assess the treatment need among Saudi female patients attending for dental treatment at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh. Methods: The sample included all female patients referred to the Comprehensive Dental Course for treatment by 5th year students at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University during the academic year 2014-2015. Patients were clinically exami...

Department of Operative Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, Cariology and Operative Dentistry, Department of Restorative Sciences, Graduate School, Division of Conservative Dentistry, GKT Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom, and Center of Excellence Program for Frontier Research on Molecular Destruction and Reconstruction of Tooth and Bone, Tokyo M...

1Department of Dental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium 2Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, National University Hospital, Singapore 3Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontology, Dental School, Gent University, Belgium 4Laboratory of Lasers in Dentistry (LELO), Department of Restorative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Univ...

Bond strength evaluation of self-etch and total-etch adhesive systems on intact and ground human enamel Marina Di Francescantonio Marcelo Tavares de Oliveira Mirela Sanae Shinohara Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosano Marcelo Giannini DDS, Graduate student (Master degree), Department of Restorative Dentistry DDS, MSc, Graduate student (Doctor degree), Department of Restorative Dentistry DDS, MSc, PhD, ...

BACKGROUND Studies on rural-urban differences in dental care have primarily focused on differences in utilization rates and preventive dental services. Little is known about rural-urban differences in the use of wider range of dental procedures. This study examined patterns of preventive, restorative, endodontic, and extraction procedures provided to children enrolled in Delta Dental of Wiscons...

OBJECTIVES Most studies on the provision of dental procedures have focused on Medicaid enrollees known to have inadequate access to dental care. Little information on private insurance enrollees exists. This study documents the rates of preventive, restorative, endodontic, and surgical dental procedures provided to children enrolled in Delta Dental of Wisconsin (DDWI) in Milwaukee. METHODS We...

Years ago, the restorative material options for the dental practitioner were limited. Direct placement materials available were either amalgam or silicate. Amalgam has long been recognized as a forgiving restorative material that works well in a variety of circumstances. Advantages of amalgam include cariostatic properties, the ability to work in varied moisture conditions, and quick bulk place...

BACKGROUND Successful restorations in dental patients depend largely on the effective control of moisture and microbes during the procedure. The rubber dam technique has been one of the most widely used isolation methods in dental restorative treatments. The evidence on the effects of rubber dam usage on the longevity of dental restorations is conflicting. Therefore, it is important to summaris...

Fluorescent emission of human teeth and dental calculus is important for the esthetic rehabilitation of teeth, diagnosis of dental caries, and detection of dental calculus. The purposes of this review were to summarize the fluorescence and phosphorescence of human teeth by ambient ultraviolet (UV) light, to investigate the clinically relevant fluorescence measurement methods in dentistry, and t...

introduction: dentists are exposed to mercury vapor from dental amalgam in their routine occupational practice; excess exposure to mercury is harmful. the aim of this study was to assess the influence of some possible related factors on the urine mercury levels of general dentists and restorative specialists in mashhad in 2010. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was performed ran...