OBJECTIVES The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the factors related with additional administration of sedative agent during intravenous conscious sedation (IVS) using midazolam (MDZ). The secondary purpose was to analyze the factors affecting patient satisfaction. MATERIALS AND METHODS Clinical data for 124 patients who had undergone surgical extraction of mandibular third mol...

The dental literature supports the many benefits of dental implant-supported prostheses for the fully edentulous arch.1 These benefits include increased chewing ability, bone preservation, sharpened phonetics, and an improved psychological outlook for an edentulous patient. Treatment planning for dental implants is a multidisciplinary process that takes into account many areas of dentistry and ...

Dental personnel planning is important in formulating policy in dental education, dental public health programs, and dental care delivery systems. The purpose of this literature review is to illustrate the use of dentist-to-population ratios, need-based models, and demand-based models in the determination of appropriate supply of dental personnel. A historical perspective is provided that demon...

AIM The aim of this study was to ascertain age and gender related differences that contribute to dental anxiety and to find relations with early onset of child dental anxiety in a population of 4-11 years old Dutch children. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted among 2,865 patients (48.2% girls) aged between 4 and 11 years old. The sample included a normative (n = 2,153) and an anxio...

OBJECTIVE To assess differences in the dental care provided to sickle cell anemia (SCA) patients depending on age. This retrospective study used secondary data from the dental records of the Center of Hematology and Hemotherapy in Maranhão (HEMOMAR). MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were obtained from 574 dental records of patients with SCA treated or under treatment in the Dental Department of HEM...

The aim of this study was to determine if Häävikko's maturation standards are applicable to Italian children. The sample included 500 healthy Caucasian children 3.9-15.4 years of age: 267 girls [mean age 9.6 years, standard deviation (SD) 2.1] and 233 boys (mean age 9.9 years, SD 2.1), living in Italy. All dental ages were assessed from panoramic films by one examiner using Häävikko's method. A...

The routine radiographic examination by orthopantomography of the jaws of all dental patients is necessary and justifiable. To evaluated the possible radiographical marker in edentulous for identification. To determine the age and gender from different parameters of radiographs. Study was conducted on 103 orthopantomograms of edentulous patients, aged (55-76 years). All radiolucencies or radioo...

In the fall and winter of 1965-1967, 292 ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) Wi!re collected from four locations off the Pacific coast of Oregon. Specimens were examined for length-weight relationships, food habits, parasites, and a method of sex and age determination. Equations describing the body weight-body length (snout to vent) relationships were log weight = log -4.3217 + 3.0546 log length for m...

Human and animal cremated osteological remains from twelve graves of Roman Period from archaeological site Sepkovcica near Velika Gorica (Turopolje region, NW Croatia) were analysed. Beside the content of urns and grave pits, fillings of grave vessels like bowls, pots and amphoras from twentytwo grave samples were included in this study. The preservation of osteological and dental remains of hu...