Determining a child's chronological age and stage of maturation is particularly important in fields such as paediatrics, orthopaedics, and orthodontics, as well as in forensic and anthropological studies. Some systemic conditions can cause abnormal physiological maturation, and skeletal maturation is usually more delayed than dental maturation. The aim of this study was to determine dental age ...

Preclinical learning is a basic exercise to develop skills, based on real cases in the laboratory before taking direct action patients. However, many students feel stressed, lack confidence, and are not ready perform dental treatment for patients first time. It necessary study media that more realistic, innovative by utilizing technology bring closer situation of preclinical. The purpose this w...

BACKGROUND Dental caries is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases affecting a large portion of children in the United States. The prevalence of childhood dental caries in Kentucky is among the highest in the nation. The purposes of this study are to (1) compare sociodemographic differences between caries and no caries groups and (2) investigate factors associated with untreated dent...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the importance of medical and dental factors in aspiration pneumonia in an older veteran population. DESIGN Prospective enrollment of subjects with retrospective analysis of data. SETTING Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic, inpatient ward, and nursing home. PARTICIPANTS 358 veterans age 55 and older; 50 subjects with aspiration pneumonia. MEASUREM...

PURPOSE The purpose of this article is to determine whether certain facial asymmetries (nose and chin) have an impact on the perception of the maxillary dental midline shift. MATERIALS AND METHODS From a digitally created symmetric facial model (SFM) constructed in a previous study, a new asymmetric facial model (AFM) was created, with nose and chin deviated to the same side. Modifications we...

The present research developed the Self-Regulation for Dental Home Care Questionnaire (SRDHCQ), based on self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 2000), and used it in an SDT process model of dental health behaviors and self-rated oral health. In this model, patients’ perceptions of autonomy-supportive (relative to controlling) dental professionals were expected to positively predict patien...

Alternative methods for viewing teeth while performing simulated dental procedures were investigated. The methods allowed participants to assume postures requiring less neck flexion than the standard direct view. One alternative used a video camera and monitor to view the mouth, the other incorporated 90 degrees prism glasses. The study was conducted in two parts: (1) novice participants perfor...