PURPOSE The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a predoctoral clinical educational program on preparation and beliefs of participants related to infant oral health. METHODS Questionnaires were constructed and mailed out to four classes of past dental students, two of which had attended the program. RESULTS Significant differences were detected between groups regarding their feel...

Presence of Candida spp. in infants oral cavity and its association with early childhood caries Fabíola Galbiatti de Carvalho 1* Thaís Manzano Parisotto 2** Josimeri Hebling 3* Luis Carlos Spolidorio 3*** Denise Madalena Palomari Spolidorio 3*** 1DDS, MS, Graduate Student 2DDS, Graduate Student 3DDS, MS, PhD Professor * Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Araraquara Dental Schoo...

T he effects of self-induced starvation and chronic vomiting can cause significant and often irreversible changes of the dentition and oral cavity, besides the complex medical and psychiatric symptoms. A dental emergency may be the patient's first confrontation of damage and deleterious sequelae caused by the eating disorder. The dental complications can cause crumbling teeth, loss of restorati...

Aim: To investigate the construction of cobalt-chromium removable partial dentures by commercial private dental laboratories. Methods: Ninety master casts for fabrication of cobalt-chromium removable partial dentures were obtained from three commercial laboratories randomly selected. Casts were assessed for dental arch treated, Kennedy classification, cast surveying, denture design information ...

The oral cavity provides an ideal and unique environment for study of biological processes involving metallic dental aids. Dental materials within the mouth interact continually with physiological fluids. Oral tissues are exposed to a veritable bombardment of both chemical and physical stimuli as well as the metabolism of many species of bacteria; yet, for the most part, oral tissues remain hea...

The purpose of this study was to examine narrowing of the dental pulp cavity in patients undergoing long-term administration of steroids, by means of intraoral radiographs. The subjects were 20 patients under long-term steroid treatment (the steroid group), and 15 patients who were not receiving steroids (the non-steroid group), who visited the Clinic for Persons with Disabilities, University H...

In the Institute of Medicines report Dental Education at the Crossroads, it was suggested that dental schools across the country move toward integrated basic science education for dental and medical students in their curricula. To do so, dental school admission requirements and recommendations must be closely reviewed to ensure that students are adequately prepared for this coursework. The purp...

one of the main criteria in evaluating the restorative materials is the degree of microleakage. the aim of this study was to compare the microleakage of glass ionomer restored cavities prepared by er:yag laser or turbine and bur.twenty extracted caries-free deciduous posterior teeth were selected for this study. the teeth were randomly divided into two groups for cavity preparation. cavities in...

While initially the oral cavity was considered to be mainly a source of various bacteria, their toxins and antigens, recent studies showed that it may also be a location of oxidative stress and periodontal inflammation. Accordingly, this paper focuses on the involvement of melatonin in oxidative stress diseases of oral cavity as well as on potential therapeutic implications of melatonin in dent...

A 17-year-old patient with no specific pathological history who consulted for epistaxis with low abundance repetitions by the left nasal fossa associated with a homolateral stuffy nose sensation and episodes of fetid rinorrhea, since 7 months. The clinical examination reveal a patient in good shape . Examination of the nasal cavities found some blood clots in the left nasal cavity , the suction...