and Students of Medicine. By Ashley vv. Barrett, M. B. (Lond.), M. R. C. S., L. D. S., Dental Surgeon to the London Hospital. London : H. K. Lewis, 1885. This is one of a new series of practical manuals to be issued by Mr. Lewis 011 the various branches of Medicine and Surgery. The volumes of the series, written by wellknown Hospital Physicians and Surgeons, are intended to be of a thoroughly p...

A 35-year-old Nigerian male was referred by a general dental practitioner to the oral medicine clinic for a painful, nonhealing ulcer on the left side of the palate. The referring general practitioner had prescribed antibiotics and analgesics a week earlier, but without any relief to the patient. The patient reported that he first noticed the lesion approximately two weeks before and complained...

introduction: the e xecution of composed educational programs for general practitioners is one of the most common methods of continuing medical education. this research project aims to evaluate one of these programs. methods: for this purpose, a pre- and post-test design was developed. the subjects consisted of 45 participants. they were tested (by a 76 mcq knowledge test) in two stages: before...

Effectively addressing challenges of conducting research in nonacademic settings is crucial to its success. A dental practice-based research network called The Dental Practice-Based Research Network (DPBRN) is comprised of practitioner- investigators in two health maintenance organizations, several universities, many U.S. states, and three Scandinavian countries. Our objective in this article i...

BACKGROUND Long-term prospective survival studies of resin-modified glass ionomer cements (RMGICs) and polyacid-modified resin composites (compomers) placed in non-carious cervical lesions (NCCLs) are lacking from general dental practice. Short-term studies have shown an unsatisfactory clinical performance for several materials. METHODS One practitioner placed 87 compomer (Compoglass, Vivaden...

The aim of the study was to analyse the self-reported use of health services among the older Estonian population, to explain the predictors of health care utilisation and to study access to health services in comparison with other population groups. In November 2005, a randomly sampled Estonian residents aged 15-64 (n=1264) and 65-74 (n=182) was personally interviewed using structured questionn...

Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare the remineralizing efficacy of novamin and tricalcium phosphate (TCP). Materials and methods: Nail varnish was coated to a total of 30 sound human premolars except for 5 mm × 5 mm window. Baseline microhardness was measured for all test samples. Artificial carious lesions were created for all teeth by subjecting them to demineralization process. ...

Dental caries is one of the most frequent diseases which affects, to quite a high extent, both temporary and mixed dentition. Restoration of the loss of hard dental substance caused by simple or complicated caries of the temporary teeth and of the young permanent teeth can re-establish tooth morphology and, implicitly, the mastication, phonation, physiognomic functions, as well as that of space...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report any differences found among the mean percentages of procedures performed by three types of dental providers for each type of service performed. The study focused on the types of services provided by dentists to Medicaid children in Virginia. METHODS Medicaid claims field for dental patients younger than age 21 were obtained and analyzed for fisc...