This article discusses some of the misconceptions of evidence-based research in the health sciences. It proposes that since not all treatments in medicine and dentistry can be evidence-based, clinical applications of the evidence-based process should become a specialty. The case is particularly evident in dentistry. Therefore dentistry is taken in this article as a model for discussion. We prop...

materials used in the body, especially the materials used in various oral cavity regions should be stable and passive without any interactions with the body tissues or fluids. dental amalgam, c omposite resins and dental cements are the materials of choice with such properties. the first attempts to produce active materials, which could interact with the human body tissues and fluids were promp...

BACKGROUND: The name of Iosif Solomonovich Rubinov, a prominent Russian dentist and the founder physiological direction in dentistry, is little known today to dental community Russia, neighboring countries beyond, although scientific legacy Professor I.S. Rubinov valuable contribution development medical science all sections dentistry.
 AIM: To highlight scientific, clinical, pedagogical, ...

Aims: The present study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between the grades of pre-clinical and clinical courses of endodontics, fixed prosthodontics and restorative dentistry achieved by dental students entering Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Materials and methods: The subjects in this retrospective cross-sectional study consisted of dental students entering Ta...

1 PhD Candidate, Community Oral Health Department, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran; Preventive Dentistry Research Center, Dental Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU), Tehran, Iran 2 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 3 Associate Professor, ...

objective: citation analysis is a bibliometric method used for the calculation of the mean number of citations and detection of highly cited references, frequency distribution of citations in different languages, update rate, efficacy of resources and number of core journals of a scientific domain. this process elucidates the information needs of researchers in a specific realm of science and e...

On a very hot summer day in 2012, Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics (RDE, www.rde.ac) changes its official language from Korean to English in order to join and to contribute to the international society of specific dental professions. On the verge of this breakthrough, it is an imperative step to remember the pioneer members and to appreciate their hard work and dedication. The Korean Academy...

Manish Goel*, G. Venkanna Babu** and Manish Sharma# *Professor, Department of pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Maitri College of dentistry and research centre, Durg, (C.G.) **Senior Lecturer, Department of pedodontics and preventive dentistry, Maitri College of dentistry and research centre, Durg, (C.G.) #Professor, Department of prosthodontics, Sardar Patel institute of dental sciences, L...

BACKGROUND A previous study has shown that dental practitioners in Benghazi believed that the less prevention-oriented education system is one of the barriers to applying preventive dentistry. OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and perceived competence of the dental graduates in Benghazi towards prevention and early management of dental caries. METHODS A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based surv...

Determining the prevalence of dental caries is a necessary step for health care planners to identify resources needed for dental services in the community and to provide preventive and curative services to combat dental health problems. Field surveys of cross-sectional design are important tools to describe the status of dental problems in the community.1-3 The visuotactile method has been wide...