Background and Aim: Dental implants with angled abutments are often inserted in the anterior maxillary region due to the status of the residual ridge and aesthetic considerations. The purpose of this study was to assess stress and strain distributions in the premaxillary bone around dental implants by means of finite element analysis (FEA). Materials and Methods: Four three-dimensional (3D) fi...

Objective To develop the Croatian version of the 41-item Dental Environment Stress questionnaire (DES) for stress assessment of dental students in both, preclinical and clinical years of study and to test its psychometric properties in Croatian dental student population. Materials and Methods The English version of the 41-Item DES questionnaire was first translated into the Croatian language....

Background. Dental students have reported a high prevalence of psychological stress and the causes are associated with the challenging dental environmental and demographic factors. This study aimed to conduct a preliminary investigation on dental students' stress status, using a sample of first-to-third-year Bachelor of Dental Surgery students in an Australian university. Special interests incl...

OBJECTIVE This paper focused on optimal stress distribution in the mandibular bone surrounding a dental implant and is devoted to the development of a modified Osteoplant® implant type in order to minimize stress concentration in the bone-implant interface. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study investigated 0.4 mm thick layers of two elastomeric stress barriers incorporated into the dental implant ...

Dental students are exposed to different stress factors in different stages of dental education which, apart from affecting their physical and mental health also has an impact on academic performance. The present research attempts to identify the perceived sources of stress and coping strategies amongst dental students and interns. Questionnaire consisting demographic data, Modified Dental Envi...

introduction. the professional education can be a very stressful experience. the high level of stress often leads to disruptions in physiological and psychological health. although a moderate degree of stress can promote students’ creativity and achievement, the intense pressures and relentless demands of medical education may destroy personal relationship and ultimately, affect patient care. t...

CONTEXT The dental students experience a lot of stress, which increase when they perform their first surgical procedure. Yoga as an anxiolytic tool in anxiety reduction has been practiced over centuries in India. AIM To assess the efficacy of yoga in reducing the state trait anxiety of dental students before their first periodontal surgery performance. SETTINGS AND DESIGN A randomized contr...