introduction: the purpose of this in vitro study was to evaluate the sealing ability of the readymade temporary filling and hand mixed materials by assessing coronal microleakage. materials & methods: standardized access cavities were prepared in 80 intact human permanent premolar teeth. they were divided randomly into four experimental groups (n=20). the teeth were restored using one of the te...

Pediatric dental caries is the most common chronic disease among children. Above 40% of the U.S. children aged 2-11 years have dental caries; more than 50% of them come from low-income families. Under dental services of the Medicaid program, children enrolled in Medicaid must receive preventive dental services. However, only 1/5 of them utilize preventive dental services. The purpose of this ov...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to assess potential correlation between dental anxiety and overall dental status in adult patients, in consideration of the frequency of dental appointments and individual dental hygiene practices. MATERIALS AND METHODS Individual dental anxiety levels were assessed with the aid of the Corah's dental anxiety scale (DAS). The study embraced 112 patients of th...

OBJECTIVES To describe trends in expenditures on dental health care services, the number of dental health care professionals and self-reported dental visits and cost barriers to dental care in Canada from 2000 to 2010. METHODS Data on licensed dental professionals; total expenditures on dental care, both public and private; and mean per capita amount spent on dental care were obtained from th...

A dental chart is a permanent record of a patient’s dental care, and completion of a dental chart is the minimum standard of care for documenting any professional dental procedure. Dental charting is the process of recording the state of health or disease of the teeth and oral cavity, and it is an integral part of the examination, diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of dental cases. T...

Dental radiography is an essential component in the delivery of high-quality dental care for dogs and cats. During the 1980s veterinarians began taking radiographs of teeth using standard radiographic units; however, these units made patient positioning difficult and often resulted in suboptimal films. In the 1990s dental radiographic units became a more common part of the veterinary dental dia...

INTRODUCTION Dental anxiety is an important challenge for many patients and clinicians. It is thus of importance to know more about dental students' own experiences with dental anxiety and their understanding of dental anxiety. The aim was to investigate differences in dental anxiety levels between dental students, psychology students, and biology students at a Norwegian university. MATERIALS...

introduction: various systems for intraoral digital radiography have been available as an alternative to film–based radiography. in consideration of several advantages of digital radiography such as less patient absorbed dose, manipulation of im age quality and elimination of processing, it has been extensively used in different fields of denti stry in recent years. the purpose of this study wa...

objective: various techniques of composite placement have been used to decrease microleakage around the composite restorations. due to controversial results, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of different placement techniques on microleakage in class v composite restorations. materials and methods: sixty class v cavities were prepared on the buccal and lingual surfaces o...

objective: numerous studies have emphasized on the importance of developing an ideal educational system for high-quality dental education. the present study sought to assess the perception of dental students on operative dentistry education in department of restorative dentistry, shahid beheshti dental school, tehran, iran.   methods: in this descriptive cross-sectional study, 220 students were...