AIMS To compare wage earner dental technicians with non-exposed salaried subjects for the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and function, and chest x ray abnormalities. METHODS A total of 134 dental technicians and 131 non-exposed subjects participated. A medical and an occupational questionnaire were filled in to evaluate the prevalence of respiratory symptoms and occupational exposures. Su...

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...

Dental X-ray imaging helps dentists detect many problems such as caries, cysts and jaw structure problems. Clinical diagnosis preventive examinations of dental structures play an important role by providing a comprehensive evaluation with panoramic x-rays for dentists. However, researchers primarily use image processing methods to analyze improve increase its contribution the diagnostic time. I...

ABSTRACTThe use of X-rays is an integral part clinical dentistry because it can help doctors when diagnosing a symptom experienced by patient through radiological images (x-rays). Radiation used in radiology not only useful for helping to establish diagnosis, also pose danger radiation workers and the general public who are around source. The method literature review, namely examining data sour...

ceramic dental materials have been considered as alternatives to metals for dental implants application. in this respect, zirconia tetragonal stabilized with %3 yttrium, is of great importance among the ceramic materials for endosseous dental implant application. because of its good mechanical properties and color similar to tooth. the aim and novelty of this study was to design and prepare y-t...

OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to investigate the methods to reduce operator's radiation dose when taking intraoral radiographs with portable dental X-ray machines. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two kinds of portable dental X-ray machines (DX3000, Dexcowin and Rextar, Posdion) were used. Operator's radiation dose was measured with an 1,800 cc ionization chamber (RadCal Corp.) at the hand level of X-...

IN Dental and Oral X-ray Diagnosis Professor Hutchinson has not simply compiled an atlas of dental radiographs, but has given us a concise and comprehensive textbook covering most, if not all, aspects of dental disease. Starting with chapters on dental development, normal dental anatomy, and congenital and developmental anomalies of structure, the author proceeds to deal with injuries to teeth,...

The recurrent spontaneous formation of abscesses affecting multiple noncarious primary as well as permanent teeth is the principle clinical dental feature in cases of hypophosphatemia, a condition inherited through the X chromosome. Patients often have high pulp horns, large pulp chambers and dentinal clefts. We report a case of hypophosphatemic vitamin D-resistant rickets in a patient who repo...