Dentistry is an evolving profession that has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Greater consideration must be taken with treatment planning to minimise aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) as well working in patient's best interest provide quality of dental care. Silver diamine fluoride (SDF) effective non-invasive option and applied a topical medicament on tooth cavities arr...

Diethyl sebacate is used in topical medicaments in United States and Japan. We described a case of allergic contact dermatitis from diethyl sebacate in a topical antimycotic medicament. Allergic reaction to diethyl sebacate is likely more common because our group has found three of eight sensitized cases. We believe that an investigation regarding the sensitized frequency to diethyl sebacate wo...

Phosphorus has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular mortality in kidney disease subjects. Phosphorus was discovered in 1669 and was considered a philosophers stone, it was used as medicament but there were reported deaths after its use. High serum levels of phosphorus are associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease in the general population in subjects free from chronic ...

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is a rapidly evolving area of medicine and dentistry with a prevalence of use of 9 to 65% worldwide. Phytomedicines have come to occupy a place in dentistry and of these; propolis is a medicament that has been widely tested. Propolis has far reaching applications in dentistry, ranging from its use as a pulp capping agent to its role as a medium for a...

Objective: The objective of this report was to present a case of apexification in traumatized teeth treated with two different therapies for immature teeth. Methods: An 11-year-old male patient was referred to the Dental Trauma Service of the College of Dentistry — Piracicaba (UNICAMP), with enamel dentin fracture in the maxillary central incisors associated with subluxation caused by a bicycle...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM A high percentage of fixed prosthodontic restorations require a subgingival margin placement, which requires the practice of gingival displacement or a deflection procedure to replicate the margins in impression. PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to learn the different gingival displacement techniques that are currently used by dentists in their practice and to compar...