dadresanfar b 1 ehsani m 2 vallaee n 3 khalilak z #1   1- assistant professor, endodontic dept, islamic azad university, dental branch, tehran, iran   2-dentist   3- faculty member of islamic azad university, dental branch   corresponding author: khalilak z: endodontic dept, no 4 , 10th neyestan ave, pasdaran. tehran iran   tel: 0 21 22564571-3 email: dr.z.khalilak@ gmail.com  background and ai...

There is little published literature about the outcomes of dental hygiene baccalaureate degree education, particularly in Canada. Since there are various dental hygiene entry-to-practice educational models in Canada, exploring baccalaureate dental hygiene education is becoming an increasingly important subject. The purpose of this study was to explore the personal outcomes and dental hygiene pr...

background: dental fear leads to lack of child cooperation. in general, without the patient's cooperation, success in remedy is impossible. this study aimed to evaluate parental view about the origins of the dental fear in children as well as their view about factors contributing to the prevention of child dental fear. methods: this was a cross sectional descriptive and analytical study which w...

The present study investigates whether the human mandible is sexually dimorphic during early postnatal development and whether early dimorphic features persist during subsequent ontogeny. We also examine whether mandibular dimorphism is linked to dimorphism of dental development. Dense CT-derived mandibular meshes of 84 females and 75 males, ranging from birth to adulthood, were analyzed using ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 the maxillary lateral incisor is the second most common congenitally absent tooth. there are several treatment options for replacing the missing maxillary lateral incisor, including canine substitution, tooth-supported restoration, or single-tooth implant. dental implants are an appropriate treatment option for replacing m...

The American Dental Education Association (ADEA), Section on Dental Hygiene Education, Competency Development Committee drafted the competency statements presented in this document. This committee had representation from both baccalaureate and associate degree dental hygiene programs. It also included representation from dental hygiene, clinical, social and basic sciences, and the American Dent...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous disorders can be associated with a wide variety of dental manifestations that should be familiar to dermatologists. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the development of the teeth, explain current dental terms, and review the dental manifestations of some dermatologic conditions. METHODS A MEDLINE search (1966-May 2007) was performed to find relevant articles pertaining to...

Dental caries is an infectious microbiologic disease of the teeth that results in localized dissolution and destruction of the calcified tissue. Dental caries is a mulitifactorial disease, which is caused by host, agent, and environmental factors. Cariogenic micro-organisms enter the dental biofilm early in life and can subsequently emerge, under favorable environmental conditions, to cause dis...

Community-based dental education offers a variety of positive learning experiences for students while providing needed dental services for the underserved. More dental students are being instructed by a growing body of largely volunteer community-based faculty who practice in a wide range of community settings including community hospitals and clinics, nursing homes, and private practices. Thes...

The review deals with global position of the dental plaque, development of dental plaque and species involved and their pathogenicity. Streptococci are the initial colonizers in development of the dental plaque. They attach to the acquired pellicle on tooth surface and later on they show receptors for bonding with the secondary colonizers and late colonizers The conditions leading to the develo...