objectives: gingival recession can lead to root exposure and discomfort for patients. there are various techniques for root coverage. the aim of this study was to compare the use of gingival unit graft (palatal graft including the marginal gingiva and papillae) with free gingival graft for treatment of localized gingival recession. materials and methods: in this randomized controlled clinical t...

Background In recent years the roles of esthetics and patient comfort have become increasingly important in dentistry. Paralleling this development, the role of root coverage procedures to treat gingival recession has gained more importance in periodontics. Gingival recession and its corollary, root exposure, may result in several undesirable sequelae, including compromised esthetics; root sens...

OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the economic recession affected the control of tuberculosis in the European Union. METHODS Multivariate regression models were used to quantify the association between gross domestic product, public health expenditure and tuberculosis case detection rates, using data from 21 European Union member states (1991-2012). The estimated changes in case detection attr...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that economic recessions lead to reduced global development assistance for health (DAH). METHODS Data obtained from the Creditor Reporting System of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for 15 OECD countries were used to model the percentage change (relative difference) in commitments and disbursements for DAH as a function of thre...

To perform a systematic review on the effect of changes in incisor inclination owing to orthodontic treatment and the occurrence of gingival recession. PubMed, EMBASE Excerpta Medica and CENTRAL of the Cochrane Library were searched and a hand search was performed. From 1925 articles identified, 17 articles were finally included: six experimental animal studies and 11 retrospective clinical stu...

PURPOSE To compare the results between recession of the lateral recti and monocular recess-resect procedure for the correction of the basic type of intermittent exotropia. METHODS 115 patients with intermittent exotropia were submitted to surgery. The patients were divided into 4 groups, according to the magnitude of preoperative deviation and the surgical procedure was subsequently performed...

T he recession that began in March 2001 differed in many ways from other recessions of the past three decades. The twin recessions of the early 1980s occurred when the Federal Reserve Board, under Chairman Paul Volcker, acted decisively to halt the steady rise of inflation during the 1970s, despite the substantial employment and output cost to the economy. Although monetary tightening had reduc...

Gingival recession is one of the most common soft tissue problems, especially when it hinders the esthetics of a patient. Gingival recession can further lead to root caries, sensitivity, and difficulty in plaque control. Moreover, exposed roots are prone to abrasion and erosion. Periodontal plastic surgery is one of the emerging fields, which helps to meet such soft tissue problems. Currently, ...

Probabilistic methods provide a means of demonstrating the potential variability in predictions of coastal cliff recession. They form the basis for risk-based land use planning, cliff management and engineering decision-making. A range of probabilistic methods for predicting soft coastal cliff recession has now been developed, including statistical techniques, process-based simulation and struc...