Patterns of maxillofacial injuries in the Middle East and North Africa: a systematic review.

abstract：:A report of the progress of research in the area of the dentist-patient relationship since Linn's review in 1971 is presented. It discusses several models of the doctor-patient relationship, dentists' perceptions of patients and their influence on treatment outcome, patients' perceptions of the dentist and satisfactio...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Ayer WA

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirements for luting agents for ceramic and polymeric inlays and onlays are reviewed and discussed. The current overriding consideration seems to be the chemical adhesion of the restoration to tooth substance and this is challenged as being an overambitious goal. The systems in use are principally the dual cure...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Jacobsen PH,Rees JS

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies, based on the tooth surface as a unit of reference, confirm a strong correlation between dental plaque and the initiation of dental caries and periodontal disease. Therefore, prevention of caries and periodontal disease must be based on plaque control. Dental plaque can be controlled both mecha...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Axelsson P

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examined patient preference for dentists as a function of the latter's demographics and experience. A sample of 161 British participants completed a questionnaire in which they were asked to rate eight dentists differentiated by nationality (British vs. Eastern European), sex (male vs. female), and e...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Swami V,McClelland A,Bedi R,Furnham A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes of oral health knowledge and behaviour among Wuhan citizens after six years of 'Love Teeth Day' campaigns. Representative samples of citizens aged 10-62 years were identified and interviewed in 1987 (n = 1180) and in 1995 (n = 1014). Data on oral health knowledge a...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Peng B,Petersen PE,Tai BJ,Yuan BY,Fan MW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was carried out to assess the associations between oral diseases and specifically oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in a nationally representative sample of 12-year-old children in Thailand in order to classify children according to their levels of risk for adverse OHRQoL and to apply f...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Krisdapong S,Prasertsom P,Rattanarangsima K,Adulyanon S,Sheiham A

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Descending necrotising mediastinitis is a rare complication secondary to oral surgery or odontogenic infections which ultimately spreads to the mediastinum through the anatomical cervical spaces. Delay in diagnosis, despite broad-spectrum antimicrobical therapy and extensive surgical intervention, results in an unacce...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Biasotto M,Pellis T,Cadenaro M,Bevilacqua L,Berlot G,Di Lenarda R

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The common dental problems of caries and periodontal disease can be controlled by patients who are prepared to adopt the appropriate dietary and oral hygiene behaviours. However compliance with dental surgery based health education programmes is often disappointing. The failure of these interventions is due to the fac...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In conventional film radiography, image quality is determined once the film has left the processing solutions. Conversely, in digital imaging, image quality may be interactively manipulated after image acquisition. Each of the parameters which define image quality: contrast, blur and noise, may be altered digitally. F...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Wenzel A

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aims of this study were to discover the knowledge of and attitudes towards dental health of a group of regularly attending mothers of young children at high-risk of caries, and to evaluate their toothbrushing techniques. METHOD:As part of the baseline examination of a randomised controlled trial to test the in...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Blinkhorn AS,Wainwright-Stringer YM,Holloway PJ

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although there is evidence that mouthguards prevent orofacial trauma occurrence during sport practice, the influence of this device on athletic performance has not been systematically quantified. OBJECTIVES:We aim to systematically review the literature to determine the effect of mouthguards on athletic per...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Ferreira GB,Guimarães LS,Fernandes CP,Dias RB,Coto NP,Antunes LAA,Antunes LS

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-adherence to regimes recommended by health practitioners is prevalent in the health and safety area. Even the most effective of interventions does not tend to lead to substantial improvements in adherence. This paper reviews models from the health psychology sphere that predict which factors might lead people to p...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Joffe H

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to substantiate biocompatibility of dental materials and techniques and thereby reduce iatrogenesis, tests for pulpal and dentinal responses have been developed. These have shown that: high-speed tooth cutting techniques are superior to low-speed techniques even when both incorporate air and water coolant spr...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Stanley HR

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the periodontal status of patients measured by two indices, the Community Periodontal Index (CPI) and the Loss of Attachment Index (LA). METHOD:The CPI and LA index scores were determined for a sample of 367 adult subjects (1,535 dentate sextants) aged 15-65 years from two rural areas in Croatia and ana...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Plancak D,Spalj S,Juric H,Bosnjak A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article presents the case of a patient who was practising Yoga (Kunjal kriya) which led to dental erosion. Dental erosion can be due to extrinsic or intrinsic causes. The intrinsic causes include vomiting due to anorexia nervosa, regurgitation due to abnormality in gastro-intestinal tract or rumination. A 38-year-...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Meshramkar R,Patil SB,Patil NP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan CPITN has been widely applied in dentistry over the past 10 years. CPITN has been introduced for screening purposes into basic dental epidemiology, dental public health and dental clinical practice. From many surveys the periodontal needs of young, mature and elderly populations have been documented. For the ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Morimoto T,Miyazaki H

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate treatment decisions of general practitioners (GPs) and dental teachers (DTs) in cases of endodontically treated teeth and to test the hypothesis that dentists' treatment decisions are independent of their working sector and other practice characteristics. DESIGN:A questionnaire based on four endo...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Heinikainen M,Vehkalahti M,Murtomaa H

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:By 1977, all Australian states and mainland territories, with the exception of Queensland, had widely implemented adjusted water fluoridation. This disparity in public health policy persisted until 2008. METHODS:This study analyses the sociopolitical and socioeconomic backgrounds that underpinned the repeal...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Akers HF,Foley MA

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EC has mounted the BIOMED 1 as a specific programme to facilitate cooperative research programmes in identified areas of interest throughout Europe. They have recently announced support under this programme for a joint initiative designed to evaluate in vitro and in vivo methods of biological testing of root canal...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Watts A,Paterson RC

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Owing to its cost-effectiveness and operative convenience, dental amalgam remains in use as a restorative material for tooth caries in children in many countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dental amalgam exposure and urinary mercury (U-Hg) concentrations in children. MET...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Baek HJ,Kim EK,Lee SG,Jeong SH,Sakong J,Merchant AT,Im SU,Song KB,Choi YH

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the reduction of plaque and gingivitis from the following three toothpaste formulations containing: 0.3% Triclosan, 1,000ppm fluoride and 0.13% calcium glycerophosphate in a natural calcium carbonate base (a new paste); 0.2% Triclosan and 1,000ppm fluoride in a precipitated calcium carbonate base; ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Peter S,Nayak DG,Philip P,Bijlani NS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AIDS epidemic has caused widespread concern in the community and there has been a corresponding impact on dentistry. Dentists have seen themselves as vulnerable due to frequent exposure to blood and to the salivary pool, which may possibly be infective, either inherently or by reason of blood contamination. The fe...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Wall C

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality has always been important for the health professions. However, recently the 'pressure' for quality assurance/improvement (QA/I) in the health care arena has increased. All health professions and individual practitioners are expected to be aware of the driving forces behind this increasing 'pressure' for qualit...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yamalik N

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The huge prevalence of tooth decay and the gradual ageing of populations in the developed world have combined to produce a steady increase in the need for complete denture treatment. To achieve successful treatment, it is vital to consider a number of issues throughout the denture process. Before treatment even begins...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Roessler DM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the nutritional status of a child, it is essential to know his chronological age. However, this is often not known accurately by the mothers of children in the Third World. The purpose of this study was an attempt to assess the chronological age of a child by a fairly reliable parameter, i.e. the number of t...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Towlson KL,Peck D

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oral piercing can lead to complications and dentists are in a unique position to detect such complications. The purpose of this study was: (i) to assess the immediate and the long-term effects, on dental students, of a training programme about oral piercing knowledge; and (ii) to assess the immediate effec...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Junco P,Barrios R,Ruiz MJ,Bravo M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To describe a recent health promotion project undertaken by the United Mission to Nepal Oral Health Programme (UMN OHP) to increase the availability and consumption of affordable, fluoridated toothpaste in Nepal. METHOD:The process of advocating for the fluoridation of toothpastes in Nepal is based on Tearfund's ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Yee R,McDonald N,Walker D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information pertaining to the research directions and output of dental schools in different countries is of importance in understanding intra- and inter- national differences amongst groups of dental practitioners. The research output of European dental schools has been assessed quantitatively and qualitatively on the...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Plasschaert AJ,Wilson NH

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who believe they have oral malodour often have a dry mouth condition instead. Here we have examined its relation to oral malodour, real or perceived. A direct relationship between the thickness of the film of residual saliva on mucosal surfaces throughout the mouth and perception of a dry mouth was observed. ...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Kleinberg I,Wolff MS,Codipilly DM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to survey changes in practices of infection control (IC) procedures by dentists in Beijing between 2000 and 2010. METHODS:Data were based on the feedback of 592 and 769 dentists surveyed in 2000 and 2010, respectively. Statistical analysis was conducted using Pearson's chi-squared test. RE...

journal_title：International dental journal

authors： Su J,Deng XH,Sun Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00