Obesity and oral disease - a challenge for dentistry.

abstract：AIM:This paper, the second in a series of two (see 2013; 215: 177-181), investigates the opinions of a cohort of dental foundation year 1 (DF1) practitioners regarding their skills and competence in relation to their educational background in complete dentures. MATERIALS AND METHODS:With the permission of the Dean of ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Wieder M,Faigenblum M,Eder A,Louca C

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background Heart transplants have become a successful treatment for some cardiovascular diseases. To prevent rejection of the transplanted heart, patients have to take immunosuppressive medication.Aims The aims of this study were to identify and review oral health complications after heart transplantation.Methods The ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Gruter MO,Brand HS

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To identify potential problems in the quality of care when oral surgery is provided in the primary health care setting. METHOD:Retrospective analysis of referral patterns, waiting times, treatment with clinical and histological diagnosis, including complications of 600 patients referred to a practice-based oral su...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bell G

更新日期：2007-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentists are now required to treat HIV-positive patients in their practices. Dentists working in high HIV prevalence areas treat HIV seropositive patients but what affects this treatment decision? The aim of this study is to investigate the role of conflict with regard to treatment decisions. All 371 dentists practisi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Gibson BJ,Freeman R

更新日期：1996-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A fifth mandibular incisor is a eumorphic supernumerary tooth and has rarely been described in the medical literature. We report here a large Lebanese consanguineous family where four individuals displayed five incisors in the anterior mandible. Such familial observation has not been previously described. The possibil...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cassia A,El-Toum S,Feki A,Megarbane A

更新日期：2004-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that a blue light emitting diode (LED) light curing unit (LCU) can produce an equal dental composite depth of cure to a halogen LCU adjusted to give an irradiance of 300 mWcm-2 and to characterise the LCU's light outputs. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Depth of cure for three popular composite...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Mills RW,Jandt KD,Ashworth SH

更新日期：1999-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper explains how to screen tooth wear in general practice using the Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE) index. It explains how stakeholders in the UK acknowledged the convenience of the BEWE and that it could be recorded at the same time as the Basic Periodontal Examination (BPE). The article contains example...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Aránguiz V,Lara JS,Marró ML,O'Toole S,Ramírez V,Bartlett D

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The day to day decisions made by general dental practitioners have a significant influence on the oral health of the population, and yet are often poorly understood. This paper describes a qualitative study which sought to identify issues, other than the extent of pathology, which impinge upon dentists' restorative tr...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kay EJ,Blinkhorn AS

更新日期：1996-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The issue of standards of competence and assessment is central to professions. For the dental profession there have been suggestions that a change from overall competence to specific fields of competence would be a more suitable mechanism to assess whether an individual was competent. This paper examines the implicati...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Batchelor P,Albert D

更新日期：1998-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of oral non-Hodgkin's lymphoma presenting following a tooth extraction is reported. The clinical presentation was that of a periodontal lesion and an extraction socket that failed to heal, which may have led to initial confusion in diagnosis and management. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Parrington SJ,Punnia-Moorthy A

更新日期：1999-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few decades, the number of targeted chemotherapies approved for cancer treatment and undergoing clinical trials has risen. In comparison to conventional chemotherapy, targeted therapies (TTs) act on specific molecular targets involved in cancer development and progression, with reduced detrimental effects ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： King R,Zebic L,Patel V

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:This paper defines key points from a ten million restoration dataset in order to compare and contrast the data from the previous nine papers, identifying common themes and/or differences in the factors affecting the survival of restored teeth to next intervention or extraction. Aim:It is the aim of this p...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Burke FJT,Lucarotti PSK

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its excellent safety record there remains disquiet about the provision of conscious sedation for dental care. This applies particularly to the use of 'alternative' sedation techniques which extend beyond the 'standard' techniques (intravenous midazolam for adults and nitrous oxide/oxygen) described in Consciou...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Craig DC,Wildsmith JA,Royal College of Anaesthetists.,Royal College of Surgeons of England.

更新日期：2007-12-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A baseline study of referrals by letter to a department of conservative dentistry staffed purely by honorary consultants was conducted for one year. Distinct differences were found between the majority of patients referred from general practice and those referred from other sources. Principal reasons for referral were...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Callis PD,Charlton G,Clyde JS

更新日期：1993-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper expands upon a previous quantitative study which measured dentists' knowledge, attitudes and practices towards patients carrying blood-borne viruses in order to identify potential barriers to the provision of adequate dental treatment. Although some useful findings were obtained in that study, it was sugges...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Crossley ML

更新日期：2004-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Peri-implantitis has been described as progressive crestal bone loss around a dental implant. The condition is poorly understood, and is challenging to manage; it is commonly and widely attributed to issues with the implant, the implant surface, surgical technique and oral hygiene. The effect of prosthodontic stages o...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Dawood A,Marti BM,Tanner S

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the current eyecare behaviour of dentists and compare this against published standards concerning frequency of sight test intervals and eye protection. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Four hundred dentists were selected at random for inclusion in the study from the UK 2004 Dentists Register. They were invi...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Chadwick RG,Alatsaris M,Ranka M

更新日期：2007-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now more than one year since the Specialist List in Orthodontics closed on 30 June 2000. I therefore felt it appropriate that I should give my views on the list, having probably had more experience in this process than any other dentist in the UK. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cook P

更新日期：2001-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes a metastatic bronchogenic deposit involving the lower lip and the adjacent bone in the lower incisor region. The presenting symptoms were very similar to those of a dentoalveolar infection and extraction of the lower incisor teeth failed to provide any relief. Comparison of radiographs taken...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seddon SV,Absi EG,Shepherd JP

更新日期：1993-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:There are currently 9(1/2) million people in England and Wales over retirement age and nearly 4 million of these are over 75 years. Age itself is not a disease and 70% of the population over 65 are functionally independent. However, ageing is associated with an increase in the prevalence of chronic disease and disabil...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Simons D

更新日期：2003-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral histoplasmosis, a rare condition, is reported in two HIV-infected patients. The lesions showed different characteristics. One was an ulcerative lesion presenting as the only manifestation of the disease. The other was nodular, with disseminated histoplasmosis. In both cases infection with Candida was also noted w...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Nittayananta W,Kumplanont P,Srisintorn S,Akkayanont P,Chungpanich S,Teanpaisan R,Chareonwatanan M,Nuntanaranont T

更新日期：1997-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives This study investigated patients' insights into whether virtual reality (VR) technology plays a beneficial role in reducing anxiety levels while undergoing dental extractions.Design Explorative study.Setting Oral Surgery Department of Birmingham Dental Hospital in July 2017.Material and methods Fifty patien...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Ougradar A,Ahmed B

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a postal questionnaire, the use of general anaesthesia and sedation in general dental practice in two cities over a 4-week period was investigated. Questionnaires were sent to a random sample of one in five dental practitioners in Bristol and Sheffield, and an 82% response rate was attained. More practices in Sh...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Allen NA,Dinsdale RC,Reilly CS

更新日期：1990-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The talking parrot can be given information by voice and then reproduce that information verbatim, without necessarily understanding it. I submit that the teaching, assessment and examination of dental students requires little more of them than the skills of the parrot. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Pairman JS

更新日期：1995-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we will provide our personal viewpoint on the current provision of orthodontic education and discuss the need for further developments. This will include training relevant to the following: (i) student dentists, (ii) specialists, and (iii) general practitioners: particularly those who wish to develop an ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： O'Brien K,Spencer J

更新日期：2015-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been many stories concerning VAT and dental practices over the past year, sometimes true but often distorting the facts. This article attempts to document the current state of play so that practitioners can make their own decision on registration. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Middleton P

更新日期：1994-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In contemporary healthcare settings, ensuring patient safety must be an underlying principal through which systems, teams, individuals and environments work in tandem to strive for. The adoption of a culture in the NHS where patient safety is given greater priority is key to improvement. Recent events at Mid-Staffords...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bailey E,Tickle M,Campbell S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are various motivators that prompt people to study dentistry but there is evidence that the salience of each varies according to gender and black and minority ethnic (BME) group. Given the current focus on inequality within the science, technology, engineering, medicine and mathematics (STEMM) academic disciplin...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Waylen A,Barnes O,Kenyon P,Neville P

更新日期：2017-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a pilot project in which peer assisted learning (PAL) is used to teach dental clinical skills. A cluster randomised controlled trial compared opinions of Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) students from peer-led groups versus staff-led groups in a clinical (impression taking) and a pre-clinical (han...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cameron DA,Binnie VI,Sherriff A,Bissell V

更新日期：2015-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The full coverage, all-ceramic restoration of an anterior tooth is a challenging clinical situation for which a variety of all-ceramic systems and cements are available. The decision making process involves the consideration of a number of factors such as underlying substrate colour, tooth preparation geometry, margin...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Mizrahi B

更新日期：2008-09-13 00:00:00