Fundamentals of prosthetic practice. Part I--The laboratory.

abstract：:Major risk factors for oral cancer are cigarette smoking and alcohol misuse. Among Asian populations, regular use of betel quid (with or without added tobacco) increases oral cancer risks. Dentists should be aware of some emerging risk factors for oral, and particularly oropharyngeal cancer such as the role of the hum...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Warnakulasuriya S

更新日期：2009-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in severe limitation and closure of dental practices in many countries. Outside of the acute (peak) phases of the disease, dentistry has begun to be practised again. However, there is emerging evidence that SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted via airborne routes, carrying implications for dent...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Eden E,Frencken J,Gao S,Horst JA,Innes N

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine whether adult patients' dental anxiety levels decrease following exodontia carried out under inhalational conscious sedation with nitrous oxide and oxygen (IHS) and local anaesthetic (LA). DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of pre- and post-operative modified dental anxiety score (MDAS) questionnaires comp...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hierons RJ,Dorman ML,Wilson K,Averley P,Girdler N

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introduction Despite overall improvements in oral health, the number of children admitted to hospital for extraction of teeth due to caries under general anaesthesia (GA) has been reported as increasing dramatically in England. The new UK government plans to transform NHS dentistry by improving oral health.Aim To eval...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Olley RC,Hosey MT,Renton T,Gallagher J

更新日期：2011-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin enzyme converting (ACE) inhibitors are a widely prescribed group of drugs used in the management of hypertension and heart failure. Several unwanted effects are associated with ACE inhibitors and this paper highlights those significant to the dental surgeon. Of particular concern is the problem of angioede...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Seymour RA,Thomason JM,Nolan A

更新日期：1997-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of problem-based learning as part of a vocational training scheme for vocational dental practitioners is described and evaluated. Problem-based learning is currently viewed as an effective means of delivering medical education and has been adopted as a principal style of education by many undergraduate medical...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Mowat H,Stewart S

更新日期：1999-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Email is a computer based method of sending messages from one computer to another. From its humble beginnings 40 years, it has matured to become a crucial tool in utilising the power of the Internet. More people have access to email than to any other Internet application, and despite the problems with spam email and v...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Downes PK

更新日期：2007-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the presence of fluoride in toothpaste on tooth wear was investigated in extracted human premolar teeth collected from two geographic areas with different fluoride concentrations in the public water supply. Nine teeth from each area were divided bucco-lingually into matched pairs and subjected to a wear ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Bartlett DW,Smith BG,Wilson RF

更新日期：1994-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of nightguard vital bleaching (tray bleaching) in 1989, dentistry has witnessed an astronomical rise in the interest in tooth whitening.(1) As a result, the most frequently asked question is, 'what bleaching technique works best?' Virtually all of today's whitening approaches work, because bleac...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Heymann HO

更新日期：2005-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Since January 1993 general dental practitioners have been able to prescribe dietary fluoride supplements in the form of drops or tablets for their child patients within the conditions of service of the General Dental Service. Many GDPs may already have taken advantage of this to the benefit of their patients. However,...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Holloway PJ,Joyston-Bechal S

更新日期：1994-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of adhesive restorative materials has led to more conservative cavity design with greater reliance being placed upon the bond of a material with tooth tissue for retention of the restoration. Glass-ionomer cements may offer particular advantages but have yet to achieve the durability reported for amalg...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Kilpatrick NM,Murray JJ,McCabe JF

更新日期：1995-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The 1998 Adult Dental Health Survey, published this year, showed that the number of people without teeth should fall over the next three decades, to only 4% of the UK population. Patterns of tooth loss and retention are also changing. This article, the first of a series on the interpretation of the Adult Dental Health...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Steele JG,Treasure E,Pitts NB,Morris J,Bradnock G

更新日期：2000-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper argues that 'science' does not tell us 'the truth' but is simply one explanatory framework (of potentially many explanations) for understanding the world. Scientific fact is not a given, located somewhere 'out there' waiting to be discovered. Rather as a set of ideas, which offer to explain the world, scien...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Thorogood N

更新日期：1997-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Dentists are now advised to use film holders as an aid to intra-oral radiography. The aim of this investigation was to compare a range of commercially available film holders for periapical radiography with the traditional bisecting angle technique using the patient's finger as support for the film, in terms of the eas...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Rushton VE,Horner K

更新日期：1994-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop a reliable, machine-readable coding system for dental appliances. METHODS:Incorporation of two-dimensional bar codes and matrix codes into a range of dental appliances using printed thermal substrates and laser-etched ceramic discs. RESULTS:Problems including reaction of thermal substrates with methyl ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Milward PJ,Shepherd P,Brickley MR

更新日期：1997-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the impact of dental anxiety on daily living. METHOD:Twenty people attending a dental sedation clinic completed the Modified Dental Anxiety Scale, and were interviewed privately using a reflexive, in-depth technique. All interviews were audio-tape recorded and transcribed. The transcripts were analysed ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Cohen SM,Fiske J,Newton JT

更新日期：2000-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction:It has been speculated, but never been formally researched that dental professionals are the most experienced workforce in consuming sweet snacks. This is despite many undergraduate dental courses reinforcing the traditional theory that patients should be advised to avoid snacking on foods which are likely...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hassan A,Hamilton J,Morris M

更新日期：2018-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19-year-old female was referred by her dental practitioner for the restoration of missing maxillary lateral incisors and canines. Ridge augmentation was required. This was undertaken using mandibular tori as the sites for harvesting bone. The grafting was successful and the spaces were subsequently restored using re...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Barker D,Walls AW,Meechan JG

更新日期：2001-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim To explore the time taken and the types of communication strategies used by dental health professionals (DHPs) when interacting with and providing fluoride varnish and oral health advice to children with their parents.Methods A video observational study was conducted to explore the types of communication strategie...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Yuan S,Humphris G,Ross A,MacPherson L,Freeman R

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:When Britain went to war in 1914, the British Expeditionary Force was deployed without a single dentist. Initially considered combatants, the only dental professionals who could serve at the Front were medically qualified dental surgeons in the Royal Army Medical Corps. In treating the traumatic facial and jaw injurie...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hussey KD

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aim Dental caries epidemiological surveys produce information that may be used to assist health policy makers in the planning of preventive and curative strategies. The detection instruments used in these surveys should be able to identify the correct, true stage of the disease or medical condition. This makes it esse...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Frencken JE,Giacaman RA,Leal SC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the factors affecting the clinical performance and those influencing the survival of resin-retained bridgework provided at a UK dental teaching hospital between 1994 and 2001. DESIGN:A prospective analysis of restorations provided at a single centre using case notes with all patients invited for r...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： King PA,Foster LV,Yates RJ,Newcombe RG,Garrett MJ

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary health care is more than a luxury for many of the world's poorest countries. The charity, Action Health 2000, is attempting to develop dental services in, among other places, the northern provinces of India. Linda Hillman answered their advertisement and found herself among the people of the 'God King'. ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Hillman L

更新日期：1990-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although more people are retaining increasing numbers of their natural teeth into older ages, approximately 30-40% of persons over the age of 75 years in Western countries are edentulous. The causes and significance of tooth loss vary widely among individuals and cultures, and missing teeth may be replaced by a variet...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： McCord F,Smales R

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe the variety of arrangements for providing out-of-hours dental care in the UK. DESIGN:A telephone interview survey of health authorities and health boards. SETTING:United Kingdom. SUBJECTS:104 health authority contacts, usually consultants in dental public health, dental advisers or others in a ...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Anderson R,Thomas DW

更新日期：2000-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To compare the demographics (age, sex, ethnicity, social status, disability, country/region) and academic experience (school type) of accepted UK applicants to the five-year and four-year dental programmes in 2007 and 2008. METHODS:Retrospective descriptive analysis was carried out on the University and College Ad...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Niven V,Cabot LB,Gallagher JE

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Paediatric dentistry requires knowledge of preventive measures, restorative skills and an understanding of child development. AIM:This exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study has analysed children's drawings regarding their perception of dental treatment and oral health. METHOD:Children aged from si...

journal_title：British dental journal

authors： Torriani DD,Goettems ML,Cademartori MG,Fernandez RR,Bussoletti DM

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00