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Akbar</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Haneen A. Sadeqi</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Mirza Rustum Baig</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 392; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120392">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120392</a> - 3 Dec 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background:</b> Sterilization is required for any biomedical device intended to be used in contact with the human body. Several studies have reported alterations in the bulk and surface properties of such devices after repeated sterilization cycles. These surface modifications may influence other clinical <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/392/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background:</b> Sterilization is required for any biomedical device intended to be used in contact with the human body. Several studies have reported alterations in the bulk and surface properties of such devices after repeated sterilization cycles. These surface modifications may influence other clinical parameters. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the surface and chemical properties of implant scan bodies (SBs) after consecutive autoclave sterilization procedures. <b>Methods</b>: The objective was to analyze the scan bodies using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) for chemical analysis and an optical profilometer to analyze the surface roughness. <b>Results</b>: FTIR spectra depicted the appearance of peak at 1741 and 1100 cm<sup>−1</sup> due to the diphenyl ether band disappearance. The XPS spectra showed alterations in the elemental composition after autoclaving and roughness were significantly reduced in PEEK BL and TL SBs. <b>Conclusions:</b> These results indicated that some surface modifications were induced by repeated sterilization cycles. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/392">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Section <a href="/journal/dentistry/sections/Dental_Implantology">Dental Implantology</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/392/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1535859"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1535859"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1535859" data-cycle-prev="#prev1535859" data-cycle-progressive="#images1535859" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1535859-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g001-550.jpg?1733226649" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1535859" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1535859-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g002-550.jpg?1733226651'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1535859-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g003-550.jpg?1733226654'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1535859-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g004-550.jpg?1733226657'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1535859-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g005-550.jpg?1733226659'><p>Figure 5</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='5' data-target='article-1535859-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g006-550.jpg?1733226661'><p>Figure 6</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1535859-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g001-550.jpg?1733226649" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Diagrammatic illustration of the study design showing scan bodies, their clinical application, and the characterization done on them. Image made by using <a href="https://www.biorender.com/" target="_blank">https://www.biorender.com/</a> (accessed on 10 June 2024).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/392'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g002-550.jpg?1733226651" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>FTIR spectral profile of PEEK bone-level and tissue-level scan bodies. Spectral data shown were collected at baseline (before sterilization) and after each sterilization cycle. The peaks have been identified within the fingerprint region.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/392'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g003-550.jpg?1733226654" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>FTIR spectral profile of 3 Shape bone-level and tissue-level scan bodies. Spectral data shown were collected before sterilization as blank and after sterilization cycles. The peaks have been identified within the fingerprint region.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/392'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g004-550.jpg?1733226657" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Low-resolution (wide scan) XPS spectral data acquired from of (<b>A</b>) Ti tissue level, (<b>B</b>) titanium bone level (<b>C</b>), PEEK tissue level, and (<b>D</b>) PEEK bone level. (<b>E</b>,<b>F</b>) High-resolution (narrow scan) XPS spectra of the variation in the binding energies of Zr3d and Si2p.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/392'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g005-550.jpg?1733226659" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Representative images acquired from the optical profilometer of scan bodies (<b>A</b>–<b>D</b>) PK BL at baseline and after two sterilizations.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/392'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00392/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00392-g006-550.jpg?1733226661" title=" <strong>Figure 6</strong><br/> <p>Volume loss percentage (%) of the Sb after 1st, 2nd, and 3rd sterilization cycles.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/392'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="extending-content content-ready"> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <a data-dropdown="drop-supplementary-1535720" aria-controls="drop-supplementary-1535720" aria-expanded="false" title="Supplementary Material"> <i class="material-icons">attachment</i> </a> <div id="drop-supplementary-1535720" class="f-dropdown label__btn__dropdown label__btn__dropdown--wide" data-dropdown-content aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Supplementary material: <br/> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/391/s1?version=1733219652"> Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 320 KiB) </a><br/> </div> </div> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 19 pages, 2277 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/391/pdf?version=1733219651" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Variations in Some Features of Oral Health by Personality Traits, Gender, and Age: Key Factors for Health Promotion" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/391">Variations in Some Features of Oral Health by Personality Traits, Gender, and Age: Key Factors for Health Promotion</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Allexey Martínez Fuentes</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Tania Romo-González</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Israel Huesca-Domínguez</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Yolanda Campos-Uscanga</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Antonia Barranca-Enríquez</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 391; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120391">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120391</a> - 3 Dec 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background</b>: Oral diseases remain among the most common non-communicable diseases worldwide, affecting almost half of the world’s population. This is partly because there has been a separation of the mouth from the rest of the body and human health, and psychological aspects <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/391/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background</b>: Oral diseases remain among the most common non-communicable diseases worldwide, affecting almost half of the world’s population. This is partly because there has been a separation of the mouth from the rest of the body and human health, and psychological aspects such as personality, thoughts, and emotions are not taken into account in the dental office. The objective was to analyze the relationship between oral health conditions and personality traits in adult patients who underwent dental treatment at the Center for Health Studies and Services. <b>Methods</b>: This was a descriptive, observational, and correlational study, carried out at the Center for Health Studies and Services. A total of 184 patients who attended the dentistry area in the period from October 2022 to May 2023 participated in the study, of which 59.78% were women and 40.21% men. The age of the population was 18 to 79 years, with the age range of 21–40 years being the most prevalent (48.37%). <b>Results</b>: The results show that although the hygiene of the population treated was good (0.77 ± 0.79) and that the perception of oral health was positive (14.34 ± 9.43), the means and percentages of oral pathologies and parafunctional habits were high (i.e., DMFT: 9.98 ± 5.40; attrition: 87.50%; onychophagia: 45.10%). It is noteworthy that both the correlation, network, multiple line regression, and logistic regression analyses showed associations of the personality, gender, and age variables with a history of caries and oral hygiene as well as with parafunctional habits. <b>Conclusions</b>: Therefore, variations in both the personality and the age and gender of the patients treated have repercussions on oral health conditions, which can be used in the prevention of oral diseases and in health promotion. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/391">Full article</a> </div> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/391/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1535720"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1535720"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1535720" data-cycle-prev="#prev1535720" data-cycle-progressive="#images1535720" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1535720-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g001-550.jpg?1733219716" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1535720" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1535720-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g002-550.jpg?1733219718'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1535720-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g003-550.jpg?1733219719'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1535720-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g004-550.jpg?1733219721'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1535720-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g005-550.jpg?1733219723'><p>Figure 5</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1535720-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g001-550.jpg?1733219716" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Pearson correlation between the oral health variables, personality traits, and emotional suppression. OHI-S: The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index; DMFT: average number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; OHIP: oral health impact profile; AngS: anger suppression, DepS: depression suppression; AnxS: anxiety suppression; S. Global: Global emotional suppression. Notes: Red shows the negative correlations and blue shows the positive ones. Variables with significant correlations are underlined.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/391'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g002-550.jpg?1733219718" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Principal component analysis. OHI-S: The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index; DMFT: average number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; OHIP: oral health impact profile; AngS: anger suppression; DepS: depression suppression; AnxS: anxiety suppression.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/391'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g003-550.jpg?1733219719" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Network structure with variables of oral health conditions, personality traits and emotional suppression. Panel (<b>A</b>) complete network. (<b>B</b>) Women’s network. (<b>C</b>) Men’s network. OHI-S: The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index; DMFT: average number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; OHIP: oral health impact profile; AngS: anger suppression, DepS: depression suppression; AnxS: anxiety suppression. Note: The lilac nodes are personality traits, the orange nodes are subscales of emotional suppression, and the yellow nodes are indices of oral health. The green lines are positive correlations and the red lines are negative.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/391'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g004-550.jpg?1733219721" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Network structure with variables of oral health conditions, personality traits and emotional suppression. (<b>A</b>) Network without mandibular deviation. (<b>B</b>) Network with mandibular deviation. (<b>C</b>) Network without joint noise. (<b>D</b>) Network with joint noise. (<b>E</b>) Network without parafunctional habits. (<b>F</b>) Network with parafunctional habits. OHI-S: The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index; DMFT: average number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; OHIP: oral health impact profile; AngS: anger suppression, DepS: depression suppression; AnxS: anxiety suppression. Note: The lilac nodes are personality traits, the orange nodes are subscales of emotional suppression, and the yellow nodes are indices of oral health. The green lines are positive correlations and the red lines are negative.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/391'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00391/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00391-g005-550.jpg?1733219723" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Strength centrality (standardized) of the oral health condition, personality traits, and emotional suppression variables of each estimated network. OHI-S: The Simplified Oral Hygiene Index; DMFT: average number of decayed, missing, and filled permanent teeth; OHIP: oral health impact profile; AngS: anger suppression, DepS: depression suppression; AnxS: anxiety suppression.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/391'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 11 pages, 5227 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/390/pdf?version=1733211036" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Evaluation of the Effects of Thermal Aging on the Surface Roughness of Novel Tooth-Colored Restorative Materials" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/390">Evaluation of the Effects of Thermal Aging on the Surface Roughness of Novel Tooth-Colored Restorative Materials</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Austin Galbraith</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Neamat Hassan Abubakr</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 390; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120390">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120390</a> - 3 Dec 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background:</b> The development of composite resins has led to novel materials aimed at improving restoration longevity. This study evaluates the surface roughness of four tooth-colored restorative materials after thermal aging. <b>Methods:</b> Eighty Class V preparations were restored with Admira Fusion, Beautifil II, Equia <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/390/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background:</b> The development of composite resins has led to novel materials aimed at improving restoration longevity. This study evaluates the surface roughness of four tooth-colored restorative materials after thermal aging. <b>Methods:</b> Eighty Class V preparations were restored with Admira Fusion, Beautifil II, Equia Forte HT, and Filtek. The samples underwent thermocycling, and their surface roughness was measured with a 3D non-contact profilometer at 24 h post-restoration and after simulation for 1, 3, and 5 clinical years. <b>Results:</b> Equia Forte HT showed the highest surface roughness and significant surface deterioration over time, while Admira Fusion maintained the lowest roughness across all intervals. <b>Conclusions:</b> Admira Fusion, Filtek, and Beautifil II demonstrated superior surface stability, with Equia Forte HT showing the least favorable performance. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/390">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/5J607CM678 ">3D Printing and Restorative Dentistry</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/390/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1535487"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1535487"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1535487" data-cycle-prev="#prev1535487" data-cycle-progressive="#images1535487" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1535487-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g001-550.jpg?1733211156" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1535487" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1535487-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g002-550.jpg?1733211158'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1535487-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g003-550.jpg?1733211160'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1535487-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g004-550.jpg?1733211162'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1535487-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g005-550.jpg?1733211163'><p>Figure 5</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1535487-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g001-550.jpg?1733211156" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>(<b>a</b>) Single Class V preparation close-up; (<b>b</b>) Class V preparations in putty.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/390'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g002-550.jpg?1733211158" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>(<b>a</b>) Thermal aging machine (SD Mechatronik, Germany); (<b>b</b>) 3D Non-Contact Profilometer Wide-area 3D Measurement System (Keyence, Japan).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/390'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g003-550.jpg?1733211160" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Average surface roughness (Ra) after thermocycling.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/390'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g004-550.jpg?1733211162" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>(<b>A</b>) Post restoration profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness of Group A restoration. (<b>B</b>) Profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness after 5 clinical years of Group A restoration. (<b>C</b>) Post-restoration profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness of the Group D restoration. (<b>D</b>) Profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness after 5 clinical years of the Group D restoration. (<b>E</b>) Post-restoration profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness of the Group B restoration. (<b>F</b>) Profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness after 5 clinical years of the Group B restoration. (<b>G</b>) Post-restoration profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness of the Group C restoration. (<b>H</b>) Profile (1.202 mm) and surface roughness after 5 clinical years of the Group C restoration.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/390'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00390/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00390-g005-550.jpg?1733211163" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Confidence intervals for surface roughness measurements.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/390'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 10 pages, 1948 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/389/pdf?version=1733208237" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Clinical Outcomes After Dental Surgery with Two Antiseptic Protocols" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/389">Clinical Outcomes After Dental Surgery with Two Antiseptic Protocols</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Silvia D’Agostino</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 389; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120389">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120389</a> - 28 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background:</b> Little has been written in the literature about the clinical comparison between the single use of chlorhexidine (CHX) and its combination with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC). The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of two at-home antiseptic regimens. <b>Methods</b> <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/389/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background:</b> Little has been written in the literature about the clinical comparison between the single use of chlorhexidine (CHX) and its combination with cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC). The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical effectiveness of two at-home antiseptic regimens. <b>Methods</b>: Healthy subjects scheduled for dental surgery were enrolled. After the surgery, patients were randomly allocated to the first group (group A), which received a manual ultrasoft toothbrush (Mentadent Professional<sup>®</sup>), an antiseptic toothpaste with 0.12% CHX and Vitamin B3 (Mentadent Professional Azione Intensiva Gengive<sup>®</sup>), and an antiseptic mouthwash with 0.12% CHX and 0.07% CPC. The second group (group B) solely received an antiseptic mouthwash with 0.2% CHX in conjunction with an anti-discoloration system (Curasept ADS/DNA<sup>®</sup>) and were encouraged to use their usual toothbrush and toothpaste. Patients were instructed to use the products twice a day and to rinse for 30 s. On day 7, patients were examined for the early healing score (EHS), visual plaque index (VPI) of the sutures, numerical rating scale (NRS), and mouthwash taste. <b>Results</b>: Group A showed a statistically significant level of EHS and taste satisfaction. VPI and NRS were different but not significant among the studied groups. <b>Conclusions</b>: The regimen based on CHX used in conjunction with vitamin B3 in the toothpaste and CPC in the mouthwash resulted in superior clinical outcomes and satisfaction compared to CHX alone. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/389">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/F9XQUBL45T ">Rising Stars: Oral Infections and Microbes</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/389/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1532299"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1532299"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1532299" data-cycle-prev="#prev1532299" data-cycle-progressive="#images1532299" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1532299-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g001-550.jpg?1733208321" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1532299" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1532299-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g002-550.jpg?1733208321'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1532299-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g003-550.jpg?1733208322'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1532299-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g004-550.jpg?1733208323'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1532299-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g005-550.jpg?1733208324'><p>Figure 5</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='5' data-target='article-1532299-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g006-550.jpg?1733208325'><p>Figure 6</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1532299-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g001-550.jpg?1733208321" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>On the left side, the 2D structure of CHX. On the right side, the 3D structure of CHX.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/389'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g002-550.jpg?1733208321" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Distribution of surgical procedures.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/389'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g003-550.jpg?1733208322" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Mean values for the early healing score (EHS).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/389'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g004-550.jpg?1733208323" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Mean values for the visual plaque index (VPI).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/389'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g005-550.jpg?1733208324" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Mean values for the numerical rating scale (NRS).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/389'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00389/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00389-g006-550.jpg?1733208325" title=" <strong>Figure 6</strong><br/> <p>Mean values for taste.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/389'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 17 pages, 19149 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/388/pdf?version=1732793571" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="The Efficacy of Er:YAG Laser in the Extraction of Impacted Third Molars: A Randomized Clinical Trial" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/388">The Efficacy of Er:YAG Laser in the Extraction of Impacted Third Molars: A Randomized Clinical Trial</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Diana Sologova</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Ekaterina Diachkova</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Susanna Sologova</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Elena Smolyarchuk</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Arus Margaryan</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Ekaterina Grigorevskikh</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Pavel Petruk</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Elizaveta Tumanova</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Oxana Svitich</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Svetlana Tarasenko</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 388; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120388">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120388</a> - 27 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>(1) Background</b>: Impacted third molar extraction with a scalpel and rotary instruments is one of the most traumatic surgeries in dentistry. Therefore, it is necessary to discover less traumatic methods and instruments to reduce the risk of postoperative complications. <b>(2) Methods</b>: <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/388/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>(1) Background</b>: Impacted third molar extraction with a scalpel and rotary instruments is one of the most traumatic surgeries in dentistry. Therefore, it is necessary to discover less traumatic methods and instruments to reduce the risk of postoperative complications. <b>(2) Methods</b>: This study is reported in accordance with the CONSORT guidelines. The study aim is to assess the effectiveness of an Er:YAG laser with a wavelength of 2.94 μm, cutting and rotating instruments in the extraction of lower third molars in comparison with the traditional instruments using clinical and radiology parameters. In the control group, the impacted third molars were extracted with the traditional instruments, like scalpel and rotary instruments; in the test group, the impacted third molars were extracted with an Er:YAG laser. As per the inclusion and exclusion criteria, we enrolled 60 patients who were randomly assigned into two groups (Er:YAG laser group and control group). The efficacy of the Er:YAG laser was assessed by postoperative pain, collateral swelling, mouth opening, and radiology parameters such as radiographic infrabony defects and radiographic bone height after tooth extraction. <b>(3) Results</b>: The results showed that the clinical postoperative parameters like pain, collateral swelling, and mouth opening were less pronounced in the Er:YAG laser group than those in the control group (<i>p</i> < 0.001). According to the data of the radiology parameters (RBH and RID), the regeneration of the socket after extraction was better in the laser group than in the control group (<i>p</i> < 0.001). <b>(4) Conclusions</b>: Based on the obtained results of clinical and radiology parameters assessment, it was shown that third molar extraction using an Er:YAG laser is a less traumatic method than extraction using a scalpel and rotary instruments. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/388">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/DU09XOU0ZP ">Laser Dentistry: The Current Status and Developments</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/388/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1531158"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1531158"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1531158" data-cycle-prev="#prev1531158" data-cycle-progressive="#images1531158" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1531158-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g001-550.jpg?1732793638" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1531158" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1531158-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g002-550.jpg?1732793641'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1531158-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g003-550.jpg?1732793645'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1531158-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g004-550.jpg?1732793646'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1531158-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g005-550.jpg?1732793648'><p>Figure 5</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='5' data-target='article-1531158-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g006-550.jpg?1732793650'><p>Figure 6</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1531158-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g001-550.jpg?1732793638" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>CONSORT flow chart.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/388'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g002-550.jpg?1732793641" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Method of third molar extraction using erbium laser with wavelength 2940 nm.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/388'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g003-550.jpg?1732793645" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Traditional method of third molar extraction.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/388'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g004-550.jpg?1732793646" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Collateral swelling assessment tool.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/388'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g005-550.jpg?1732793648" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Radiology parameters: radiographic infrabony defect (RID); radiographic bone height (RBH); root apex (RA); cementoenamel junction (CEJ).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/388'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00388/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00388-g006-550.jpg?1732793650" title=" <strong>Figure 6</strong><br/> <p>Intergroup comparison of hyperesthesia of the distal root of the second molar after third molar extraction.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/388'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 12 pages, 1737 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/387/pdf?version=1732806357" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Dental Practitioners’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Peri-Implantitis" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/387">Dental Practitioners’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward the Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Peri-Implantitis</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Osama Zakaria</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Afsheen Tabassum</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Dina Attia</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Turki Alshehri</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Danya A. Alanazi</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Jana Alshehri</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Sami Alshehri</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Aditi Chopra</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Marwa Madi</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 387; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120387">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120387</a> - 27 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Objectives:</b> The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude about the etiology, diagnosis, and management of peri-implantitis among dental practitioners. <b>Methods:</b> An online cross-sectional study on 303 dentists in Saudi Arabia was conducted. A closed-ended survey consisting <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/387/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Objectives:</b> The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and attitude about the etiology, diagnosis, and management of peri-implantitis among dental practitioners. <b>Methods:</b> An online cross-sectional study on 303 dentists in Saudi Arabia was conducted. A closed-ended survey consisting of 28 questions was designed. Three sections were created, i.e., (1) participants’ characteristics; (2) knowledge of peri-implantitis etiology, risk factors, diagnosis, and complications; and (3) the use of antibiotics to manage peri-implantitis and methods used for diagnosis and treatment. The data were analyzed using mean and percentages. <b>Results:</b> A total of 303 dentists participated in this study with a 78.8% response rate, comprising 80% general dentists and 20% specialists. The majority of dentists demonstrated knowledge about peri-implantitis, with 85.5% identifying bacterial plaque as an etiologic factor and 83.8% recognizing it as an inflammatory reaction. Regarding risk factors, 88.1% identified smoking and 86.1% recognized periodontitis as contributors to peri-implant disease development. In terms of clinical decision making, 63% of participants considered implant mobility as a definitive indication for implant removal, and more than half reported using crater-like bone defects surrounding implants as a diagnostic criterion for peri-implantitis. For antimicrobial therapy, amoxicillin alone (30%) was the most commonly prescribed antibiotic, followed by the combination of amoxicillin with metronidazole (29%). Despite these treatment approaches, it is important to note that currently there are no established, predictable protocols for treating any phase of peri-implant disease. <b>Conclusion:</b> While participating dentists demonstrated a strong understanding of peri-implantitis etiology and risk factors, particularly regarding bacterial plaque and smoking as major contributors, there was considerable variation in antibiotic selection and usage patterns. These findings suggest the need for standardized guidelines and further research to establish evidence-based protocols for managing peri-implant diseases. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/387">Full article</a> </div> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/387/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1530521"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1530521"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1530521" data-cycle-prev="#prev1530521" data-cycle-progressive="#images1530521" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1530521-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g001-550.jpg?1732806598" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1530521" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1530521-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g002-550.jpg?1732806598'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1530521-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g003-550.jpg?1732806599'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1530521-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g004-550.jpg?1732806600'><p>Figure 4</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1530521-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g001-550.jpg?1732806598" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Knowledge of graduated dentists about peri-implantitis etiology and risk factors.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/387'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g002-550.jpg?1732806598" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Knowledge of graduated dentists about peri-implantitis manifestations.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/387'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g003-550.jpg?1732806599" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Frequency of peri- and post-operative use of systemic antibiotics for treatment of peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis among graduated dentists.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/387'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00387/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00387-g004-550.jpg?1732806600" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Frequency of the antibiotic regimen used by graduated dentists for the management of peri-implant diseases.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/387'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <a data-dropdown="drop-supplementary-1530142" aria-controls="drop-supplementary-1530142" aria-expanded="false" title="Supplementary Material"> <i class="material-icons">attachment</i> </a> <div id="drop-supplementary-1530142" class="f-dropdown label__btn__dropdown label__btn__dropdown--wide" data-dropdown-content aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Supplementary material: <br/> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/386/s1?version=1732634234"> Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 111 KiB) </a><br/> </div> </div> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 14 pages, 9528 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/386/pdf?version=1732785237" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Changes in the Periodontal Gap After Long-Term Tooth Movement into Augmented Critical-Sized Defects in the Jaws of Beagle Dogs" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/386">Changes in the Periodontal Gap After Long-Term Tooth Movement into Augmented Critical-Sized Defects in the Jaws of Beagle Dogs</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Kathrin Duske</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Mareike Warkentin</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Anja Salbach</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Jan-Hendrik Lenz</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Franka Stahl</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 386; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120386">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120386</a> - 26 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background/Objectives:</b> Extensive and closely coordinated remodeling processes take place in the periodontal ligament (PDL) and the adjacent bone during orthodontic tooth movement. In complex orthodontic cases, it is necessary to move teeth into an augmented bony defect, for example, in patients with cleft <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/386/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background/Objectives:</b> Extensive and closely coordinated remodeling processes take place in the periodontal ligament (PDL) and the adjacent bone during orthodontic tooth movement. In complex orthodontic cases, it is necessary to move teeth into an augmented bony defect, for example, in patients with cleft lip, alveolus, and palate. The important role of the PDL during tooth movement is well accepted but not fully understood. Therefore, the present study investigated the PDL after 23 weeks of tooth movement into an augmented critical-sized defect. <b>Methods:</b> The second molars of four beagle dogs were moved into a critical-sized defect, which was filled with bovine xenograft or nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite. Autogenous bone served as control. After 23 weeks, histological samples were microscopically analyzed, and the dimension of the PDL was measured. For statistical calculations, a Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test was used. <b>Results:</b> The PDL was significantly wider on the tension side compared with the compression side for all replacement materials analyzed (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05). These results apply to both the mesial and distal roots. <b>Conclusions:</b> The remodeling processes reached equilibrium within 23 weeks, resulting in a wider gap on the tension side, which contrasts with the situation a few days after the initial force application. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/386">Full article</a> </div> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/386/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1530142"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1530142"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1530142" data-cycle-prev="#prev1530142" data-cycle-progressive="#images1530142" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g001-550.jpg?1732785374" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1530142" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g002-550.jpg?1732785377'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g003-550.jpg?1732785379'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g004-550.jpg?1732785382'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g005-550.jpg?1732785386'><p>Figure 5</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='5' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g006-550.jpg?1732785389'><p>Figure 6</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='6' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g007-550.jpg?1732785391'><p>Figure 7</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='7' data-target='article-1530142-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g008-550.jpg?1732785393'><p>Figure 8</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1530142-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g001-550.jpg?1732785374" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Schematic overview of the experimental design with different types of bone replacement materials (BRMs) used to fill critical-sized defects in the mandibles of four beagle dogs (CSD: critical-sized defect; PM: premolar; r: right side of the mandible; l: left side of the mandible; HA: hydroxyapatite; XENO: xenograft; AUTO: autograft).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g002-550.jpg?1732785377" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Intraoral images and X-rays of postoperative situations. Fixed BRMs positioned in the distal direction of the second premolar (PM2) (<b>a</b>). X-rays directly after surgical procedure of the autograft (<b>b</b>), xenograft (<b>c</b>), and hydroxyapatite (<b>d</b>). Bilateral distalization of PM2 started seven weeks after insertion of BRMs with an orthodontic appliance, which corresponded to the Beneslider system (<b>e</b>).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g003-550.jpg?1732785379" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Resected mandible with marked slicing levels (<b>a</b>). Image (<b>b</b>) shows a slice with the root of the first premolar (PM1) and the mesial and distal root of the second premolar (PM2), which was moved orthodontically into the filled critical-sized defect. Starting from the direction of orthodontic tooth movement, the yellow lines in both roots of PM2 mark the tension side, and the green lines mark the compression side. Light microscopic (<b>c</b>) and scanning acoustic microscopic (<b>d</b>) images through the distal root of PM2, which were moved into the augmented critical-sized defect (Dog 3 left side). Arrows mark periodontal gaps, which were measured at three different points on the compression side (points 1–3) and at three different points on the tension side (points 4–6).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g004-550.jpg?1732785382" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Light microscopic image of a stained thin section (Toluidine–Giemsa staining) with marked regions of interest (ROIs) (<b>a</b>). After histomorphometric analysis, bone is marked in light blue, cartilage matrix and osteoid in green, and bone marrow in red (<b>b</b>). Scanning acoustic microscopic image (<b>c</b>) of a thin section after histomorphometric analysis with marked ROIs (<b>b</b>). Arrows mark the roots of the PM2, which were moved into the augmented critical-sized defects.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g005-550.jpg?1732785386" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>X-ray images of resected mandibles 30 weeks after implantation. (<b>a</b>,<b>c</b>,<b>e</b>): right side of the Dog 2, Dog 3, and Dog 4, respectively; (<b>b</b>,<b>d</b>,<b>f</b>): left side of the Dog 2, Dog 3, and Dog 4. XENO: xenograft; HA: hydroxyapatite; AUTO: autograft. Note that no residuals of BRMs were detectable. The arrow shows an encapsulated root fragment.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g006-550.jpg?1732785389" title=" <strong>Figure 6</strong><br/> <p>Exemplary light microscopic images of periodontal gaps of the single root of PM1 and the mesial and distal root of PM2: (<b>a</b>) Dog 3 left side; (<b>b</b>) Dog 2 right side. The periodontal gaps of the single roots of PM1 show smooth and uniform configurations in both animals. Periodontal gaps of mesial and distal roots of PM2 were found to be much wider and irregularly shaped with protuberances around the entire root.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g007-550.jpg?1732785391" title=" <strong>Figure 7</strong><br/> <p>Periodontal gap dimensions (mean and SD) from both roots of PM2, which was orthodontically moved into the augmented critical-sized defect. Periodontal gaps were measured at three points on the compression and tension sides using light microscopic images (<b>a</b>), as well as scanning acoustic images (<b>b</b>). Mesial and distal roots of PM2 were considered separately. XENO: xenograft; HA: hydroxyapatite; AUTO: autograft; * indicates significant differences between BRMs (<span class="html-italic">p</span> ≤ 0.05).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00386/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00386-g008-550.jpg?1732785393" title=" <strong>Figure 8</strong><br/> <p>Proportion of bone, osteoid, and bone marrow of the mesial and distal ROI shown as boxplots of light microscopy (<b>a</b>) and scanning acoustic microscopy (<b>b</b>). XENO: xenograft, HA: hydroxyapatite, AUTO: autograft. * indicates significant differences (<span class="html-italic">p</span> ≤ 0.05).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/386'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 11 pages, 1759 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/385/pdf?version=1732619448" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Fracture Resistance and Initial Penetration Time of a Novel Zirconia Crown Design for Simplifying Future Endodontic Treatment: An In Vitro Study" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/385">Fracture Resistance and Initial Penetration Time of a Novel Zirconia Crown Design for Simplifying Future Endodontic Treatment: An In Vitro Study</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Mohammed Mashyakhy</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Hafiz Ahmed Adawi</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 385; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120385">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120385</a> - 26 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Objectives</b>: This study aimed to investigate the fracture strength of a novel-designed Zirconia crown before and after access opening, and to evaluate the mode of fracture and the time needed for initial penetration through the crown. <b>Methods</b>: This study involved the <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/385/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Objectives</b>: This study aimed to investigate the fracture strength of a novel-designed Zirconia crown before and after access opening, and to evaluate the mode of fracture and the time needed for initial penetration through the crown. <b>Methods</b>: This study involved the design and testing of 60 zirconia crowns, divided into three groups (20 crowns each) to compare different structural designs. Group 1 (Control) used a conventional full zirconia crown. Group 2 (Novel Design) featured a zirconia crown with an impermeable ceramic-filled opening. Group 3 (Modified Novel Design) included a zirconia crown with a permeable composite-filled opening. Each crown was designed using CAD/CAM technology with digital and cone beam CT scans to locate the pulp chamber accurately. The crowns were tested in two experiments. Experiment (A): Ten crowns from each group underwent a fracture test. Experiment (B): Ten crowns per group underwent an access cavity penetration followed by a fracture test. Key variables assessed included fracture strength, penetration time, and failure mode for each crown design, both before and after access opening. Data were analyzed using SPSS, with a significance threshold of <i>p</i> < 0.05. <b>Results</b>: The highest value of fracture strength before initial penetration was recorded for zirconia porcelain crowns (760.2 ± 25.2 MPa), while the lowest value was recorded for zirconia composite crowns (652.4 ± 25.9 MPa). The least time for initial penetration was recorded for zirconia composite crowns (2.5 ± 0.8 s). The difference in failure mode among the crowns was significant (<i>p</i> < 0.05) before initial penetration. All zirconia composite crowns showed crown fracture and core cracked, while all full zirconia crowns showed crown fracture only. The difference in failure mode before and after penetration was only significant for zirconia composite crowns. <b>Conclusions</b>: The modified novel-design crown (zirconia composite) could be an excellent choice when placing new prosthesis, since the crown provides easy access and a predictable guide to the root canal system and has good resistance to fracture before and after performing root canal therapy (RCT). <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/385">Full article</a> </div> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/385/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1529839"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1529839"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1529839" data-cycle-prev="#prev1529839" data-cycle-progressive="#images1529839" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1529839-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g001-550.jpg?1732619520" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1529839" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1529839-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g002-550.jpg?1732619521'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1529839-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g003-550.jpg?1732619522'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1529839-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g004-550.jpg?1732619523'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1529839-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g005-550.jpg?1732619526'><p>Figure 5</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1529839-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g001-550.jpg?1732619520" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>A schematic representation of (<b>a</b>) the novel design and (<b>b</b>) the modified novel design.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/385'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g002-550.jpg?1732619521" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>The experimental groups: (<b>a</b>) conventional zirconia crown, (<b>b</b>,<b>c</b>) zirconia crown with an impermeable hole filled with ceramic, and (<b>d</b>,<b>e</b>) zirconia crown with a permeable hole filled with composite (black arrow).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/385'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g003-550.jpg?1732619522" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Fracture test using universal testing machine.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/385'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g004-550.jpg?1732619523" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Failure modes: (<b>a</b>) crown fracture only, (<b>b</b>) crown fracture and core crack, and (<b>c</b>) fracture crown and core.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/385'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00385/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00385-g005-550.jpg?1732619526" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Flowchart of the experiment.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/385'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 12 pages, 1282 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/384/pdf?version=1732611928" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Quantitative Assessment of Apically Extruded Debris During Retreatment Procedures Using Three Nickel-Titanium Rotary Systems: An In Vitro Comparative Study" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/384">Quantitative Assessment of Apically Extruded Debris During Retreatment Procedures Using Three Nickel-Titanium Rotary Systems: An In Vitro Comparative Study</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Luigi Generali</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Federica Veneri</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Francesco Cavani</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Vittorio Checchi</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Carlo Bertoldi</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Angela Lucia Ingrosso</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Eugenio Pedullà</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 384; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120384">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120384</a> - 26 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Objectives</b>: Apical extrusion of debris can affect the success of endodontic treatments, and the specific performance of certain retreatment systems has not been studied yet. Therefore, the aim of this in vitro study was to quantitatively assess the amount of apically extruded <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/384/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Objectives</b>: Apical extrusion of debris can affect the success of endodontic treatments, and the specific performance of certain retreatment systems has not been studied yet. Therefore, the aim of this in vitro study was to quantitatively assess the amount of apically extruded debris produced during retreatment procedures using three rotary NiTi retreatment systems in mature non-resorbed straight roots. <b>Methods</b>: Thirty extracted permanent human teeth with single straight roots were selected. The root canals were prepared with the ProTaper Next system up to size 30 and obturated with gutta-percha and AH Plus sealer using the continuous wave of condensation technique. The samples were stored for 30 days and randomized by computer sequence into three retreatment groups (n = 10): (1) ProTaper Universal Retreatment; (2) HyFlex Remover; and (3) VDW.Rotate Retreatment. Apically extruded debris was collected in Eppendorf tubes and weighed with a microbalance (10<sup>−5</sup> g) before and after retreatment procedure. As the data were not normally distributed, the Kruskal–Wallis test was applied for comparing data among groups, with an alpha level set at α = 0.05. Dunn’s test was considered for post-hoc analyses, if appropriate. <b>Results</b>: Hyflex Remover was associated with the highest amount of extruded debris (0.85 ± 0.82 mg), followed by VDW.Rotate Retreatment (0.78 ± 0.41 mg) and ProTaper Universal Retreatment (0.62 ± 0.28 mg). However, the differences were not statistically significant (<i>p</i> > 0.05). <b>Conclusions</b>: All the retreatment systems tested were associated with apical extrusion of debris in vitro, with no significant quantitative differences between them, suggesting that clinicians can choose a retreatment system with features appropriate to the specific clinical situation without risk of increasing the amount of apically extruded debris. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/384">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/KZM07N1NGD ">Endodontics: From Technique to Regeneration</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/384/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1529569"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1529569"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1529569" data-cycle-prev="#prev1529569" data-cycle-progressive="#images1529569" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1529569-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00384/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00384-g001-550.jpg?1732612100" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1529569" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1529569-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00384/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00384-g002-550.jpg?1732612102'><p>Figure 2</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1529569-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00384/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00384-g001-550.jpg?1732612100" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Eppendorf tube with root sample and 25 G needle fixed to vial stopper to balance internal and external pressures.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/384'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00384/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00384-g002-550.jpg?1732612102" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Schematic of the experimental procedures, including primary endodontic treatment and retreatment.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/384'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 13 pages, 281 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/383/pdf?version=1732602799" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Influence of Health System Affiliation and Pain Manifestation on Advanced Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Latin American Population" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/383">Influence of Health System Affiliation and Pain Manifestation on Advanced Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma Risk: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Latin American Population</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Alejandro I. Díaz-Laclaustra</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Efraín Álvarez-Martínez</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Carlos M. Ardila</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 383; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120383">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120383</a> - 26 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b><b>Background/Objectives:</b></b> Oral cavity cancer, a subtype of head and neck cancer, is one of the most common malignancies globally. This study assessed the influence of health system affiliation and pain manifestation on the risk of advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) in <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/383/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b><b>Background/Objectives:</b></b> Oral cavity cancer, a subtype of head and neck cancer, is one of the most common malignancies globally. This study assessed the influence of health system affiliation and pain manifestation on the risk of advanced oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) in a Latin American population. <b>Methods:</b> In this retrospective cohort study, we analyzed medical records from 2015 to 2016, including data from the past 19 years, of 233 patients with OCSCC treated at a public hospital in Medellín, Colombia. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were evaluated, and multivariate regression models incorporated variables significant in bivariate analysis. <b>Results:</b> Among 233 patients, 196 (84.1%) had advanced OCSCC. The sample had a mean age of 63 ± 13 years, 53.6% were male, and 64% came from urban areas with predominantly low socioeconomic levels. Men showed a threefold increased risk of advanced OCSCC (95% CI: 1.3–6.8), while patients referred to pain clinics exhibited a 19.5 times higher risk (95% CI: 2.3–159.5). Patients in the subsidized health system or without health insurance had 2.6 (95% CI: 1.07–6.3) and 2.7 times (95% CI: 1.17–6.4) higher risks, respectively. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study found that male patients, referrals to pain clinics, and subsidized or no health system affiliation significantly increased the risk of advanced OCSCC. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/383">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/YSWM89H0PC ">Preventive Dental Care, Chairside and Beyond</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/383/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1529372-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00383/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00383-ag-550.jpg?1732602931" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Graphical abstract</p></div></div></div><div id="article-1529372-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00383/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00383-ag-550.jpg?1732602931" title=" <strong>Graphical abstract</strong><br/><strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/383'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 6 pages, 1666 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/382/pdf?version=1732603410" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="The Importance of Basic Sciences in Dental Education" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Commentary</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/382">The Importance of Basic Sciences in Dental Education</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Anna Tostrup Kristensen</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Noora Helene Thune</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Qalbi Khan</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Tor Paaske Utheim</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Amer Sehic</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 382; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120382">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120382</a> - 26 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> The rapid advancements in biomedical sciences, including genomics, microbiome research, and bioinformatics, underscore the need for dental education to evolve to meet future challenges in public oral health and healthcare delivery. The integration of basic sciences into dental curricula is crucial to ensure <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/382/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> The rapid advancements in biomedical sciences, including genomics, microbiome research, and bioinformatics, underscore the need for dental education to evolve to meet future challenges in public oral health and healthcare delivery. The integration of basic sciences into dental curricula is crucial to ensure that dental professionals are thoroughly prepared in these fundamental areas. Despite the widespread agreement on the necessity of including basic medical sciences in dental education, challenges such as curricular congestion, faculty economics, and infrastructural limits persist, complicating the integration of new scientific knowledge. Furthermore, there remains a significant lack of research concerning the optimal extent, timing, and focus of these subjects, whether biochemical, medical, or dental. Additionally, there is a need to address prevailing conceptions about the irrelevance of basic sciences to the field of dentistry, which necessitates a focus on teaching methodologies and pedagogical strategies. Therefore, it is essential to advance educational research that prepares future educators to integrate basic sciences into dental education through evidence-based teaching methods. The dental curriculum, which encompasses fundamental sciences, laboratory exercises, and clinical practice, must overcome considerable pedagogical challenges to effectively incorporate and balance these basic sciences within its educational structure. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/382">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/G0EPI3E7AY ">Dental Education: Innovation and Challenge</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/382/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1529390-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00382/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00382-g001-550.jpg?1732603583" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div></div></div><div id="article-1529390-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00382/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00382-g001-550.jpg?1732603583" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Integrating medical and dental education to establish an optimal pathway for developing future competent dental professionals presents significant challenges. In many dental schools, the curriculum is structured so that dental students undertake the same foundational medical courses as medical students during the first 1–2 years of their education. Both groups of students concentrate extensively on basic medical sciences before diverging into their respective fields of specialization—medicine and dentistry. The arrows in the figure represent the educational trajectory for both student groups, with numbers indicating the corresponding academic years. This figure illustrates the early interdisciplinary integration of the two programs and raises questions about whether this pattern is ideal.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/382'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 11 pages, 6131 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/381/pdf?version=1732591497" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Dental Implants and Orthodontic Mini-Screws in a Patient with Undiagnosed Von Willebrand’s Disease: A Case Report" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Case Report</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/381">Dental Implants and Orthodontic Mini-Screws in a Patient with Undiagnosed Von Willebrand’s Disease: A Case Report</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Alessandro Bruni</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Francesca Giulia Serra</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Andrea Abate</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Alessandro Ugolini</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Cinzia Maspero</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Francesca Silvestrini Biavati</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Valentina Lanteri</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 381; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120381">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120381</a> - 25 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background:</b> Dental implants are commonly employed to address edentulism, while orthodontic treatments often incorporate mini-screws to enhance tooth movement and provide stable anchorage. Both procedures are integral to modern dental practice and frequently interact in comprehensive care scenarios. While oral health professionals routinely <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/381/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background:</b> Dental implants are commonly employed to address edentulism, while orthodontic treatments often incorporate mini-screws to enhance tooth movement and provide stable anchorage. Both procedures are integral to modern dental practice and frequently interact in comprehensive care scenarios. While oral health professionals routinely assess patients’ medical histories before procedures, undiagnosed coagulopathies, such as Von Willebrand Disease (VWD), can present significant challenges when invasive procedures are carried out, such as the insertion of implants or mini-implants. <b>Case description:</b> This case report discusses the surgical placement of dental implants and orthodontic mini-screws in a patient with previously undiagnosed VWD, underscoring the potential complications and the importance of recognizing bleeding disorders in clinical practice, and provides some advice on the management of patients with previously undiagnosed VWD after/during surgical procedures. <b>Conclusions:</b> To prevent the risk of excessive bleeding, before surgery, all patients should be screened through precise questions on bleeding history. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/381">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/9X7Q980P80 ">Risk Factors in Implantology</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/381/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1528783"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1528783"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1528783" data-cycle-prev="#prev1528783" data-cycle-progressive="#images1528783" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1528783-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" 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<p>Edentulous zone due to the extraction of the first lower right molar.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g002-550.jpg?1732591609" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Orthopantomography of the patients before treatment.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g003-550.jpg?1732591610" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Intra-oral photos of the patient.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g004-550.jpg?1732591612" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Edentulous zone and the overeruption of tooth 1.6.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g005-550.jpg?1732591614" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>CBCT of patient before implant placement.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g006-550.jpg?1732591616" title=" <strong>Figure 6</strong><br/> <p>Full-thickness flap elevation and preparation of the implant site.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g007-550.jpg?1732591617" title=" <strong>Figure 7</strong><br/> <p>Flap was sutured with resorbable suture.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g008-550.jpg?1732591618" title=" <strong>Figure 8</strong><br/> <p>Intra-oral control X-ray.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g009-550.jpg?1732591620" title=" <strong>Figure 9</strong><br/> <p>TAD-supported intrusion mechanics.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g010-550.jpg?1732591622" title=" <strong>Figure 10</strong><br/> <p>Excessive bleeding after 24 h.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g011-550.jpg?1732591624" title=" <strong>Figure 11</strong><br/> <p>Second-stage surgery: roll flap.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g012-550.jpg?1732591626" title=" <strong>Figure 12</strong><br/> <p>Tissue conditioning.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00381/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00381-g013-550.jpg?1732591627" title=" <strong>Figure 13</strong><br/> <p>Porcelain-fused-to-metal crown placed over implant.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/381'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 9 pages, 7924 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/380/pdf?version=1732714594" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Treatment of Young Permanent Avulsed Teeth with Multidisciplinary Approach—A Case Report" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Case Report</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/380">Treatment of Young Permanent Avulsed Teeth with Multidisciplinary Approach—A Case Report</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Narda Lorena Rivera-Pimentel</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Nadia Phenelope Campos-Lara</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Oscar Arturo Benítez-Cárdenas</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Verónica Méndez-González</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Andreu Comas-García</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Marlen Vitales-Noyola</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Gabriela Torre-Delgadillo</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 380; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120380">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120380</a> - 23 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background:</b> Dental trauma very commonly comprises lesions that affect the teeth and their supporting structures. In pediatric ages, the main reasons for dental trauma are falls and accidents at school and while practicing recreative activities and sports. Fortunately, dental avulsions are not common; <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/380/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background:</b> Dental trauma very commonly comprises lesions that affect the teeth and their supporting structures. In pediatric ages, the main reasons for dental trauma are falls and accidents at school and while practicing recreative activities and sports. Fortunately, dental avulsions are not common; however, they are key factors in the loss of teeth if the issue is not adequately treated in a quick way, so is very important for parents, teachers, or any person that is present with a child during the accident to have knowledge about dental trauma, specifically regarding avulsed teeth, since the best treatment is reimplantation. <b>Methods:</b> In this case of dentoalveolar trauma, concerning two avulsed teeth, it was very interesting that the tooth that was reimplanted more quickly (40 min) had a worse prognosis than the tooth that was reimplanted 2 h later, since the tooth that was reimplanted more quickly was transported in a personal wallet, which was a highly contaminated area, unlike the tooth that was reimplanted later, which was transported in a solution as an alternative means of transport. <b>Conclusions:</b> So, it is very important that this type of trauma is adequately managed in an interdisciplinary way across multiple dentistry specialties. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/380">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Section <a href="/journal/dentistry/sections/dentistry_traumatology">Restorative Dentistry and Traumatology</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/380/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1527878"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1527878"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1527878" data-cycle-prev="#prev1527878" data-cycle-progressive="#images1527878" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1527878-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g001-550.jpg?1732714671" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1527878" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1527878-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g002-550.jpg?1732714673'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1527878-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g003-550.jpg?1732714676'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1527878-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g004-550.jpg?1732714677'><p>Figure 4</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1527878-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g001-550.jpg?1732714671" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Odontology treatment of patient. Management of dentoalveolar trauma in pediatric patient. (<b>A</b>) Photograph of dentoalveolar trauma in pediatric patient. (<b>B</b>) Reimplantation of tooth 22. (<b>C</b>) Management of trauma using a wire–resin splinting technique. (<b>D</b>) Periapical X-ray after splinting treatment.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/380'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g002-550.jpg?1732714673" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p><b>Dental trauma follow-up.</b> Control and clinic and radiologic follow-up of patient. (<b>A</b>) Clinic and radiological revision one week after accident. (<b>B</b>) Clinic and radiological revision two weeks after the accident. (<b>C</b>) Clinic and radiological revision due to the new trauma.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/380'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g003-550.jpg?1732714676" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p><b>Endodontic treatment.</b> Endodontic treatment performed on patient. (<b>A</b>) X-ray prior to endodontic treatment performed. (<b>B</b>) Control X-ray, 3 weeks after endodontic treatment, where root resorption can be observed. (<b>C</b>) X-ray after the performed endodontic treatment. (<b>D</b>) X-ray at 3 months, where the apical closure of teeth can be observed (teeth 11 and 21). A Biodentine<sup>TM</sup> plug was placed. This material has a different radio-opacity than gutta-percha material; therefore, in the X-ray it may look like the endodontic treatment was not performed fully.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/380'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00380/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00380-g004-550.jpg?1732714677" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Oral rehabilitation. Treatment of oral rehabilitation of patient. (<b>A</b>) Restauration protocol carried out. (<b>B</b>) Clinical revision at 7 months after accident. (<b>C</b>) Placement of the personalized sports guard. (<b>D</b>) Space maintainers placed in the patient’s mouth.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/380'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <a data-dropdown="drop-supplementary-1527566" aria-controls="drop-supplementary-1527566" aria-expanded="false" title="Supplementary Material"> <i class="material-icons">attachment</i> </a> <div id="drop-supplementary-1527566" class="f-dropdown label__btn__dropdown label__btn__dropdown--wide" data-dropdown-content aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Supplementary material: <br/> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/379/s1?version=1732337664"> Supplementary File 1 (ZIP, 205 KiB) </a><br/> </div> </div> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 10 pages, 1011 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/379/pdf?version=1732337664" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Prevalence of Surgical Site Infections Following Coronectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Systematic Review</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/379">Prevalence of Surgical Site Infections Following Coronectomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Evangelos Kostares</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Georgia Kostare</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Michael Kostares</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Athanasios Tsakris</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Maria Kantzanou</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 379; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120379">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120379</a> - 23 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background/Objectives:</b> This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the prevalence of surgical site infections (SSIs) following coronectomy of mandibular third molars. <b>Methods</b>: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases up to 30 <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/379/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background/Objectives:</b> This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the prevalence of surgical site infections (SSIs) following coronectomy of mandibular third molars. <b>Methods</b>: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases up to 30 July 2024. Two independent reviewers performed study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. Observational studies assessing SSI prevalence following coronectomy were included. The pooled prevalence of SSI with 95% confidence intervals (CI) was calculated using a random-effects model. Heterogeneity was assessed using the I<sup>2</sup> statistic, and meta-regression was conducted to explore the influence of continuous variables. <b>Results</b>: A total of 22 studies involving 2173 coronectomy procedures were included. The overall pooled prevalence of SSI was 2.4% (95% CI: 1–4.3%), with substantial heterogeneity (I<sup>2</sup> = 81%). Meta-regression showed no significant effect of the examined variables on SSI prevalence. No study was identified as a significant outlier. Quality assessments revealed that all studies had moderate methodological quality. <b>Conclusions</b>: Considerable heterogeneity was observed, likely due to variations in study settings, geographical regions, and timeframes, among other factors. Therefore, this study underscores the need for further rigorous research to better understand SSI risk factors and enhance management strategies for this postoperative complication. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/379">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/oral_microbiology ">Oral Microbiology and Related Research</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/379/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1527566"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1527566"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1527566" data-cycle-prev="#prev1527566" data-cycle-progressive="#images1527566" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1527566-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00379/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00379-g001-550.jpg?1732337748" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1527566" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1527566-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00379/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00379-g002-550.jpg?1732337750'><p>Figure 2</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1527566-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00379/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00379-g001-550.jpg?1732337748" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Visual representation illustrating the methodical process of identifying and selecting pertinent studies in the search results.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/379'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00379/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00379-g002-550.jpg?1732337750" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Forest plot examining the determined prevalence of SSIs following coronectomy of third molas utilizing a random-effects model [<a href="#B7-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">7</a>,<a href="#B14-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">14</a>,<a href="#B15-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">15</a>,<a href="#B16-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">16</a>,<a href="#B17-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">17</a>,<a href="#B18-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">18</a>,<a href="#B19-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">19</a>,<a href="#B20-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">20</a>,<a href="#B21-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">21</a>,<a href="#B22-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">22</a>,<a href="#B23-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">23</a>,<a href="#B24-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">24</a>,<a href="#B25-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">25</a>,<a href="#B26-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">26</a>,<a href="#B27-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">27</a>,<a href="#B28-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">28</a>,<a href="#B29-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">29</a>,<a href="#B30-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">30</a>,<a href="#B31-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">31</a>,<a href="#B32-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">32</a>,<a href="#B33-dentistry-12-00379" class="html-bibr">33</a>].</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/379'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 8 pages, 514 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/378/pdf?version=1733100606" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Efficacy of a Herbal Toothpaste During Active Periodontal Treatment: A Clinical Study" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/378">Efficacy of a Herbal Toothpaste During Active Periodontal Treatment: A Clinical Study</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>La-ongthong Vajrabhaya</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Supranee Benjasupattananan</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Kraisorn Sappayatosok</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Vittawin Dechosilpa</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Suwanna Korsuwannawong</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Papatpong Sirikururat</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 378; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120378">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120378</a> - 22 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Backgound/Objectives:</b> This study investigated the efficacy of a herbal toothpaste containing <i>Aloe vera</i> (test group) compared with a sodium bicarbonate toothpaste (active control group) and a standard toothpaste (benchmark group) on periodontitis treatment outcomes. <b>Methods:</b> Fifty-four periodontitis patients were randomly allocated into three <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/378/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Backgound/Objectives:</b> This study investigated the efficacy of a herbal toothpaste containing <i>Aloe vera</i> (test group) compared with a sodium bicarbonate toothpaste (active control group) and a standard toothpaste (benchmark group) on periodontitis treatment outcomes. <b>Methods:</b> Fifty-four periodontitis patients were randomly allocated into three groups. The patients received mechanical instrumentation and instruction on oral hygiene using a toothbrush with the toothpastes and dental floss. The patients were evaluated at baseline (T0), week 4 (T1), and week 12 (T2) after complete scaling and root planing. During the visits, the plaque score (PS), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD) and clinical attachment level (CAL) were assessed and analyzed. <b>Results:</b> The comparison groups had similar PS and BOP means at baseline. At T1 and T2, both scores were reduced; however, there was no significant difference in PS among the three groups. A significant reduction in BOP among the groups was observed (<i>p</i> < 0.01) at T1. The PDs in all groups were significantly reduced after treatment. The CAL reduction was greater in the test group compared with the benchmark and the active control group. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the mean CAL among time points in the benchmark and the active control groups. <b>Conclusions:</b> The herbal toothpaste containing <i>Aloe vera</i> significantly decreased gingival inflammation, PD, and CAL over the standard and active control toothpaste in periodontitis patients during active periodontal treatment. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/378">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Section <a href="/journal/dentistry/sections/periodontology">Oral Hygiene, Periodontology and Peri-implant Diseases</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/378/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1527367-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00378/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00378-g001-550.jpg?1733100756" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div></div></div><div id="article-1527367-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00378/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00378-g001-550.jpg?1733100756" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>RCT flow diagram.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/378'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 8 pages, 1530 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/377/pdf?version=1732280318" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Changes in Occlusal Contacts upon the Cementation of Zirconia Crowns with Different Cement Spacers" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/377">Changes in Occlusal Contacts upon the Cementation of Zirconia Crowns with Different Cement Spacers</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Yujun Wang</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Philip Millstein</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Korina Yun-Fan Lu</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Jason D. Lee</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Sang J. Lee</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 377; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120377">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120377</a> - 22 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b><b>Background/Objectives</b>:</b> Occlusion plays a crucial role in the long-term success and functionality of dental restorations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in occlusal contacts upon the cementation of zirconia crowns with different cement spacer settings in computer-aided design <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/377/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b><b>Background/Objectives</b>:</b> Occlusion plays a crucial role in the long-term success and functionality of dental restorations. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in occlusal contacts upon the cementation of zirconia crowns with different cement spacer settings in computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD-CAM) software (3Shape Dental System version 2.102.1.0). <b>Methods:</b> A master model of a prepared abutment for a crown on the right maxillary first molar was scanned, and 30 sets of sample casts and zirconia crowns were fabricated with varying cement spaces (70 μm and 120 μm). These casts were mounted in maximal intercuspation (MIP) on a semi-adjustable articulator. Pre-cementation adjustments were made to fit the crowns and maintain the existing occlusion. Occlusal records were taken before and after cementation using polyvinyl siloxane impression material. These records were analyzed using a DC light box and image analyzer to measure changes in contact area, intensity, and patterns. Paired sample t-tests were used to compare pre- and post-cementation occlusal contact areas of each sample (α = 0.05). <b>Results:</b> Significant differences in occlusal contact areas were found between pre- and post-cementation in both groups (<i>p</i> < 0.001). The mean post-cementation contact surface area for the 70 μm group was 6281 ± 3310 μm<sup>2</sup>, compared to 2339 ± 1206 μm<sup>2</sup> before cementation. For the 120 μm group, the post-cementation area was 5545 ± 3491 μm<sup>2</sup>, compared to 2071 ± 909 μm<sup>2</sup> before cementation. An increase in contact intensity was also observed after cementation. <b>Conclusions:</b> This study demonstrates that cementation increases occlusal contact surface area and intensity in both cement space groups. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/377">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/608985HF6X ">Feature Papers to Celebrate the First Impact Factor of <em>Dentistry Journal</em></a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/377/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1527180"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1527180"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1527180" data-cycle-prev="#prev1527180" data-cycle-progressive="#images1527180" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1527180-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00377/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00377-g001-550.jpg?1732280399" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1527180" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1527180-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00377/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00377-g002-550.jpg?1732280402'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1527180-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00377/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00377-g003-550.jpg?1732280403'><p>Figure 3</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1527180-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00377/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00377-g001-550.jpg?1732280399" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Cementation of the sample. (<b>a</b>) Mounted Casts, (<b>b</b>) sample try-in, (<b>c</b>) cementation with an insertion guide.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/377'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00377/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00377-g002-550.jpg?1732280402" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Occlusal record scan. (<b>a</b>) Cementation record taking, (<b>b</b>) PVS records scan, (<b>c</b>) DC light box set-up.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/377'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00377/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00377-g003-550.jpg?1732280403" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Output from occlusal record scan. Red circles show the occlusal contacts. (<b>a</b>) Pre-cementation scan, (<b>b</b>) post cementation scan.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/377'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 12 pages, 280 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/376/pdf?version=1732267996" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="The Prevalence of Gingival Recession According to the Cairo Classification in a Population from the North of Portugal" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/376">The Prevalence of Gingival Recession According to the Cairo Classification in a Population from the North of Portugal</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Beatriz Moura</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Filomena Salazar</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Rosana Costa</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Cristina Cabral</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Cátia Reis</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 376; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120376">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120376</a> - 22 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background/Objectives:</b> Gingival recession (GR) has a multifactorial etiology, resulting from the interaction of various factors. It affects aesthetics and comfort, and has negative consequences for quality of life. The main objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of gingival recession in <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/376/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background/Objectives:</b> Gingival recession (GR) has a multifactorial etiology, resulting from the interaction of various factors. It affects aesthetics and comfort, and has negative consequences for quality of life. The main objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of gingival recession in a sample of the population in northern Portugal, according to the classification system proposed by Cairo. The secondary objective is to investigate possible risk factors for the prevalence of gingival recession. <b>Methods:</b> This observational study analyzed 50 patients who met all our inclusion criteria. Participants underwent a clinical periodontal examination and completed a questionnaire. <b>Results:</b> On the lingual/palatine side, recession type 2 (RT2) was the most prevalent (39.1%), and on the buccal side, recession type 3 (RT3) was the most prevalent (37.7%). Statistically significant differences were found in the occurrence of RT3 on both sides, buccal and lingual/palatine, which was higher in patients over 65. Buccal side RT2 and buccal and lingual/palatine side RT3 were more prevalent in males. Buccal side RT2 was more prevalent in ex-smokers compared to nonsmokers. RT3 was more prevalent in ex-smokers compared to smokers and nonsmokers. Most patients have gingival recession with loss of interproximal attachment. <b>Conclusions:</b> Older age, male gender, high plaque levels, and smoking habits are considered risk factors. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/376">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/periodontal_health ">Periodontal Health: Disease Prevention and Treatment</a>)<br/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 12 pages, 2079 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/375/pdf?version=1732256832" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="A Review of White Spot Lesions: Development and Treatment with Resin Infiltration" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Review</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/375">A Review of White Spot Lesions: Development and Treatment with Resin Infiltration</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Alexandra Maria Prada</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Georgiana Ioana Potra Cicalău</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Gabriela Ciavoi</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 375; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120375">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120375</a> - 22 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> White spot lesions (WSLs) are demineralized lesions of the enamel that form in the presence of bacterial plaque, affecting the aesthetics by modifying the refractive index of the enamel, giving the characteristic “chalky” aspect. They have various causes, including fixed orthodontic treatments, improper <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/375/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> White spot lesions (WSLs) are demineralized lesions of the enamel that form in the presence of bacterial plaque, affecting the aesthetics by modifying the refractive index of the enamel, giving the characteristic “chalky” aspect. They have various causes, including fixed orthodontic treatments, improper hygiene, fluorosis and genetic factors. Background/Objectives: Considering the latest need for dental aesthetics and the popularization of fixed orthodontic treatments, the need to effectively treat WSLs has increased. The objective of this research is to review the development of WSLs and their treatment with resin infiltration. Methods: The PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar databases were searched for relevant reviews and studies. Out of all, 56 were included in this research. Results: Prophylactic measures, such as fluorized toothpaste and varnishes, have limited results. Standard caries treatment is too invasive as it removes too much healthy enamel for obturation retentivity. The resin infiltration resin process does not require drilling or tooth structure loss, making it a painless and minimally invasive treatment. The resin used has a refractive index comparable to that of healthy enamel, consequently restoring aesthetics and ensuring the prevention of caries evolvement. The treatment involves five important steps: prophylaxis, acid demineralization, alcohol drying, resin infiltration and UV light curing. Depending on the clinical case, the demineralization and drying steps may need to be repeated. Conclusions: Infiltrations with resin are painless and well tolerated by patients. Out of all minimally invasive treatments, they have an immediate satisfactory outcome, with results stable for a minimum of 45 months. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/375">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/preventive_dentistry_public_health ">Preventive Dentistry and Dental Public Health</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/375/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1526656"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1526656"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1526656" data-cycle-prev="#prev1526656" data-cycle-progressive="#images1526656" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1526656-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g001-550.jpg?1732256896" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1526656" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1526656-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g002-550.jpg?1732256897'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1526656-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g003-550.jpg?1732256899'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1526656-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g004-550.jpg?1732256900'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1526656-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g005-550.jpg?1732256902'><p>Figure 5</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1526656-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g001-550.jpg?1732256896" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Network visualization of the white spot lesion infiltration treatment.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/375'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g002-550.jpg?1732256897" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Flow chart of the article selection process.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/375'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g003-550.jpg?1732256899" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Chart illustrating the percentage distribution of the articles included according to the number of citations in the literature.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/375'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g004-550.jpg?1732256900" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Chart illustrating the distribution of articles based on the journals’ impact factor.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/375'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00375/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00375-g005-550.jpg?1732256902" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Coauthorship analysis of authors. Network visualization of the authors. The figure is the author’s own creation.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/375'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 7 pages, 2829 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/374/pdf?version=1732872721" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Evaluating Craniofacial Morphology Ratios as Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity in Non-Obese Adult Males" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Brief Report</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/374">Evaluating Craniofacial Morphology Ratios as Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity in Non-Obese Adult Males</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Masasuke Shimatsu</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Shigeto Kawashima</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Mitsuyoshi Suzuki</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 374; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120374">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120374</a> - 21 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background</b>: This study aimed to examine the connection between craniofacial morphology, particularly the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the mandible, and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in non-obese adult males by utilizing a cephalometric analysis and introducing a new skeletal <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/374/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background</b>: This study aimed to examine the connection between craniofacial morphology, particularly the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the mandible, and the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in non-obese adult males by utilizing a cephalometric analysis and introducing a new skeletal ratio index. <b>Methods</b>: A cohort of 44 non-obese adult males with OSA, diagnosed via the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) from polysomnographic recordings, was evaluated using a lateral cephalometric analysis. OSA severity was classified as mild (5 ≤ AHI < 15) in 19 patients, moderate (15 ≤ AHI < 30) in 15 patients, and severe (AHI ≥ 30) in 10 patients. The S-Go distance divided by the N-Me distance (S-Go/N-Me) was used as a vertical ratio of craniofacial morphology, the Go-Me distance divided by the S-N distance (Go-Me/S-N) was used as a horizontal ratio, and the results were compared between groups. Correlations between each ratio and craniofacial morphology based on the five factors from the Ricketts analysis were examined for each group. <b>Results</b>: A significant difference was found in the horizontal ratio Go-Me/S-N between the mild and moderate groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and the mild and severe groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05). However, no significant differences in Ricketts analysis factors were observed across OSA severity groups. Correlations between the Go-Me/S-N and Ricketts factors were identified in the mild and moderate groups but not in the severe group. The horizontal skeletal dimension Go-Me/S-N was strongly associated with OSA severity. <b>Conclusions</b>: The horizontal mandibular ratio Go-Me/S-N, independent of body shape, may offer a valuable morphological marker for differentiating OSA severity in non-obese males. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/374">Full article</a> </div> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/374/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1526274"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1526274"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1526274" data-cycle-prev="#prev1526274" data-cycle-progressive="#images1526274" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1526274-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00374/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00374-g001-550.jpg?1732872832" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1526274" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1526274-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00374/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00374-g002-550.jpg?1732872835'><p>Figure 2</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1526274-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00374/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00374-g001-550.jpg?1732872832" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Skeletal reference points and lines on lateral cephalometric radiographs. Reference points: N—the most anterior point of the frontonasal suture; S—the central point of the pituitary fossa (sella) of the sphenoid bone; Or—the most inferior point on the lower border of the bony orbit; Po—the most superiorly positioned point of the bony external auditory canal; ANS—the most anterior point of the bony nasal floor; PM—the point at which the curvature of the anterior border of the symphysis changes from concave to convex; Pog—the most prominent point of the chin; Gn—the point on the chin determined by bisecting the angle formed by N-Pog and the mandibular plane; Me—the most inferior point of the symphysis; Go—the point on the curvature of the angle of the mandible located by bisecting the angle formed by the tangents to the posterior ramus and the inferior border of the mandible; Ba—the most inferoposterior point of the occipital bone at the anterior margin of the occipital foramen; CC—the point at which Ba-N and CC-Gn intersect; DC—a point selected in the center of the neck of the condyle on the Ba-N; Xi—the point located at the geographic center of the ramus; PT—the intersection point of the inferior border of the foramen rotundum with the posterior wall of the pterygomaxillary fissure; CD—the most posterior superior point on the condyle of the mandible. Reference lines: facial axis—the line connecting CC and Gn; facial plane—the line connecting N and Pog; mandibular plane—the tangent to the inferior border of the body of the mandible that passes through Me; Frankfort plane—the line connecting Po and Or.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/374'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00374/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00374-g002-550.jpg?1732872835" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Lateral cephalometric radiographs. (<b>a</b>) Mild AHI patient: S-Go/N-Me 65.6% and Go-Me/S-N 102.1%, (<b>b</b>) severe AHI patient: S-Go/N-Me 67.5% and Go-Me/S-N 99.8%, AHI: apnea–hypopnea index.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/374'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="expanding-div collapsed"> <div class="generic-item article-item"> <div class="article-content"> <div class="label right label__btn"> <span style="font-size: 12px; color: #1a1a1a;"> 17 pages, 2636 KiB </span> <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/373/pdf?version=1732693601" class="UD_Listings_ArticlePDF" title="Article PDF" data-name="Bilateral Symmetry in the Aesthetic Area Achieved by Digital Smile Design on 3D Virtual Patient and Conventional Diagnostic Wax-Up—A Comparative Study" data-journal="dentistry"> <i class="material-icons custom-download"></i> </a> </div> <div class="article-icons"><span class="label openaccess" data-dropdown="drop-article-label-openaccess" aria-expanded="false">Open Access</span><span class="label articletype">Article</span></div> <a class="title-link" href="/2304-6767/12/12/373">Bilateral Symmetry in the Aesthetic Area Achieved by Digital Smile Design on 3D Virtual Patient and Conventional Diagnostic Wax-Up—A Comparative Study</a> <div class="authors"> by <span class="inlineblock "><strong>Maria Hristozova</strong>, </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Mariya Dimitrova</strong> and </span><span class="inlineblock "><strong>Stefan Zlatev</strong></span> </div> <div class="color-grey-dark"> <em>Dent. J.</em> <b>2024</b>, <em>12</em>(12), 373; <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120373">https://doi.org/10.3390/dj12120373</a> - 21 Nov 2024 </div> <div class="abstract-div"> <a href="#" onclick="$(this).next('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> <strong>Abstract </strong> </a> <div class="abstract-cropped inline"> <b>Background</b>: Digital diagnostic waxing is a contemporary alternative to the conventional wax-up method. This study aims to evaluate the impact of both techniques on the perceived frontal symmetry in aesthetic treatment planning. Dental symmetry significantly influences smile perception and, consequently, the acceptance <a href="#" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/373/more" onclick="$(this).parents('.abstract-cropped').toggleClass('inline').next('.abstract-full').toggleClass('inline'); return false;"> [...] Read more.</a> </div> <div class="abstract-full "> <b>Background</b>: Digital diagnostic waxing is a contemporary alternative to the conventional wax-up method. This study aims to evaluate the impact of both techniques on the perceived frontal symmetry in aesthetic treatment planning. Dental symmetry significantly influences smile perception and, consequently, the acceptance of treatment outcomes, highlighting its clinical importance in restorative dentistry. <b>Materials and Methods</b>: A total of 100 teeth were measured, with 50 (<i>n</i> = 50) waxed up using traditional modeling techniques and 50 using a face-guided digital approach. The study involved ten patients requiring fixed restorations in the aesthetic zone. Both digital and conventional wax-ups were performed for each participant. Gypsum models with wax-ups were digitized and superimposed onto the digital diagnostic design using 3Shape Dental Designer Studio software, Version 2023 (3Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark). Screenshots of the frontal view were captured, and the width of each morphologically altered tooth was measured using ImageJ software Version 1.54 (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA). <b>Results</b>: The results indicated no statistically significant difference in symmetry between the right and left sides achieved by the two diagnostic approaches (t-value = −1.89, <i>p</i>-value = 0.07). The perceived symmetry of morphologically modified frontal teeth, as achieved by digital and conventional waxing, was found to be comparable. <b>Conclusions</b>: Digital diagnostic planning is validated as a reliable alternative to the conventional wax-up method, offering comparable accuracy in achieving dental symmetry while potentially enhancing efficiency and precision in the aesthetic treatment planning process. This result underscores the potential of digital technologies to streamline clinical workflows and improve patient outcomes. Clinically, achieving symmetry in the aesthetic zone is crucial for patient satisfaction and acceptance of restorative procedures, emphasizing the need for continued integration of digital tools in dental practice. <a href="/2304-6767/12/12/373">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="belongsTo" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> (This article belongs to the Special Issue <a href=" /journal/dentistry/special_issues/5UHH6NM81X ">New Trends in Digital Dentistry</a>)<br/> </div> <a href="#" class="abstract-figures-show" data-counterslink = "https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6767/12/12/373/show" ><span >►</span><span style=" display: none;">▼</span> Show Figures </a><div class="abstract-image-preview "><div class="arrow left-arrow" id="prev1526157"><i class="fa fa-caret-left"></i></div><div class="arrow right-arrow" id="next1526157"><i class="fa fa-caret-right"></i></div><div class="absgraph cycle-slideshow manual" data-cycle-fx="scrollHorz" data-cycle-timeout="0" data-cycle-next="#next1526157" data-cycle-prev="#prev1526157" data-cycle-progressive="#images1526157" data-cycle-slides=">div" data-cycle-log="false"><div class='openpopupgallery cycle-slide' data-imgindex='0' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=" data-src="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g001-550.jpg?1732693749" alt="" style="border: 0;"><p>Figure 1</p></div><script id="images1526157" type="text/cycle" data-cycle-split="---"><div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='1' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g002-550.jpg?1732693751'><p>Figure 2</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='2' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g003-550.jpg?1732693752'><p>Figure 3</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='3' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g004-550.jpg?1732693755'><p>Figure 4</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='4' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g005-550.jpg?1732693758'><p>Figure 5</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='5' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g006-550.jpg?1732693760'><p>Figure 6</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='6' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g007a-550.jpg?1732693762'><p>Figure 7</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='7' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g007b-550.jpg?1732693764'><p>Figure 7 Cont.</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='8' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g008-550.jpg?1732693766'><p>Figure 8</p></div> --- <div class='openpopupgallery' data-imgindex='9' data-target='article-1526157-popup'><span class="helper"></span><img src='https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g009-550.jpg?1732693768'><p>Figure 9</p></div></script></div></div><div id="article-1526157-popup" class="popupgallery" style="display: inline; line-height: 200%"><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g001-550.jpg?1732693749" title=" <strong>Figure 1</strong><br/> <p>Step-by-step comparison of conventional and digital wax-up methods.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g002-550.jpg?1732693751" title=" <strong>Figure 2</strong><br/> <p>Face Camera Bellus 3D connected with tablet Huawei MediaPad M3 BTV-W09 (Huawei, Shenzhen, China).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g003-550.jpg?1732693752" title=" <strong>Figure 3</strong><br/> <p>Superimposition of facial and intraoral scans for 3D virtual patient creation in 3D CAD software (Dental Systems; 3Shape, Copenhagen, Denmark): 3D digital reproduction of the scanned patient (Patient ID No.3).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g004-550.jpg?1732693755" title=" <strong>Figure 4</strong><br/> <p>Maximum alignment of the alternative wax-ups. A real size measurement from point to point using the tools in “2D cross section”. (This measurement is used for calibration of the dimensions of the saved images (Patient ID No.4).</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g005-550.jpg?1732693758" title=" <strong>Figure 5</strong><br/> <p>Screenshots of (<b>a</b>) digital wax-up and (<b>b</b>) digitized analog wax pattern captured in the same position and magnification.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g006-550.jpg?1732693760" title=" <strong>Figure 6</strong><br/> <p>Calibration instrument in ImageJ: (<b>a</b>) tools and properties for calibration; (<b>b</b>) steps of the calibration process.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g007a-550.jpg?1732693762" title=" <strong>Figure 7</strong><br/> <p>Measurements of mesiodistal dimensions of anterior teeth in ImageJ obtained by (<b>a</b>) digital diagnostic waxing and (<b>b</b>) conventional wax-up.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g007b-550.jpg?1732693764" title=" <strong>Figure 7 Cont.</strong><br/> <p>Measurements of mesiodistal dimensions of anterior teeth in ImageJ obtained by (<b>a</b>) digital diagnostic waxing and (<b>b</b>) conventional wax-up.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g008-550.jpg?1732693766" title=" <strong>Figure 8</strong><br/> <p>Values of the measured MD diameters in mm.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a><a href="https://pub.mdpi-res.com/dentistry/dentistry-12-00373/article_deploy/html/images/dentistry-12-00373-g009-550.jpg?1732693768" title=" <strong>Figure 9</strong><br/> <p>The differences were obtained by subtracting the values for “left-right” variables for the two modeling groups—conventional and digital.</p> <strong style='display: block; margin-top: 10px; font-size: 18px;'><a style='color: #fff' href='/2304-6767/12/12/373'>Full article</a></strong> "></a></div> 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